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Here to look for Serenity, Elisa got out of her car and caught John‘s arrogant threats before she even entered the shop. Elisa was not one with a good temper, so she lost it.
Did they not know that Serenity was her love guru?
Anyone who had the guts to threaten her love guru was crossing her as well. She would make these cocky and shameless people regret they were alive. Carrying the boxes of desserts from Beans and Cream, Elisa dangled her car keys and lifted her chin high as she walked into the shop. Others may not know Elisa, but John held a senior position at one of Stone Group‘s branches. He had seen Elisa a few times from afar during the company‘s annual conferences, so he remembered her face.
With Elisa turning up at the shop, color washed off John‘s face.
John knew that he was suspended from duty not only because the netizens tagged the headquarters at the turn of events, calling for his termination as he was a shameless menace to his company.
It was also because Elisa could not stand his tweet going viral and taking attention away from the gossip about her and Zachary, which got on Elisa‘s nerves.
Everybody at York Corporation and Stone Group was aware that Elisa was crazy for Zachary and her rather public advances toward Zachary.
“M-Ms. Stone.”
With a smile on his face, John came forth and sucked up to her like a lapdog. “What brings you here, Ms. Stone?”
Elisa looked askance at him. “Who are you? Beat it. Get out of the way!”
John moved aside and gave way to Elisa. Still bearing smiles, he introduced himself, “Ms. Stone, I‘m John Hunt, the deputy managing director of Aron PCB.”
It then dawned on Elisa. “Oh, you‘re John. Hold on. Aren‘t you fired? Why are you still the deputy managing director of Aron PCB? It explains your arrogance. I guess only the shameless would commit a shameless act.”
Elisa immediately whipped out her phone and called her brother. She ranted the moment her brother picked up the
phone. “Clive, why are you retaining John Hunt, the deputy managing director of Stone Group‘s subsidiary company, Aron PCB? Fire him right now.
“So what if he‘s highly capable? Can‘t we hire someone else who’s equally if not more capable? Fire him now. I don‘t care if you have to pay him for the dismissal, just sack him. He has stepped on my toes. I‘m really, really angry right now. I‘m going to drive the car into a tree or a wall if you don‘t get rid of
him. You’ll have to buy me a new car if the car crashes.”
Everybody was at a loss for words.
This was Serenity‘s firsthand experience of Elisa‘s willfulness.
It was a good thing Elisa would only crash into a tree or wall instead of innocent pedestrians when she was mad. Otherwise, the feisty girl should never be provoked as the consequence would be deadly for many. Serenity was thinking about talking some sense into Elisa when their friendship grew and became solid. She was damaging her own car by driving it into a tree in a fit of rage. What if she lost control of the car and hurt somebody in the process? It would be devastating.
On the other end of the line, Clive was left overwhelmed by his dear sister.
He asked helplessly, “What did John do to you?” “Serenity is my friend and love guru. He‘s out to get my love guru, threatening to bring down Serenity‘s business and closing her online business by giving her bad ratings. That‘s having it in for me.
“Don‘t you think what his family has done is inhumane? People will criticize us if Stone Group retains such a person at a managerial level. You might think you know some people, but you‘ll never know their true nature. Looks can be deceiving.”
Clive had no words.
He was rendered speechless by his sister‘s unruliness.
The managing director of Aron PCB had reported to headquarters, verifying John‘s talent. John started off with a minor role at Aron PCB and climbed his way up to deputy managing director.
The managing director did not want to lose his right–hand man over a family dispute. Hence, he suspended John at the
height of the scandal instead of firing him.
John turned as white as a sheet while listening in on Elisa‘s phone conversation.
He had finally figured out that Elisa was the force behind Serenity, not Jasmine.
John knew it. Jasmine‘s family only found wealth from the property boom and did not carry much authority. There was no way Jasmine could mess the Hunts up. It made a lot more sense that it had been Elisa all along.
The Stone Group granted Elisa the status and power to destroy the Hunts.
“Ms. Stone…”
“Shut up. I don‘t want to hear a word from you, you cruel man. Your family made their fortune through the life insurance of Serenity‘s parents. Yet, you picked on Serenity and her sister. Aren‘t you afraid that Serenity‘s parents will haunt you?”
Elisa earned herself a bad rap among the upper society of Wiltspoon because of her unreasonable attitude. Nevertheless, she was not mean in nature. Even if she did not befriend Serenity, Elisa would have had a problem with John and his family‘s misdeeds regardless. “Your call, Clive!”
Clive replied helplessly, “Got it. I‘ll speak with Mr. Ziegel to let John go. I won‘t employ him despite his talent since he got on my sister‘s nerves. Will that do? Don‘t go banging your car into a tree. We‘d have to pay for the damaged green landscape if you do that.”
Seeing that her threat worked on her brother, Elisa happily put down the phone and said to John, “I‘m putting this out there now. It‘s your fault if anything happens to Serenity‘s shop. It‘s your doing if Serenity gets bad ratings for her online business. Don‘t blame me for what‘s to come. I‘ll see that you won‘t be able to survive with the most menial jobs.”