Chapter 433
As the date was already set, Heather was aware that there was no way of escaping her fate. She could
only bite the bullet. Meanwhile, everyone nodded in agreement to Robert’s suggestion.
She gave him a gratified look. Oh well, three days is better than nothing! I have three days to get
accustomed to things.
Heather, who was previously quite relaxed and chill, suddenly realized that she no longer had enough
time. She had to hurry up and deal with everything, but she was lucky that Leon, her junior who was
currently abroad, was due to return in a few days’ time. She’d used a lot of effort to persuade him to
drop out of university and join her in a business venture. He was quite the genius; he had unique views
about business in general, so she was quite confident that he’d be a great help to her. Leon was of
mixed blood with thick bushy eyebrows and huge eyes. He was half-French with romance in his
bloodline and half-German with an unyielding spirit whereas his mom was a native beauty. Overall, he
was an amazing guy.
He had a reputation for being a rebellious young man in university. Not only was he a genius in his
studies, he was also great at putting his knowledge into practice despite being only twenty years old. If
it wasn’t for his identity as an illegitimate child that gave him a bad name, he was definitely the perfect
human being. It was also his illegitimacy that made him so anxious to prove his self-worth.
As such, Heather managed to cajole her junior into doing something that disappointed his mom
tremendously—quit university. He was raring to prove himself to the world and he felt reluctant to wait
for another two years until he graduated. Heather’s invitation was the perfect opportunity for him. He
was determined to make a name for himself once he was back in his mom’s hometown—Bradfort City.
Although his current role was supposedly her personal assistant, she’d promised that once their
company was up and running, then the position of General Manager was his; that was an actual
position that held the decision-making power.
Heather planned to keep the bulk of the company shares. Meanwhile, she was more than happy to
allow Leon to run the company. She’d rather entice him to work together as a team by granting him all
sorts of benefits than to have such a genius as her opponent in the future.
As soon as she realized that, she felt quite pleased with herself for succeeding in gaining a great team
member. Within the next three days, she planned to pay a visit to another person—a woman who was
one of her friends from high school.
That woman was the only daughter of one of the previously renowned families in Bradfort City; their
family had eventually fallen onto bad times. Despite that, she was full of aspiration and was quite
determined to make a name for herself. If Heather hadn’t met her on her Europe trip last year, she
could never have imagined that the weak, soft-spoken girl from back then was now a formidable
business executive.
She was now a successful career lady with formidable tactics. It was speculated that her dad had spent
a lot of time grooming her. Although her family business had fallen onto hard times and even faced
bankruptcy since Heather moved abroad, it didn’t change the fact that her high school friend’s dad was
quite an astute man.
As such, Heather decided to visit her. Heather’s intention was to offer her high school friend a job and
invite her dad to join the team at the same time too.
Then, it dawned upon Heather that she didn’t have enough time. She had to sort out everything within
the next three days. She was quite sure that the father and daughter would not be content to draw a
salary forever. Therefore, the only way to entice them was to offer them shares in the company.
She was quite aware that Leon did not care about the money. He was much more interested in the
position offered to him and the possible challenges faced; he needed to have sufficient decision-
making power. On the other hand, her classmate, Paige, cared more about the monetary side of things.
She knew that the Saffords had harbored the hope of eventually building up their family business
again.
After breakfast, Heather immediately left the house and went to the garage to choose her transport for
the day. Today, she chose a luxurious sedan since her main intention was to flaunt her affluence. One
who cared about the monetary side of things had to be won over by wealth.
She was quite anxious on her way there. As such, she didn’t notice her muted cell phone was ringing.
As soon as she arrived, she unmuted her cell and realized that there were three missed calls.
Immediately, she unlocked the screen to check the details. Initially, she thought it was Myra who’d
called, but unexpectedly it was actually Matthias who did so. Come to think of it, Myra must be so busy
right now; surely, she wouldn’t be able to call me at this time of the day!
After he was unable to contact Heather via her phone, he then sent her a text message. She took a
look at the text and realized that he wanted to confirm a time to return the car to her. She hastily replied
to the text message with ‘I’m busy. I’ll confirm the time with you soon.’ I won’t have any free time until I
sort out the matters with the Saffords.
She straightened her collar and made sure her clothes were tidy before she exited the car to walk
toward the house. From the outside, the mansion looked quite ordinary. Based on their current financial
status, Paige evidently had to work arduously to afford her family’s current lifestyle.
Heather was well aware that all the business partners she sought were quite ambitious, so she had no
intention of making this a permanent arrangement. Once the company was on the right track, then the
arrangement would cease and their future developments would be of their own responsibility. She was
quite confident that her business venture would progress fairly quickly with the help of these two
people.
After ringing the doorbell, she patiently waited by the door. It was Paige who came to the door and
greeted her.
As soon as she saw Paige, she gave a warm smile and said, “It’s been a while since I last saw you. I’m
back in town!” She had planned to meet up with Paige to discuss a collaboration for quite some time
now. Today’s meeting was a last-minute decision, so she hadn’t managed to prepare a gift since she
had never expected this situation at all. She was quite surprised that Paige had agreed to meet up on
such short notice even after a simple phone call. The girl had even taken the day off to wait for her at
home.
Heather had initially intended to prepare a gift, but the discussion was much more urgent. Rather than
taking the time to choose a gift, it would make much more sense to use the time wisely to discuss their
collaboration.
The first thing Heather had to do within these three days was to convince Paige and Josiah to join her