Chapter 287
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Bertha had guessed he would say that, so she gently pushed his forehead with her fingertips.
'You dream. Don't think that once we're engaged, you can trap me. You still have a lot of exercises to overcome before you reach the achievement of marrying me. At least for now, at my brother's place, you are not okay."
Shane is not discouraged: 'I am very good at overcoming difficulties to move forward."
Bertha's face was serious, she pretended to be experienced, and she patted him on the shoulder to show he still had a long way to go.
'The revolution is still going on, you still need to work hard."
Before leaving, Bertha told him to obediently stay at the villa to recuperate, then she immediately ran to the Angel building.
It was still early, except for Angel's employees, the surroundings were extremely deserted.
Bertha went through the whole process and waited patiently.
However, the ribbon-cutting ceremony started at 9:30, and she stood at the door waiting until 9:10, the building remained quiet and deserted, from beginning to end, and no guests arrived.
Bertha frowned. The list of guests who had agreed in advance to attend was two pages long. At this moment, the hall couldn't remain empty.
There's something wrong with this.
While Bertha was thinking, a limited black Lamborghini car passed by the fountain and stopped in front of the door.
The bodyguard who was also the driver got out of the car first, and he helped open the car door.
A woman got out of the car. She was wearing a mature and dignified white dress. She was tall and thin and dressed very delicately.
That's Isobel.
In addition to being Fawn's wife, she was also known as the most beautiful flight attendant in the aviation department.
'Sister-in-law, why are you here?" Bertha received her politely.
"Your eldest brother has returned to the country to handle some work. I have nothing to do, so I came to cheer you up a bit."
Seeing Bertha, she first smiled warmly. She naturally pulled Bertha's wrist like close sisters, then they quickly turned their attention to the quiet high-rise building, unconsciously looking at the clock.
"Why is the hall still deserted at this hour? Who is playing tricks?"
Isobel also reacted immediately.
If today until the ribbon-cutting ceremony begins, no business guests are invited, by that afternoon, this matter will be immediately reported by the press.
At that time, Bertha's ambition to escape her family's support and start her career will become an online joke.
The purpose of the people behind is too clear.
Bertha's expression was serious, but seeing that Isobel was even more serious than her, she smiled comfortingly. "Sister-in-law, don't worry, maybe something happened on the way so they were late."
She looked at Anne, the assistant transferred from City X standing behind her. "You follow the list and call to ask what happened, you ask them if they need help."
"Yes, director."
Isobel shook her head: "No one came, what a coincidence, don't comfort me, you are the most upset in your heart."
Bertha smiled very calmly. "There's still twenty minutes until the event starts. Even if no one comes today, I will still cut the ribbon."
When Bertha finished speaking, a woman's cacophonous laugh like silver bells echoed from outside the fountain.
Mrs. Jennifer wore an enchanting long purple floral dress and walked gracefully towards Bertha.
"This is truly the funniest joke I've heard today. When our princess is not named Griselda's house, no one wants to give you any dignity. You are so pathetic."
Isobel's and Bertha's faces turned cold almost at the same time.
'Why don't you stay home and take care of your husband? Why did you come here to join the fun?" Because there were no outsiders here, Isobel didn't respect her either.
"He's inconvenient to travel, so I'll come take a look on his behalf."
Mrs. Jennifer rolled her eyes in disdain, her mouth curled sarcastically. "Bertha, hopefully, today's incident can teach you a lesson. You must know that without Griselda's house, you are nothing."
"Oh?"
Bertha's red lips slightly curled up. From beginning to end she was very calm, not panicking at all. "There's still twenty minutes until the event starts, why are you so impatient?"
Mrs. Jennifer snorted coldly: "Even if I give you another hour, no one will come, so wait until you are teased online."
Isobel frowned. "As expected, this is your plan."
"Don't slander me. It's because Bertha has offended so many people that none of them want her to live well. I just came by to see the joke."
After she finished speaking, she asked the bodyguard to go into the building and bring out a chair, then she waited at the door.
With only twenty minutes left, she wanted to see if Bertha's composure could be maintained for a while longer.
Five more minutes passed.
Except for the sound of rushing water from the fountain outside the building, the space was so quiet that every employee at Angel had chills.
Anne hurriedly walked to Bertha's side, she reported in a low voice: "Director, the situation is not good, most people said that there was something wrong with the company so they couldn't come, someone didn't even pay a phone call. What do I have to do now?"
Mrs. Jennifer listened to that conversation, she smiled even more satisfied.
Bertha bowed her head in thought.
Isobel's face was also not good. "This group of people clearly said that they followed someone's plan, they deliberately made you lose face. If you postpone for another half hour, I will call your eldest brother and tell him to come here. With his presence, there will be people who are scared and they will attend today's event."
"No need."
Bertha held her phone down tightly: 'It's just a ribbon cutting, are they forcing me to back down, dreaming? Anne, arrange it..."
Before she could finish speaking, there was suddenly a noise, extremely noisy in the building behind her.
"Oh my god, that's great, I'm jealous of the Director."
