She Is A CEO

The next day at work, Lucia went to Eduard to apologize for what happened last night.

After all, she attended the party with him for business, but she left because of personal affairs. She felt that she had failed in her duty.

Eduard felt frustrated to hear Lucia's apology but pretended to be calm. "It's not a big deal. How you doing? If you feel bad, you can rest at home."

"What happened last night didn't bother me," Lucia smiled and said.

Recalling Arthur's confession of love, she couldn't help but smiling.

"Mr. Burton, I'm sorry. If Jacob turns against Jibillion because of me, I will be responsible for it myself."

She knew Jacob was narrow-minded. He lost face in front of her last night. Lucia guessed he would target against Eduard and Jibillion Inc in the future, which was the last thing Lucia expected.

"He'll do it even without you. You know why the former executive quit, right?" Wicked men would risk anything to benefit themselves. Eduard wasn't bothered by it at all. "Don't worry. It's not that easy for him to make things difficult for Jibillion."

Knowing he was trying to reassure her, Lucia smiled and nodded. She was wondering if Poppy had heard of what had happened last night.

At the same time, the plane Poppy took landed on the airport in Athegate. After she got off, she drove to JTP Group.

On the plane, Poppy received a message from her friend that Jacob grabbed a woman at Mr. Kaur's birthday party last night and argued with Arthur and Eduard. Poppy's heart jolted after she read the message.

How could Jacob do that behind her back! Rage surged through her.

When she entered the company, she looked very unhappy. All the employees who met her bowed their heads, being afraid that they might accidentally offend Poppy who was hot-tempered.

"Jacob!" When she arrived at Jacob's office door, Poppy pushed it open and angrily called Jacob by his name.

Jacob, who was talking business with a client, was embarrassed to see Poppy barging in.

"Poppy, you're back!" Jacob guessed that Poppy had known about what happened last night from her expression.

But now there was an outsider in his office, he reminded Poppy gently to control her temper.

Poppy, however, was so angry that she went over to them and stared at Jacob.

The client was on pins and needles. He smiled awkwardly and got up to leave. Jacob had no choice but to walk him out first. After the client left and the door was closed, he looked angry, too, and glared at Poppy.

"Poppy, aren't you too grumpy? Can't you show me some respect in front of outsiders?"

"Respect? Why should I? Just think about what you have done last night!" She asked Jacob with a sneer, and crossed her arms over her chest, and the anger was burning in her chest.

Jacob's face darkened when he heard that.

"You were the one who told me to stay away from Lucia, but you were the one who pestered her on that occasion last night. Jacob, good for you." Poppy was not afraid of the cold look in Jacob's eyes, for she was even colder!

Upon hearing Poppy's rumblings, Jacob hid his displeasure cleverly and said in his usual and helpless tone, "I did meet Lucia last night, but I didn't pester her. Whom did you hear that from?"

"It doesn't matter whom I heard it from. Just tell me if it happened!" Poppy lowered her voice when Jacob's tone was not as intimidating as it had been.

"You have to sit down." After years of spending time with Poppy, Jacob had a way of calming her down. He first asked her to sit beside him, and when she was ready, he continued.

"I did run into Lucia last night, but I didn't talk to her. As soon as Lucia saw me, she began to question me about what I had done. I had to explain myself to her. But Arthur and Eduard showed up at that moment, and that was why people noticed us. You think I'd be stupid enough to go after her?"

Jacob was a master at turning right from wrong.

Poppy looked into Jacob's eyes as he explained. What he said seemed to make sense, but she knew something was wrong.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Seeing that Poppy was still unhappy, Jacob pretended to say resignedly, "If you had been there last night, I wouldn't have been that humiliated by Arthur and Eduard."

Poppy was still angry, but she looked much better. She looked down at Jacob with a knowing look.

"I told you to nip it in the bud, and her return is by no means accidental. If we had attacked her at first, she would have run away from Athegate again by now."

Poppy said, being overwhelmed by jealousy of Lucia. She didn't expect Lucia to turn to Arthur and Eduard for support.

The mention of these two men was likely to thrill even married women. When Poppy went out with those ladies, what she heard most was their admiration for Arthur and Eduard. Especially when it came to Arthur, appreciation and admiration would appear in every woman's eyes.

Bah! Poppy despised Lucia very much.

Her jealousy was beyond words at this moment.

Jacob echoed with Poppy. He had to change his mind about living in peace with Lucia. Last night, he had a confrontation with Arthur and Eduard because of Lucia. If they were even working together to go against him, he wasn't a match for them, so Jacob wanted to make a move first.

"Poppy, we can't just sit by and do nothing."

"I've been waiting for you to say that..." Poppy looked down at Jacob with a smug wink, with her eyes full of intrigue.

Before Jacob said anything else, Poppy hurried back to her office and spent most of the morning making phone calls. By noon, she had finally arranged everything.

With a smug look, Poppy rapped the table with her five fingers. "You're dead meat, Lucia."

The next day, the same headline appeared in all the Athegate gossip magazines, tidbits, and even some of the little-known financial magazines desperate for getting more exposure. The wording was different but the content was the same.