novelxo Chapter 5
Chapter 5
That was the reason why JK Couture had moved into Welton Group Tower.
The company's former boss had bailed. Its new managing director seemed like a decent person. He \ Anya suddenly felt less anxious. She had been worried about having to deal with old men at her first She clutched her bag carefully and kept a polite smile on her face. After taking a seat in the managin gentle and soothing like honeyed wine.
Jake Hanson had his head buried in drafts. Anya’s soft voice caught his attention and made him sna immediately. He was momentarily startled by the sight of Anya's exceedingly beautiful features. His r seemed too pretty to be real. Jake rarely
felt drawn by beautiful women but Anya’s beauty was simply out of this world. For a moment, he fou Jake's silent stare made Anya feel uneasy. She wondered if she had
said something wrong. She blurted out immediately, stammering as she repeated
her introduction. “Hi...I'm the new hire. Anya MacMillan.”
The young managing director finally broke out of his stupor. He smiled warmly at Anya before grabk the family now.”
Honestly, what Jake really wanted to ask Anya was if she had a boyfriend. Since this was her first day Anya had no clue that her new boss had just fallen in love with her. She merely nodded profusely at I that the MacMillans give her what they owed her mother.
Meanwhile, on the thirtieth floor of the same building.
Evan's personal a**istant entered his office moments after Evan had walked into the room. Hayden Lang had a cup of freshly brewed coffee
in his hands. He placed it on his boss’ desk like a dutiful servant.
“Mr. Welton, your black coffee.” Having placed the coffee on the desk, Hayden shifted to one side of Evan brought the cup of freshly brewed coffee to his lips, sipping elegantly while listening to his per: list of tasks he had for the day.
“Mr. Welton, you have a meeting at ten later. After the meeting, will be lunch with
Mr. Williams of the Gloria Group at half past eleven. Mr. Brown has invited you
for tea at half past one this afternoon,” Hayden said as he read the details of Evan's
schedule to the latter.
Evan paused momentarily at the mention of a “Mr. Brown’. The tone
of his voice was as cold as winter. “Mr. Brown? Are you talking about Shane Brown?”
“That's right, Mr. Welton. Mr. Brown has invited you for tea.”
Evan sneered. A streak of hostility
flashed across his eyes. “Sounds like he’s trying to steal my property.”
Tea? That was simply an excuse.
The Browns is one of the four families in the Nordenic Quartet. Alongside the Weltons, the Carters ar Nordeny and across the whole country. Their vast networks of businesses often resulted in tensions While the Weltons and the Bakers were longtime partners and family friends, the Carters and the Bro been their rivals all these years, fighting them both openly and privately. The
Carters and the Browns would not hesitate to topple the other two families from their pedestals just Among the four families, the Welton family was the most powerful of them all. For years, they have s The nouveau-riche Browns, who had gained their newfound
wealth recently, never forgot that. In fact, they never stopped trying to
drag the Weltons off their throne.
Evan had known of their ambitions for some time.
Since the Browns were allied with the Carters, Evan knew he couldn't underestimate the strength of t approach.