Soon, a week had passed, and Cordy had worked overtime twice.At present, she was in her office, seriously arranging the designs she finished. She only knew too well that she could not count on anyone from the design department since they were all Noel's cronies.Picking up her phone, she told Vince, "Have all heads of department and the design department supervisors gather for a meeting in half an hour. We're discussing the templates for the upcoming season's fashion line—no one is allowed to be absent.""Yes, Ms. Sachs," Vince replied.Every executive arrived punctually at the conference room in half an hour at the conference room of Starstream Group headquarters. Naturally, their compliance was skin-deep because they did not want Cordy to fault them. That was all there was to it too—they naturally would not actually do any actual work. They were just waiting for Starstream to fall and for Cordy to leave.Still, Cordy went straight to the point as usual. "Design has worked l

After all, if that certain someone made a call, Cordy would have Zoe's endorsement without the need for a referral."From where I'm standing, you're the best person for the job, Mr. Parker," Cordy said with assurance.Jay naturally did not turn her down. "I'll check her schedule and text you later.""Thank you.""You're welcome."On the other end, Jay was sitting before a video camera, taking a break in between shooting sessions. Turning to his assistant, he said, "Bring me Zoe York's schedule for the next week or so.""Yes, Mr. Parker."Soon, Jay had it in his hands. However, after taking a close look, he got up and headed to a corner to make a call."Johnny," he said once the other person picked up."Yeah.""Cordy Sachs just called me." Jay went straight to the point. Silence ensued from the other end, and Jay smiled faintly. "She's asking me to help her arrange a meeting with Zoe, to discuss the prospect of an endorsement.""Is that so?""I said yes. If there are no

Cordy took a deep breath.She had always kept business and pleasure separate.Looking down at the message notification popping on her phone, she decided to ignore it.-John was sitting in the executive office of the Levine Ventures branch over at Rocktown.He scowled at his phone, which was not jingling at all. Randy Martin was standing beside him, too afraid to even say a word.It was not as if things were bad—in fact, the sudden inspection to the branch here revealed that every operation and project was showing more than satisfactory performance.Even so, his boss was glowering with bloodlust."Randy.""Sir?""Book the earliest flight tomorrow. We're going back to North City.""Don't we have an appointment with that key figure in this city?" Randy pointed out—since they were here for the inspection, they had set up meetings with any clients or potential partners as well."We'll leave in the evening," John said, correcting himself.But he was going back tomorrow one w

As such, Cordy did not drag her feet and went straight to the point. "Since you've been honest, Ms. York, I shall do the same. You may not know that Starstream Group was under my father's charge before this, but I've recently taken over… So, what I'm saying is that while the Starstream Fashion designs were bland before, that won't be the case now or in the future. Here are the templates for our designs next season, please take a look."Zoe studied Cordy then.While she did not know much about Cordy, she had heard the rumors about her, and all the drama revolving around her. She had come to believe that Cordy was reliant on men, since she and Kyle were an item when she returned to North City.But Cordy's words were certainly enough to change Zoe's opinion of her—she was competent, direct, and knew how to stand her ground.In the end, the rumors were just… rumors. Zoe took the tablet that Cordy held out to her then, her eyes immediately lighting up when she saw the templates. Hav

After Jay put Zoe to bed, he did not leave immediately. He lowered his gaze, staring at her cheeks that were flushed from excess alcohol, and her red, moist lips. He suddenly remembered the scene of her filming that kiss…His Adam's apple bobbed, and he placed his long fingers on her lips, gently rubbing it as if wiping filth off it. He did so solemnly for a long while, until her lips were almost swollen red.When he lifted his finger, he leaned downward ever so slightly, but straightened himself at the very next instant and left.He shut the door behind himself, and therefore could not see a trail of tears quietly trickling down the sleeping beauty's face. -Cordy was feeling a slight headache.Going to work with a hangover was utter misery.Zoe was too good a drinker, whereas she had thrown up the entire night, the world almost turning upside down for her.As she drank some black coffee to clear her head, Vince was politely reporting, "Ms. Sachs? The contract is ready.