NovelEnglishChapter 142 Connor nodded seriously. "Meeting the parents, huh? Guess I'd better get ready." Just then, there was a knock on the CEO's office door.
"Cin." Teddy walked in, holding an elegant lunchbox. He set the lunch neatly on the dining table. As he turned to leave, he hesitated and then said, "Sir, there's something I think you should know." Connor responded calmly, "What is it?" "I've fired Lisa, but she's been making a scene outside all morning, insisting on seeing you." Chloe frowned slightly. So, that noise she heard earlier was indeed from Lisa.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA flicker of disgust crossed Connor's face. "Have security throw her out." But Chloe suddenly spoke up, "Wait a minute." Connor turned to look at her.
"Let her in," Chloe continued. Then she looked back at Connor, "There's a favor I need from you." Five minutes later, the office door swung open. Lisa stormed in, her face red with anger. By then, Chloe had retreated to the office lounge. It was just Lisa and Connor in the room.
Chloe was about to set the stage for a .
Lisa had given up hope, not expecting Connor to actually agree to see her. Deep down, she felt a slight twinge of happiness, but on the surface, she still appeared furious. She marched up to Connor with a self-righteous air.
"With regards to yesterday's incident, I admit I set Chloe up. She had taken my place since we were kids and stolen everything that was mine. I just couldn't stand her. But I did that alone. My friends were ust angry on my behalf and tried to help. Mr. Connor, if you have any issues, take them up with me. Why do you have to make things difficult for them?" That morning, Lisa had received several calls from her usual entourage-minor actresses and daughters from less influential families. They were all people who used to hang around her. She then learned that these people had run into trouble. Swere being chased by loan sharks forambling debts, shad their cosmetic surgery photos leaked online, and shad their messy private lives exposed.
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O If it had been just one person, it might have been overlooked, but all her friends were facing issues. They had all helped corroborate the claim that Chloe pushed Linda the day. before It's easy to connect the dots to Chloe, but Lisa knew Chloe didn't have the means to orchestrate such actions. It had to be Connor pulling the strings behind the scenes. Initially, Lisa didn't want to get involved. After all, she had never considered those people true friends. However, one of them said something that struck a chord with her.
"How could Mr. Connor do this? He's taken such drastic measures against us just because we supported a claim. It was you who orchestrated the whole thing, yet you're unscathed?"
That comment sparked a thought in Lisa. Indeed, she was the "mastermind." However, there was not a single piece pixdim or her dirt on online. She knew that Jacob had spent a lot of money to bribe the reporters at the scene the night before, but if Connor made a move to take her down, Jacob would stand no chance.
He only targeted those who had supported her claim without retaliating against her personally! Nor did he make the previous night's incident widely known. Perhaps he was considering the reputation of the Meadows family. Or perhaps, to him, she was still somewhat special. X
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