She is a CEO by George Chapman

Seeing Kayla's confused face, Sophie leaned over and handed the cup of tea to her, and said, "Kayla, the universe is fickle. Sometimes things are not as simple as what we see. You just see Arthur and me making things difficult for Julia, but you can't see what Arthur has done for Julia. The reason why Edwin didn't come to their engagement party is that he has long admitted the identity of Lucia and Teddy. At the beginning of the year, he even took Teddy back to his hometown to visit his ancestors graves, but in the end, things became such a mess. You can say I am selfish. But I am Arthur's mother, and I have to think of him."

"I understand." This simple sentence indicated that Kayla had forgiven Sophie.

Sophie showed a faint smile and continued, "We will find out the truth one day, and the easiest way to do that is to have the baby's DNA tested. We, as well as Julia, need to figure that out." Kayla raised her eyebrows and looked at Sophie with complicated emotions in her eyes. Intelligent as she was, she understood the implication of Sophie's words.

Kayla and Sophie talked for a long time that day, and in the afternoon Kayla rushed back to Lepus without having dinner with Sophie. When she faced Juliana again, she was uncertain about what to do. Sophie's words did make sense. She vaguely perceived that Juliana was hiding something from her, but it was tricky for her to ask Juliana about it without hurting Juliana.

She couldn't figure out a way, so she just put it on hold.

Kane was threatened by Poppy, but instead of making any preparations to exonerate Poppy, he started thinking about the possibility of confessing to Juliana.

He couldn't let Poppy make any more mistakes. The day after he spoke with Poppy, Kane returned to Lepus, but he didn't dare to contact Juliana yet.

Poppy thought Kane was trying to figure out how to get her out of the situation, so she got much more relieved. Since they had fallen out, she didn't call to ask Kane, nor did she know Kane had left. Jacob, at the same time, was thinking of a way to deal with Poppy. That day, when Poppy had a showdown with him, he pretended to be calm, but only he knew that Poppy's threat worked and even made him fidgety.

Arthur had made the public believe that there was more to Lucia's cheating. If Poppy told the truth in court, Jacob thought his reputation would be ruined and the shares price of JTP would be influenced even if he could get away with the punishment. Jacob was unwilling to take such consequences.

Jacob failed to think of a way, so he could only come to Cloudwork Corp and seek Spencer's help.

In Spencer's office, Jacob skipped pleasantries with Spencer and straightforwardly told Spencer about the difficulties he had. Spencer laughed instead after hearing Jacob's words.

"What are you laughing at?" Jacob was annoyed that Spencer was laughing at his difficulties that made him unable to sleep.

"I'm laughing at your weakness." Spencer stopped laughing and said calmly.

"What do you mean?" Jacob was confused.

"Poppy's words are not convincing. Even if she leaves with the money you give her, she is bound to come back and blackmail you with it after she squanders it, and she is just like a bottomless pit," Spencer said.

"Of course, I know it. That's why I ask you for help!" Jacob huffed.

"Jacob, what kind of person do you think can't talk?" Spencer leaned on the couch and said casually.

"A mute?" Jacob replied without thinking, and Spencer was lost for words.

Standing up, Spencer walked over to the wine cabinet to get a bottle and gave Jacob a heavy pat on the shoulder as he passed Jacob.

Jacob looked at Spencer suspiciously. Suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. Did Spencer want him to kill Poppy?

Pouring a glass of wine, Spencer turned around and saw Jacob's startled face. He understood Jacob got his meaning, so he raised his glass to propose a toast with a vicious smile on his face.

Two days had passed. Poppy called Kane, but he didn't answer her phone. Suspicious, Poppy anxiously went to his house to look for him, but his home was empty. Then she went to his company, but his colleagues told Poppy that Kane hadn't come back and even applied for the resignation two days ago. Only then did Poppy realize that Kane had betrayed her.

When she was hesitating whether to contact Juliana, Poppy sensitively noticed that there seemed to be a few more people around her. It was not that she deliberately paid attention to them, but those three men looked like foreigners and they appeared in her vicinity from time to time.

This was so strange. To test them, she deliberately drove the car alone to a scenic spot in the suburbs and ran behind the mascot next to the ticket office to hide when no one was around. After a short time, another car arrived and it was those foreigners who got out of the car; as soon as they got out of the car, they looked around. Poppy was sure they were looking for her.

Frightened, Poppy suspected that she was being targeted. She was the vice president of JTP, a well-known company in Athegate, so perhaps someone wanted to blackmail her.

She called Kane, but Kane didn't answer her call. Poppy had no choice but to seek Jacob's help. Though they were at loggerheads, Poppy believed Jacob would not stand by and do nothing for the sake of their past relationship!

"Hello, is this Jacob?" After the call was answered, Poppy said with an undertone while watching those men's reactions.

"Well, have you made a decision?" Jacob said faintly.

"We'll talk about this later. I've noticed some foreigners following me lately. Jacob, I suspect they're trying to kidnap me, so let's put our grudge aside for now. Can you come to pick me up?" Poppy pleaded with a trembling voice.

"You worry too much," Jacob said casually. "Is it strange for a few foreigners to show up at Athegate?"

"No," Poppy said anxiously, "they've been following me for the past two days. I see them everywhere I go. Jacob, believe me, I must be being targeted!"

"Don't be so jittery," Jacob shouted. "Just call the police. What's the use of talking to me?"

"They haven't done anything to me yet. There is no point in calling the police..." Poppy was about to cry.

"It's just that you are too paranoid, isn't it?"

"Jacob, I'm begging you. Help me, please? I'm really scared." Poppy looked at those robust men. She was so scared that she hid her pride and asked Jacob for help in an imploring voice.

Jacob sighed on the other end of the phone, and only after a while did he reluctantly say, "Where are you?"