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With my solid professional knowledge, from
screening partners to negotiating terms, to
the market positioning of the new brand,
every step was fast and steady.
In less than a month, the project began to
show results.
Zachary publicly praised me three times at
the weekly meeting.
He said, “Luna, you were born to do this.’
I smiled and said nothing.
Yes, I was born to do this.
In my previous life, if it hadn’t been for
Prescott Landis, I should have been standing
here, instead of being trapped in that
magnificent cage.
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And as my career took off, Livia’s social
media was updated incredibly frequently.
Today she was agonizing over which color of
Birkin bag to choose in the Hermès store,
tomorrow it was a limited edition Ferrari that
Prescott had given her, and the day after that
it was an aerial view of her taking a private
jet to the Maldives.
Most of the likes and comments below were
from our former classmates.
“Wow, Livia, you’ve married into a wealthy
family! The Fortune 500 Landis Group, it must be worth hundreds of billions, right?”
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“Livia is so lucky, she’s a winner in life!”
Someone tagged me in the comments
section.
“Luna, where are you working now? Weren’t you and Livia best friends before?”
Livia quickly replied: “Luna works at Landis
Group, which is owned by my boyfriend’s
family. She is more career-minded, unlike me,
I’m so useless, haha.”
Her subtle shade was obvious.
I looked at the phone screen and swiped past
it expressionlessly.
Until the class reunion a week later.
When I arrived, the private room was already
full of people.
Everyone was enthusiastically discussing Livia
and Prescott Landis.
“Livia is so lucky, she’s hit the jackpot.”
“Yeah, when Luna passed the Landis Group
interview, I envied her. Who would have
thought that Livia would become the
president’s wife? No matter how capable
Luna is, she’s still working for her, right?”
“Luna’s here!” Someone shouted.
Everyone’s eyes instantly focused on me.
There was sympathy, regret, and also
schadenfreude.
After all, Livia and I were once the twin stars
of the finance department.
Now, she was about to become the
president’s wife, while I was just a newbie
employee.
“Luna, come sit here.”
A classmate who was relatively familiar with
me called out.
As soon as I sat down, the door of the private
room was pushed open.
Livia walked in with Prescott Landis on her
arm, her face full of smiles.
The room instantly quieted down, followed by
enthusiastic applause and cheers.
“Wow! This must be President Landis! He’s
so handsome!”
“Livia, you’re so unfair, you’ve been hiding
such a big thing from us!”
Livia had a proper smile on her face, enjoying
the attention of the crowd.
She walked straight to my side, pulled out a
chair and sat down, acting as if there had
never been any animosity between us.
“Luna, have you been working hard lately?
You’ve lost weight.”
She looked at me with pity. “Look at me,
Prescott doesn’t want me to work, I’m getting
moldy staying at home all day.”
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