Filed to story: Mia Bowen and Timothy Barrett Novel
According to the sources, he should be attending the event for his daughter’s sake.
Most of the guests attended as an act of reverence for him.
Mia texted Peyton. “Find out why Mr. Shelbert is still not at the charity dinner.”
Soon, the auction started.
As someone who came to support the event, Mia casually raised her bidding number. But Sharon kept following her bid.
If it was only once, it could be a coincidence, but the same thing kept happening. It was obvious Sharon was doing it intentionally.
Mia spared a glance at Sharon, who touched her bracelet with a smug expression.
Blair huffed, “Mrs. Barrett is so mean, Mia. That old hag is definitely doing this on purpose.”
“I know. Calm down.”
After that, Mia raised her bidding number for every item, raising the bid by multiple folds.
Sharon followed Mia again several times until she realized that Mia was raising the bid as she wished and stopped her antics.
Turning her head, Mia raised her brow at Sharon provokingly.
Furious, Sharon gritted her teeth.
Mia received a message from Peyton.
“Mr. Shelbert is at the charity dinner, but he’s meeting someone upstairs so he hasn’t showed up yet.”
Mia replied, “Find out who he’s meeting. Keep an eye on his room. Inform me as soon as he leaves the room.”
She was dogged to meet Raymond today at all costs.
After buying an item from the auction, Mia stood up to go to the restroom.
She took out her phone to confirm some information regarding the project with her subordinates. When she met Raymond, she had to convince him to give her the offer.
Chapter 950
“Stop wasting your time, Mia Lane. Mr. Shelbert will never give you the project that easily.”
Mia turned around only to see Sharon and Veronica, who had picked on Mia a lot of times in the past. Veronica was also a troublesome one.
Mia hung up the phone. “As if you have the call to decide that.”
“Indeed, I don’t. But my son does.”
Hearing that, Mia wrapped her head around the situation. The competitor was indeed the Barrett family from Bern City.
Was Timothy doing this on purpose?
He clearly knew that she was taking the lead for the project. Why was he being such a busybody?
Sharon said proudly, “Did you finally realize how impressive my son is, Mia?”
Mia rested against the sink. “So what? He became my bodyguard in Nord City though.”
That infuriated Sharon. “Glad you brought that up, Mia. Why did you have to stir things up between the collaboration between Ralph and the
Bowens? Just what do you gain from doing this?”
As Mia had expected, Sharon came to Nord City for her reckless younger brother.
Mia smirked. “Firstly, I didn’t do anything. It was Timothy who didn’t agree to work with the Bowens. What does this have to do with me?”
Veronica blurted, “How dare you claim innocence. Didn’t Mr. Lewis get engaged with you? I bet you used Timothy and the collaboration ended up terminated.”
“Why would I get engaged with him? I have higher standards though.”
“You’re a divorced woman with a kid. How dare you be picky? It won’t be easy for you to get married because you have a kid. You might as well give us the child.”
The glint in Mia’s eyes simmered. These people surely weren’t going to give up any time soon.
Stepping forward, Mia confronted Veronica. “I said, I would never hand over the custody right to your family, so you better stop dreaming.”
“It’s for your sake too, Mia. Your family may be rich, but the assets will be inherited by your brothers. What will you receive in the end? The identity you have is a mere shell. If you hand over Ginger to us, she can inherit our family’s assets.”
“Inherit your family’s assets?” Mia looked at Sharon in disbelief. “It’s not like Timothy’s dead already. He will have kids in the future, so why the rush?
Is he not going to survive tonight or what?”
“Stop cursing my son! He’s healthy! I just don’t want my granddaughter to wander outside there. If Tim has a son in the future, I may consider giving
Ginger a portion of the inheritance.”
“Sorry, but my daughter is richer than you right now. She has owned a Vior VIP membership card since birth. Your money is nothing to her.”
Sharon’s lips pursed into a thin line, hoping that Mia could stop mentioning the VIP membership card.
Mia spun around and walked out of the restroom.
Veronica followed and blocked her way. “Wait! We’re not finished yet. Your daughter is a burden. Without her, you can marry someone better.”
Mia’s patience reached its limit when she heard that statement about Ginger. “My daughter is not a burden.”
“How is she not? Otherwise, why haven’t you gotten married in the past four years? You’re the ‘Ms. Lane’! What other reasons could it be other than that she is a burden?”
Mia slapped her without hesitation.
Chapter 951
“How dare you slap me, Mia Lane!” Sharon screamed in her squeaky voice.
Mia massaged her wrist. “So what if I’ve slapped you? Have you forgotten how I dealt with you and Luna, that pretentious woman? Seems like you haven’t learned your lesson. You still have the nerves to provoke me.”
Sharon recalled something and grew guilty. “But still! You shouldn’t have been all physical! What if people find out what you did? It’ll ruin your name.”
“Does your IQ drop as you grow older? This is Nord City. You can try me, and I’ll make your life in Nord City a living hell.”
“You! Tim won’t let you get away with this!”
The glint in Mia’s eyes turned cold. “He was beaten up to a pulp the first day he came to Nord City and ended up wandering around the streets.
“He would’ve died here ages ago had I not made him my bodyguard. Do you think you can still do whatever you want here?”
Fear drained the color from Sharon’s face. “Y-You can’t do that.”
“So if you want to return to Bern City alive, behave. Get out of my sight and stop talking about the custody right. You won’t be this lucky next time,”
warned Mia.
She then shifted her gaze onto Veronica. “And you, better watch your language. I’ll rip your mouth off the next time I hear you speaking ill of my daughter. I will make sure that happens.”
Covering her face instinctively, Veronica didn’t dare to say a word. After all, she knew how Mia threatened Sharon by tying her up.
Mia was a lunatic woman.
Mia pivoted her heels and left the restroom while massaging her wrist.
There would always be someone out there testing her nerves.
At that moment, Mia received a call from Peyton. “What is it?”
“Ms. Mia, we found out that Mr. Shelbert is meeting a woman in the room. She also brought along a four-year-old boy. But we don’t know who they are yet because they are wearing hats.”
That was out of Mia’s expectations. “Does Mr. Shelbert have a mistress? And she’s now trying to force her way to be Mrs. Shelbert by leveraging thei child?”
It wasn’t uncommon to have scandals or illegitimate children as a mayor.
“What should we do, Ms. Mia?” asked Peyton.
Mia contemplated for a moment. “I’m going to meet him.”
“Are you planning to threaten him with this matter? Would it backfire?”
“It might if it was another person, but who am I? My brother is a famous actor who owns the largest entertainment agency. The best media news outlet is on our side. If Mr. Shelbert wants to keep his affair a secret, working with me should be his best shot.”
After terminating the call, Mia took the elevator to head upstairs.
According to Sharon, Timothy was competing with her for this project. Although she didn’t care about the project, she didn’t want to lose! Not when
Timothy was the competitor!
This was Nord City! How could she lose to the Barretts, who came from Bern City?