Female Novel
Chapter 405
Those words left Yasmine speechless.
In the meeting with Minerva the other day, she had indeed been able to pinpoint their flawsaccurately.
"That doesn't mean anything! We've been working in this industry for so many years. She could'vehad someone look us up beforehand! After all, she has the money to do such a thing, doesn't she?"
"You're not wrong... I suppose anything's possible when one has money. For instance, you clearlydon't like her, yet you still stayed for the money, right?" Jordan taunted Yasmine.
He was mocking her to her face.
He had purposely put her on the spot.
Kelly let out a condescending laugh at that as Jessica followed suit.
Gabriella, who was now standing beside Yasmine, snorted with disdain as she huffed, "I knew theremust've been something keeping you here despite all your complaining..."novelbin
"I..." Yasmine sputtered, feeling too exasperated to speak properly.
Everyone had already glossed over her not a moment later, leaving her to her rage. She clenchedher fists tightly, biting her lower lip to suppress her fury.
She would show that d*mn b*tch who was the boss!
So what if Minerva had a child with Quill? She didn't hold any official title! She would eventually beabandoned by Quill soon enough.
That Quill...
Yasmine's eyes gleamed viciously as she thought.
Meanwhile, in the conference room...
Before Minerva went in, she took Beanie to Vera and asked her to take good care of him so hedidn't run off somewhere else.
However, Vera had in turn attempted to lock Beanie in the office by himself.
"Your mommy's hand is injured so I have to go help her, okay? Would you be okay staying herealone for a short while?"
Beanie nodded his head in agreement, "That won't be a problem, Auntie Vera. But... I think I can tagalong and listen in on the meeting..."
"What? Why would you want to do that?"
"Don't worry, Auntie Vera. I'll be a good boy! I won't cause any trouble..." Beanie stated in a sing-song voice.
"Well, that's..."
Beanie took a few steps towards Vera, and latched onto her arm as he persuaded her, "Auntie Vera,I can send you my uncle's personal photos..."
Upon hearing this, Vera straightened her back.
"What are you talking about? I don't understand..."
"I'm talking about my uncle's personal photos! They won’t be ones you can find in the magazines orthe
news..."
Personal photos...
Vera imagined Quill sat on a sofa in casual attire, illuminated by dim lights. She flushed at thetantalizing image her mind had conjured.
"Auntie Vera, how's that? Do we have a deal?"
"Deal!"
She would comply just this once for those photos.
After all, the kid had promised to observe the whole meeting in silence. It's not like he would causeher any trouble...
As such, Vera took Beanie to the conference room and sat him down at the back of the room. Helounged on the chair with cheery satisfaction, swinging his short legs under the table.
When the rest came in, they couldn't help but spare a glance in his direction.
When Kelly walked passed and caught a glimpse of him at the corner of her eye, she stoppedabruptly. She took some sweets out from her pocket and handed them to Beanie.
Beanie's eyes sparkled with interest when he saw the sweets. Even so, he did not attempt to reachout for it. He merely smiled at her and spoke politely, "No thank you. Mommy said eating too muchcandy is not good for my teeth."
Kelly's eyes flickered up to meet Minerva's gaze who was sitting at the head table at that.
Even though Minerva did not show any outward malice towards her, Kelly averted her gaze anywayand pursed her lips as she said, "Well, you should know that it's okay to have one or two on
occasion...¹'
Beanie paused and contemplated for a while. His mommy had told him not to simply accept thingsfrom strangers.
Nevertheless... he turned to look at Minerva for guidance.
Minerva nodded at him with a smile to show that it was alright for him to accept the sweets and sohe cupped both his hands and extended them towards Kelly politely.
Usually, children were unreserved when they were offered sweets. They would merely reach overand swipe the sweet prize as fast as they could.
In spite of that, Beanie's polite gesture had somewhat stunned Kelly.
"Thank you, Kelly! You're so nice!"
Kelly came back to her senses not a moment later and gently put the sweets in his cupped hands.
"You're welcome, little one. I'll bring more for you next time when we meet again."
Kelly settled into her seat after that. She still looked at Beanie with a hint of astonishment.
She thought that the little boy's upbringing was spectacular.
She spared another glance towards Minerva then. Apart from being capable at doing her job, shehad managed to raise a well-mannered son as well. Now she finally understood why Minerva wasable to stay calm in the face of everything.
After that, the rest of the staff arrived one after another, many of them not failing to spare anadditional glance towards Beanie.
Yasmine had already been patronized by Beanie earlier on, so she dared not speak up this time.She did not want a repeat of what had happened before.
"Well, it looks like everyone's here. Let's start with what you've all managed to complete last night."
As soon as Minerva finished speaking, the door of the conference room was pushed open,revealing a skinny figure.
Everyone turned to look towards the newcomer.
It was a young man with a stony expression.
"Zachary!" Jessica exclaimed a little with glistening eyes. She got up from her seat and started torush towards him.
However, he merely ignored her, choosing to walk past her and came before Minerva.
Minerva levelled a calm stare at Zachary.
He wore a white clean shirt, which accentuated his thin, wiry frame. His face and lips were a littlepale, but even so, he still looked really handsome.
However, his eyes held no warmth as he stared at Minerva.
Minerva froze for a moment when she met his eyes, instantly reminding her of another person.
As she was deep in thought, Zachary had already gotten quite close to her, placing himself right infront of her.
Jessica trailed behind him anxiously. She wanted to pull at his sleeve to stop him but did not darelook at him as she muttered lowly, "Zachary, what are you doing here?"
Minerva remained calm as she met the man's eyes.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
Without uttering a word, Zachary reached his hand out and placed the notebook he had beenholding onto on the table.
Minerva grabbed it and asked, "You drew up a draft?"
She flipped through the notebook as she spoke, "Since you're here already, please take a seat."
Zachary merely gave her a blank stare, remaining silent all the while. He then turned to find himselfa seat with Jessica trailing after him.
As Minerva flipped through the pages, she winced at the sight.
She raised her head and spared another look towards Zachary. She had been right about him. Thisyoung man's work really did reflect his dark nature.