CHAPTER 468 PROMOTED TO GENERAL MANAGER

For a moment, the box went quiet. Everyone had an inquisitive look on their face, their eyes darting

between Winnie and Marie.

The women knew Winnie would embarrass Marie the moment she came in, but they never expected it

to happen so soon.

Winnie looked down at Marie with a smug smile. Somehow, she felt extremely satisfied when she saw

the once "prettiest girl in school" had such an ordinary boyfriend.

Just as Marie was about to say something, Leo stopped her.

There was no trace of anger on his face, but a faint smile instead.

Marie caught on immediately and gave a sneer. "I don’t care what you think of him, as long as I’m

satisfied with him."

Winnie was a little shocked to hear that, but the next moment, the smile on her face widened.

"Good to know. Let me drink a toast to it a while later."

Dakota, Billie and Abigail could tell Winnie was declaring war on Marie.

During high school years, Winnie liked Edwin, while he liked Marie, nevertheless.

But Marie had no interest in Edwin at all, and thus had refused him for many times, which was a

shattering blow to Winnie’s pride.

In Winnie’s view, she was humiliated by the fact that the man she cherished was belittled by Marie, and

someday, she would grind Marie beneath her heel.

Winnie had sworn so back then, and now it was time for her to realize her dream.

"Winnie, introduce your husband to us." Dakota, Billie and the others couldn’t wait to get to know

Winnie’s husband.

Winnie took Reuben’s arm affectionately and smiled, "My husband runs retail stores, but along with the

widespread of the Internet, online stores are booming, so he intends to develop his online business.

Therefore, the J Group of Hopkins is our ideal partner."

"Wow! Really?"

"Won’t you make a fortune if you work with the J Group?"

Winnie nodded in agreement.

Edwin chimed in with a grin, "As long as I can cooperate with the J Group, I’ll buy a yacht for Winnie,

and we’ll welcome you to have a party on it!"

"Is that so? Then we’ll be waiting for that day, Mr. Harrison!"

"I envy you so much, Winnie!"

Dakota and Billie cast an envious look at Winnie, who was embracing the moment of being

complimented. At the same time, she threw a look at Leo, Marie and Serena to watch their reaction.

However, to her disappointment, those three people looked as calm as before, no hint of envy in their

eyes.

In addition, she could feel that the look in Marie’s eyes turned colder.

And Winnie’s feeling was right.

When her husband said the J Group was his ideal business partner, the three people lost interest in the

couple.

Serena’s father was the president of the J Group, while Marie was the younger lady of the Henderson

family, the royal family in Valenham.

Not to mention Leo.

Winnie’s showing off in front of the three of them was just like her offering to teach fish to swim.

However, Marie didn’t put her cards on the table, but turned to Edwin with a smile.

"Edwin, what about you? It’s said that you’re going to be promoted. Even some big shots invite you to

dinner."

Edwin shook his head, smiling. "They’re all rumors. You’ve done better than me. I’ve worked so hard

yet I’ve got nothing, while you’ve got such a great husband."

Leo shot a glance at Edwin. He was a reserved and low-key man. Unlike Winnie, who showed off

herself, he concealed the fact that he was promoted.

"Come on! Don’t be so humble. I heard that you made friends with Brooke, the young master of the

Palmer family, and he even recruited you to Spaerrace. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to book a

private box in Spaerrace, no matter how rich I am!"

Winnie's words sent the crowd into pandemonium again.

"What? Brooke from the Palmer family? Edwin even made friends with him?"

"There used to be four influential families in Hopkins. After the Hudson family fell, there were only three

left, the Palmer family, the Watts family and the Grant family. But Edwin actually made friends with one

of them. How did he do that?"

"Edwin, how about taking us to Mr. Palmer someday?"

Dakota, Billie and the other women threw themselves at Edwin. Original from .

Edwin, nonetheless, gave a smile. "We’ve met for only a few times, and that’s all. Probably Mr. Watts

doesn’t even remember me now."

"You’re too modest, Mr. Gill!" Reuben looked obsequiously at Edwin. "Will you please help me set up a

meeting with the president of the J Group? If the deal is done, you won’t regret it."

Leo said nothing, but he saw something deeper.

It was all about the pecking order.

Everyone played up to Winnie, while Winnie and Reuben fawned on Edwin when Edwin made up to

Brooke.

Edwin smiled, "But it’s out of my reach. To be honest, Marie might help you with it."

Edwin brought the limelight back to Marie, who was having food calmly as if what was happening had

nothing to do with her.

"Her? How is it possible for her to see the president of the J Group?" Winnie asked in disbelief, looking

dismissive as she spoke.

Edwin said nothing, but stared at Leo with his dark eyes.

Dakota, Billie and Winnie tried their best to insult this man to embarrass Marie, but he stayed collected

and didn’t even say a word.

There were two possibilities.

Either he was just an ordinary man, or he was a big shot of broad mind, who didn’t take their insults

seriously at all.

At this moment, Dakota leaned over to them with a grin. "Marie and Serena, where do you work now?"

Dakota asked the question Winnie wanted to ask the most and continued the conversation.

As for Leo, she just ignored him.

Marie replied faintly, "Nothing serious. I just work in the J Group."

"I work in the same department with Marie," Serena added.

Everyone was stunned by their words.

Winnie widened her eyes and asked in disbelief, "You… You actually work in the J Group. How can that

be true?"

Meanwhile, Edwin narrowed his eyes, his attention remaining on Leo.

"Winnie, they are your classmates, aren’t they?" Reuben asked, sizing up Marie and Serena with his

eager eyes.

"Well… yeah," Winnie replied awkwardly.

If Marie worked in the J Group, wasn’t she embarrassing herself by showing off herself in front of Marie

a while ago?

Reuben reached out his hand to Marie and Serena immediately. "I’m Winnie’s husband, Reuben. Can

we have a further discussion on the cooperation since you two work in the J Group?"

"Hubby…"

Winnie tried to stop Reuben, but was shoved away by him. "Get lost! Stay away from my business!"

Marie and Serena shook their heads. "You’re mistaken. We’re simply ordinary employees, not

executives."

Reuben was overwhelmed with disappointment all of a sudden. "Ordinary employees…"

Winnie let out a sigh of relief and burst into laughter. "I knew it, hubby. How can they be the executives

of the J Group? You’ve wasted your time on them."

Ring ring ring…

The next moment, Serena’s phone rang.

It was from the personnel manager of the J Group.

"Is that Miss Wallace? You’ll be promoted to general manager assistant tomorrow!"

Beep beep beep…

The personnel manager hung up the phone after telling Serena the news. Apparently, he was busy.

A confused look on her face, Serena had no idea what was going on.

Since the personnel manager was talking in a loud voice, everyone present heard him.

And they were dumbfounded.

Stunned for a moment, Winnie recovered herself and managed a smile. "It’s just general manager

assistant, not a big deal."

Ring ring ring…

At this point, Marie’s phone also rang.

It was from the personnel manager, again.

"Is that Miss Henderson? Congratulations! You’re promoted to general manager!"