However, this was the exception that Elliot couldn’t have no matter how much he wanted her…
After Anastasia came out of the office, she breathed a sigh of relief. She really didn’t want to accept too
much kindness from the man since she feared that she would not .. be able to repay him enough if she
were to give herself up as collateral.
In order not to get to that place, she had to refuse wherever she could.
As expected, the regular meeting held at 3:00PM that day was to introduce the airborne designer,
Aliona Dora, to the rest of the company. Despite Felicia making a formal introduction to the other
workers, other than the male employees, the female ones were obviously lacking in enthusiasm as they
welcomed her into the team. It was to be expected as beautiful women were naturally the enemies of
other women. Furthermore, why would they be happy about having one more competitor whose
strength they didn’t know?
“Hi, everyone! My name is Aliona Dora. I graduated from a design institute in Flor, and I specialize in
jewelry design. I look forward to working together.” She herself did not expect the education she
received from young would turn out to be one of her advantages in approaching Elliot.
Alice was visibly more irritated now that there was another person who joined via personal connections
when she wasn’t even done dealing with Anastasia.
Anastasia was also feeling the pressure. Bourgeois would soon be holding a grand jewelry show in the
early spring of the new year and it was her chance to show her talents. She, too, wanted to have this
opportunity to show what she was capable of.
“Alright, let’s talk about the jewelry show in early spring,” Felicia continued. “Since we have become
one of the brands under QR, the jewelry show will be set up in the country. We must not miss this
opportunity to show what we have in store during the show. The company will also provide utmost
support to our designers to participate in the competition.”
She then added calmly, “This is a show worth millions of dollars. It depends solely on your potential to
win the race and be the one on top. I wish all of you the best of luck. The deadline will be at the end of
this month.”
After the meeting ended, Anastasia was in the middle of clearing the desk when Aliona came to greet
her in a surprisingly friendly tone. “Hello, Miss Tillman. We
met earlier in President Presgrave’s office.”
“It was my fault for interrupting.” Anastasia smiled lightly.
Aliona pressed her lips together and replied with a smile as well, “No worries. We were done talking by
then.”
Anastasia thought that she shouldn’t be too cold to the daughter of Elliot’s father’s friend, so she
politely said, “Since we are colleagues now, I look forward to working together with you.”
However, as soon as Anastasia left, Aliona’s eyes immediately darkened. She only came to the
company with one purpose in mind: she was going to become Elliot’s woman and marry him. She was
fully prepared to sacrifice anything and everything else to achieve the purpose. She was even willing to
sacrifice herself to Elliot, give birth to his child, and use the child to legally obtain the right to the
inheritance.
Riley had given her 2 years to get everything done. When the time came, Riley would get rid of Elliot
and the entirety of the Presgrave Group would fall in the hands of Aliona and her child.
Aliona was a child Riley had adopted from an orphanage. He had spent a lot of money to raise her. Not
only did she learn all the advanced etiquette, she also
graduated from a prestigious school and she was fluent in 4 languages. At the same time, in order to
hide from the Presgrave Family’s investigation, Riley had made her a member of the Dora Family, and
had presented her as Lucas’ illegitimate daughter to Elliot.
Lucas was a close friend of Elliot’s father and unfortunately had a weakness that Riley had gotten hold
of. He was the puppet Riley was using through Aliona to take over Presgrave Group.
Since she wanted to repay Riley for raising her, Aliona listened to his words as though they were
absolute. Her mission in life was to help her adoptive father regain the Presgrave Group.
And Anastasia was, undoubtedly, the biggest obstacle in her completion of the task.
She decided to first become good friends with Anastasia, and after she had gained her trust, Aliona
would find an opportunity to let her disappear from Elliot’s side.
Anastasia was sitting in the office since Felicia had asked her to solely focus on the upcoming jewelry
show. The company was also putting great importance in the developing haute couture.
Not long after that, Grace pushed the door open from outside and she came in with a cup of coffee in
her hand. “Here, Anastasia. This is for you,” she said to Anastasia.
· A frown began to appear on Anastasia’s face as she looked at the coffee before she
asked, “Who is this from?”
“Didn’t you know? Miss Dora has gotten all of us coffee. The coffee beans are freshly ground!”
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