Chapter 8

“I am on my way to the office,” Sofia said as she started her car. “I can’t talk

now.”

“Oh, then I am going to bring some lunch later. How does that sound?” Daniel asked. Sofia sneered inwardly. In the past, she would have had no problems with this. Now, she realized that Daniel would only volunteer to bring something during office hours when Charlotte was there.

Was Sofia actually this dumb?

No. She had been busy with everything else. She simply had no time to think about small things. “Of course,” Sofia hid the anger in her voice.

“Alright, love you. I’ll see you later.”

“Right,” Sofia ended the call and held the steering wheel, her grip tight. She did not even realize how that call affected her until she saw her white

knuckles.

It took her a few minutes to completely calm herself down to drive to LH

DESIGN.

Located in Springfield, Illinois, LH DESIGN is only one of the subsidiary

companies of LH GROUP.

Just two months ago, the CEO of LH DESIGN suffered a major health problem and is still in the hospital to this very day. Because of this, the board decided to have an Interim CEO, someone who would provide leadership during LH DESIGN’s critical time.

And Sofia was chosen to lead the company.

This was not a random choice or something born out of the fact that she was the heir of LH Group. This was because she was currently the Creative. Director of the company and had so much experience in both

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management and the production aspect of LH DESIGN itself.

the board members of LH Group refused. Since then, Sofia’s schedule has been very hectic. Since she became the Interim CEO, she had not had any date night with Daniel, and he would only drop by her office with

just those various gifts from all over the world. She made

the moment she walked inside LH DESIGN,

handed her a cup of coffee. “And breakfast,” she eyed the

She has been here for about an hour… she wanted me to call

“you.”

disturb her unless someone died. She had been working under Sofia for years and knew that Sofia would do

have all the things that you need to

office greeted her. However, despite liking

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“How

to stop herself from acting awkward but knew it was useless. Her facial expression said it all. Moreover, unlike Charlotte, Sofia was

that already made her look like an angel. Coupled with her pitiful eyes, the normal Sofia would have immediately smiled and assured

nothing was wrong.

her and started reading their details. It was not her intention to ignore Charlotte, but a part

hell was she doing pretending to be good only to stab her in the back? However, this was not the time for

did something

However… the annual meeting is coming, and the winter collection needs to be finalized. I have yet to have a good night’s sleep for a few days now,” Sofia faked a smile as she started signing some of the papers in

that

she has no right in the company. She

at Charlotte’s angelic face. How could someone look so kind and beautiful on the outside yet have that rotting heart

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and creative director at the

right… I forgot

in her hand. “Hmmm… you just

last night and I immediately tried to call

making her designs. “Oh. Sorry…” she once again stared at Charlotte. “Did you come here for something? I- Miss Amores, did you forget to

did not set

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