Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

Chapter 571 How Does It Feel to Be Alone and Helpless?

Recently, Beatrice had a tough time because the public kept talking about the scandals of her company. No matter how much money she spent, she couldn’t make things right

First, there was news that said that Daydream used subpar fabrics and that a customer developed a skin disease after wearing them. That customer filed a lawsuit against Daydream, and soon after, the police went to her company to investigate them

While the public was still debating the issue, the main designer of Daydream was sued by a famous French designer for copying one of his collections. As a result, many designers pointed the finger at Daydream

A few days later, someone anonymously reported their company for tax evasion. Soon after, the tax and audit departments inspected the company’s financial situation. After all of this, it was difficult for her business to function normally

These troubles were one more tricky than the other. Beatrice tried to get people she knew to help her out of these troubles, but no one hada solution. Beatrice was worried but didn’t know what to do. As a result, she called a meeting with all of the company’s executives and asked for suggestions

During the meeting, one executive asked, somewhat nervously, “Have you offended anyone, Ms. Jones? Apparently, someone is trying to retaliate against us.”

After he finished, another person echoed, “Yes! Miss Jones, could you please apologize to them? Our stock is already shrinking. If this trend

570 How Does It Feel to Be Alon. I continues, our company will be doomed.”

Beatrice became enraged when she heard their criticism. She slammed her water glass against the wall and yelled, “Get the hell out of here, idiots!”

The next second, the executives left her office one by one. Meanwhile,

Beatrice’s assistant did not leave but just stood still and watched her. After Beatrice waved her hand, signaling him to leave, the assistant left as well

When she was the only one left in the meeting room, Beatrice took a seat in her chair tiredly. She knew roughly what was going on. And she was lost in thought

Earlier, I was enraged at Matthew for helping Lemon to fight back. So,

I called Noah, the president of the Azul Group, hoping that he would join me in destroying the Carousel Group. I did not participate in their k******** operation. I just gave them some suggestions. Why did the Carousel Group go against me like crazy?

f**k! What should I do now?! can compete with Lemon on my own, but she can’t compete with the Carousel Group. I’m no match for the Wright family! Urgh! I thought everything would go smoothly just as the plan goes. Why did it end up like this?!

Beatrice paced back and forth in her office, pondering her next move

She had never been in so much trouble in her life. Things were so easy for her in the past thirty years that she had never lost once. She gained a large fortune by marrying several times, which made her very proud. As a result, she didn’t take Lemon seriously

Beatrice also considered pleading with Wayne to forgive her because they had known each other since they were children. But she knew he wasn’t going to be nice to her. Beatrice knew this was her last chance, so

570 How Does It Feel to Be Alon. Jf she called Wayne right away

And she was surprised that he didn’t answer her phone. She called him again a few minutes later, but he still didn’t answer. After dialing five times a row, Beatrice abandoned the plan as she realized Wayne had blackedlisted her phone number

Seems that Wayne knew I would call him, so he blacked me out; Beatrice thought. As her forehead was covered with sweat, Beatrice flipped through her address book, trying to find her lifesaver. Suddenly, her fingertip stopped on Karl’s phone number

It wasn’t until then that she realized she had completely forgotten about Karl all this time. Beaming with joy and excitement, Beatrice thought to herself, Karl’s a shareholder in my company, so this issue is related to his interests. I’m sure Karl will beg mercy on my behalf! He definitely doesn’t want all his money to go to waste

Beatrice then dialed his number. Once the call was through, she heard a woman’s voice. for a moment before realizing the woman was Karl’s wife. Peace

“Good day, Miss Jones. Sorry, my husband is currently unavailable

What can I do to help you?” Peace asked. Her tone was slightly mocking, but Beatrice wasn’t in the mood to care about it

“Mrs. Xavier, I need to speak with Karl right away. Could you please contact him?” Beatrice asked cautiously. Beatrice knew that this hot- tempered woman hated her, but she had no choice but to beg her

“What is it? You can talk to me because I might be able to help you,” Peace said mockingly

“I’m afraid I can’t tell you about it, Mrs. Xavier. It’s confidential because it’s about the company we invested in together.”

“Oh. But my husband is so busy teaching our son his homework now

Irritated by Peace’s nonchalant demeanor, Beatrice wanted to curse Peace right away. After taking a deep breath, however, she suppressed the urge to do so and asked anxiously instead, “I really need to talk to him right

away. Please!”

“Oh? Well, I’ll ask him if he wants to talk to you then.” Then Peace shouted, “Karl, Miss Jones says she needs to speak with you. Do you want to answer the phone?”

“No! Just answer it for me, honey! I’m teaching Martin math. He’s really giving me a headache now!” While checking the test Martin had just finished, Karl shouted back in annoyance

With a triumphant smile, Peace picked up the phone and snorted, “Miss Jones, did you hear that? I didn’t lie to you, did I? You are welcome to talk about the situation with me.”

Beatrice had no choice but to tell Peace of the company’s recent problems, and she then said that she hoped Karl could talk to Wayne

When Peace heard this, she said, “Are you sure Wayne and Anna did these things? I don’t think they’re that type of people. Maybe you misunderstood them.”

Upon hearing that, Beatrice became even more enraged. Still, she managed to hold back her anger as Karl might be her last straw. Clenching her phone tightly, she asked, “Well, you’re right. It’s just a guess. It would be perfect if they did not do it. But what if it was really them? So I hoped Karl could talk with Wayne about it.”

“Oh,” said Peace. She made no promise to help Beatrice

Feeling her blood boiling with rage, Beatrice snapped, “Remember that your husband is a shareholder in my company! If things get worse, he’ll lose a large sum of money as well!”

“You don’t have to be worried about that. He didn’t put much money into your business, so I don’t mind if he loses all of them. Besides, if Wayne and Anna really did this, they’ll compensate me. It’s fine.”

Hearing that, Beatrice had no idea what to say in response. Her ears were ringing, and her heart was beating fast. She desperately wanted to argue with Peace but tried her best not to. Then she said, “But things don’t have to end like this. If Karl lends me a hand, then…”

Before Beatrice could finish, Peace said, “Oh! I have a brilliant idea

Miss Jones, why don’t you sell your shares to Karl? When he becomes the CEO of the company, the company will be mine. That way, the Wrights will stop attacking this company. What do you think?”

“What?!” Beatrice couldn’t believe her ears

“Don’t be upset, Miss Jones. You can’t beat the Wrights no matter what, in my opinion. If they continue to target you, the value of your shares will dwindle no matter what. You should sell these shares to us as soon as they are worth something. You can still keep some of your money that way,

right? Why don’t you think about my advice?”

Beatrice was so enraged that she hung up the phone immediately

She then raised her phone and slammed it on the ground

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