But right now, she felt like she did not know him that well at all. She did not know what he was thinking and what he really wanted.
"Can you say sothing that I can understand, please? What does "a real and authentic" wife an? What does "a wife that only belongs to you" an?"
Joanna could not understand what Ace was trying to express. She said impatiently, "Let’s keep this simple. What do you want? What do you need from in exchange for the Rainbow Glaze?"
"I told you, I want you to fulfill your responsibility as a wife."
Ace paused for a mont. She thought Joanna probably wouldn’t understand what he ant, so he gestured at her to move closer.
Joanna foolishly leaned forward and moved her ear close to Ace’s lips to hear what he had to say.
She then heard Ace say, "The responsibility to please your husband in bed."
"..."
Joanna’s face instantly turned red, all the way to the base of her neck. In sha and anger, she picked up her coffee cup and splashed the handso man’s face with coffee.
"Ace Moran, you’re an animal in human skin! You disgust !"
After yelling at him, she grabbed her bag and left the cafe like she was fleeing for her life.
The scorching sun made her sweat profusely. Her heart was beating really fast for so reason.
She’s so mad!
She’s so mad!
Not only did she fail to get the Rainbow Glaze, she was also pranked by that despicable guy. Her ti was completely wasted!
She splashed Ace with red wine yesterday and with coffee today. He probably would not give her the Rainbow Glaze now even if she were to kneel down and beg for it.
In that case, desperate tis called for desperate asures...
Joanna reflected on her actions and imdiately ca up with a solution.
"Hmph, you despicable bastard! If you’re not going to play nice, then I’m not going to either!"
Joanna clenched her fists, eager to carry out her plan.
anwhile, Ace was still sitting in the cafe. Coffee dripped down his thick black hair onto his handso face, just like last evening’s wine.
Although he was in a ss, his good looks and dignified aura still made him look like the protagonist in a drama. He attracted the eyes of many girls in the vicinity.
So had even secretly fild a video of Joanna splashing Ace with coffee and submitted it to gossip magazines.
Ace soon received a call from his nervous secretary.
"Mr. Moran, we have a problem."
"What is it?"
"A paparazzi sent us a video of Miss Pierce splashing you with red wine and with coffee. He asked for money to keep quiet. What should we do?"
"How much does he want?"
Ace asked calmly.
"4 million dollars."
The secretary said indignantly, "That greedy bastard! How dare he blackmail you!"
"Tell the paparazzi, do as I say and I’ll pay him double."
Ace’s lips curled into a smile. He also had a plan.
Joanna cald herself down and returned to the Moran Group.
"Miss Pierce!"
The employees were delighted to see Joanna return safely. They happily greeted her.
All the employees that still remained at the Moran Group were loyal people who were determined to follow Joanna.
Although there were not many of them and their abilities could not be considered outstanding, they were all passionate, gutsy people. They made sure to properly complete all the tasks they were assigned.
Joanna nodded to the employees, then turned to her assistant, Shelley, and said, "Notify every departnt that we will be holding the monthly eting right away. All the employees must attend."
"Yes, Miss Pierce!"
Shelley replied respectfully.
At the sa ti, Shelley thought to herself that Miss Pierce seed to be in a great mood. She and Mr. Moran must have had a great ti together last night. That ans... the "marriage alliance" between the Moran Group and the Stellar Group would very likely happen.
The conference room was large enough to accommodate over a hundred people. In the past, it would be filled to capacity during monthly etings, but today, less than a fifth of the room was filled. The rest of the seats were empty. It looked sad.
Joanna took the center seat. She could not help but sigh when she saw how sparse the staff had beco.
The Moran Group went through four years of ups and downs to reach this point.
When Liam Blackwood left, he took a bunch of people with him.
Laura Blackwood then took advantage of the Moran Group’s mont of weakness to loot them. Not only did she empty their company treasury, she even took away a group of elites.
Among those elites were R&D experts that Joanna admired and designers that Joanna valued very highly...
In short, the Moran Group had been bled hard. The only reason they could continue operation was purely because they were tough enough.
However, the days of humiliations were coming to an end. The era belonging to the Moran Group was about to begin!
"Today is our first monthly eting after our company has gone through a major adjustnt. I believe all of you who stayed behind are people who believe in . You might feel lost and confused right now, you might even be worried that the Moran Group won’t last long, but today... As the Chairman and CEO of Moran Group, I assure you that as long as you follow my orders and complete your tasks well, we have a bright future ahead of us."
Joanna’s voice was not loud, but it was powerful, and it made the staff boil with excitent.
It all sounded like a pie in the sky, but because it was Miss Pierce who said it, they believed that it would definitely co true!
But the expression of Jay Yassin, the manager of the Market Expansion Departnt, remained solemn. He hesitated a few tis, but finally decided to raise his hand to say sothing.
Joanna turned towards Jay Yassin with a sharp gaze and asked, "Is there a problem, Mr. Yassin?"
"Miss Pierce, first of all, allow to express my respect and trust for you. However, I have to be honest. While completing the tasks you assigned, I had so doubts... To be more precise, I don’t agree with your decision."
A commotion rose among the staff. They cast hostile glances at Jay Yassin.
After all, they saw Joanna as a "goddess". How dare he openly question the decision of the "goddess"?!
"Please elaborate, Mr. Yassin."
Joanna remained calm.
She knew that all the people who stayed behind were those who sincerely wanted the company to do well. Even if they had disagreents, they all rely wanted what’s best for the company. She naturally had to respect their opinions.
"I actually agree with what Ms. Blackwood said. I don’t understand why you would keep spending money to establish a Research and Developnt Departnt and a Production Departnt even though the Moran Group is facing financial difficulties. Do we really have that many things to research and produce?"
"If our company isn’t operating at such a large scale, why do we have to establish large-scale R&D and Production departnts? It’s a waste of money."
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