Once the door opened Kevin, Noah, Mark, Andrew, and Haylin went inside the huge hall like royalties. The girls started to scream their names as they were a South-Korean idol group coming in to perform.
"Kyaaa! CEO Lee (Kevin), CEO Song (Noah), CEO Chen (Mark)" screamed the girls.
The girls tried to get their attention but only got responses from Mark waving and blowing kisses to them. Nobody dared to scream CEO Yang's (Andrew's) name when his beautiful wife was standing right beside him holding his hand while glaring at the girls.
They ignored the girls and went inside. Kevin looked around the hall and recognized a few faces and found elder Shen chatting with CEO Wu and CEO Huang.
"Chairman Shen I bought this beautiful Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Roseé champagne to miss Shen as a gift from me," said CEO Wu and was handing over it to elder Shen.
"Tch he must-have bought this champagne because it looks nice, but does that even taste good? Chairman Shen this is my gift for miss Shen." Said CEO Huang and was handing over a Louis XIII De Rémy Martin Grande Champagne Cognac. "Everyone like this Champagne."
Elder Shen was about to receive the champagne but halted when he heard someone calling him.
"Grandpa Shen!" said Kevin.
"Kevin?" said Elder Shen surprisingly.
"How are you grandpa Shen?" asked Kevin happily.
"I'm fine! Wow look at you, you've grown up to be a fine man!" said elder Shen…
"Thank you, grandpa Shen! Oh this is my gift to miss Shen and this one is for you," said Kevin and handed two wine packages.
"Oh my! You didn't have to Kevin, wow you still know little flower the best when it comes to drinks." said elder Shen and chuckled.
The son from both the Huang family and the Wu family felt quite embarrassed when they didn't have a present to elder Shen. They didn't wanna feel more embarrassed and decided to walk away.
Elder Shen turned his head to the side to see if CEO Huang and CEO Wu left before he turned his back to Kevin. "Spit it out who told you that I like Brandline 2014?"
Noah, Mark, Andrew, and Haylin who was standing next to Kevin were shocked over how elder Shen suddenly acted differently once the two CEOs left. Kevin was about to reply to him when someone said "It was me!"
They all turned around and saw elder Lee (grandpa Lee/Alexander Lee) coming in smirking.
"Grandpa Lee?" said everyone surprisingly.
Grandpa Lee smirked and went up to elder Shen and held his arm around elder Shen's shoulder "You guys forgot this old man has still two legs? Did you miss me old eagle?"
"Why would I even?" asked elder Shen and removed elder Lee's hand away from his shoulder.
"Ouch! Micke-chan is so coldhearted as usual" said elder Lee and fake sulked which made everyone laugh.
Jennifer and Sophia were about to find elder Shen and to greet some other guests when they heard some girls talking at the corner beside the stairs.
"I heard that bitch slept with Henery and even Matthew. People even said she fucked all the guys from the campus before she graduated! Wait, I think her name was ehm...Jenni? Jennifer? Oh, right Jennifer Collins. Not only did she fuck all the boys, but she also took their money too!" said the girls with an orange dress on.
"Oh my god really? Well her best friend is even worse. She cheated on her ex-boyfriend and he caught her cheating on him with two males in a hotel room. That's fucking gross. People like her are disgusting. I can't believe she did this to him poor guy." said the girl with a blue dress on.
"That's nothing compared to Francesca Shen! This bitch is more insane than her two best friends. She had plastic surgery on her face, breast implants, and a nose job which was done in the same month. Her new face doesn't even look close to her old one, her breast implants are too much and her nose became so pointy. I even heard from my dad that she used a lot of her grandfather's money on alcohol and parties rather than on her education. Can you guys believe that this bitch graduated from the famous fashion school in London? Because I don't, she must have either paid the principle or used her fake ass body." said the one wearing a white dress.
*Click clack click clack* Jennifer and Sophia were standing right in front of them. Looking at them from top to toe which made the girls uncomfortable. "I don't remember grandpa Shen invited clowns to the party," said Jennifer glaring at them.
"Ha? Are you talking about us?" asked the one with the blue dress confidently.
"Which other clowns are there other than you guys?" asked Sophia rolling her eyes.
"How dare you call us clowns, do you know who you are talking to? I'm Stacy Lu from the Lu family" said the one with the white dress on.
"Nup, and we don't fucking care who you are," said Sophia crossing her arms.
"Yyyy...you," said Stacy and was about to say something but was interrupted by Jennifer.
Jennifer looked at the girl with the orange dress."Are you sure that what you said isn't yourself? You say I fucked all the boys from campus but do you have any proof? If not shut your disgusting trashcan full of bullshit. Bring me proof if you want to talk. Oh, wait you don't have any. All these rumors flying out your mouth if fueled by your own jealousy and insecurities. How could I take their money when they didn't have any money in the first place. I can earn more money monthly than fucking all the boys like you claim I did. Unlike you, I work for my success instead of riding my family name's coattail."
She looked over to the next girl with a blue dress. "Were you there to witness Sophia cheating on her ex with two males? Actually my mistake, I forgot you don't have the brains to think about the other situations. Before calling Sophia disgusting how about you look in the mirror to see who is disgusting. Go clean your mouth and do some skincare routine since it looks wrinkly and saggy from all the bullshit you spoke."
"And for you look at yourself. Which part of you isn't fake? You look like some walking barbie doll on drugs with so any procedures done. You want to spread rumors of all those procedures right? Share your own first. Dare not to? Why? Because all those procedures were done on your own body. I pity those people who stick with you daily. You are so brainless to switch out your own to Francesca just to spread rumors to cover your own insecurities. How did your dad hear she used her grandfather's money? He never did because that person was his own daughter also known as YOU. Thinking about your own degree, I wonder who was horney enough to fuck a fake plastic doll like you. At least have some decency to keep secret hidden instead of spreading it publicly."
Jennifer came closer to them and whispered so they could only hear her."Say one more word of my best friends and I will break your neck."
The girl in the orange dress fell down trembling while the other two tried not to show that they were scared.
-Upstairs-
Francesca was putting on her golden heels which completed her look. She was wearing red spaghetti straps v-neck dress with a high slit on the left leg. Her hair was curled beautifully back and she wore the same gold heart necklace she got from her parents along with long twisted golden earrings with stones. "Thank you, guys! Please do stay at the party."
Pony the makeup artist sent a message to assistant Yu that Francesca was done and was already on her way out. Assistant Yu saw the message and ran upstairs to tell the electricians that they have to get ready with the lights. Once Francesca came closer to the stairs all the light was beaming at her.
Francesca felt a bit uncomfortable and nervous when everyone was staring at her, but tried to ignore it. She came down and saw elder Shen smiling proudly at her. He waved to her so she could come over and they both walked to the little stage. "Hello and thank you for coming to my precious granddaughter's welcome party. I decided to throw this party for her to show have proud I'm of her. She decided to study abroad and came back with a bachelor's degree in business. This is not only a welcome party but also announcement that she will be officially the next CEO of the Shen corporation." said elder Shen proudly.
People in the hall were all surprised when elder Shen announced that Francesca will be the next CEO especially for the person who was standing not far away from the little stage with his wife.
Francesca smiled happily to everyone. "Hello and thank you for coming to my party. I have to first thank my grandfather, assistant Yu and the rest of the people who helped them to throw this party for me. I will do my best to bring the Shen corporation a bright future. Once again thank you." Francesca was looking around and found one specific person she was looking at while she was holding her speech and smirked. "The game starts now Mike Lu."
Everyone applauded after her speech and started chatting lively again. When Francesca and elder Shen went down from the stage a few businessmen came over to talk to them. Francesca recognized a few of them as either her father's old clients or as business partners and happily chatted with them. Kevin walked over to Francesca once she was done talking to some businessman.
"Congratulations on being the new CEO of the Shen corporation," said Kevin.
Francesca turned around and was shocked when she saw Kevin. "Yyy...you?? How did you? No wait do you know me?"
Kevin was about to reply when elder Shen and elder Lee came. "Little flower do you remember Kevin?
She was looking at Kevin and saw him smirking which made her nervous that she held his arm. "Kevin? Oh yes, I do pa."
Elder Lee was smiling happily when he saw Francesca holding Kevin's arm but that smile didn't last that long when he saw Kevin wearing a turtle neck under his red velvet tuxedo. "Why are you wearing a black sweater with that long neck under your tuxedo? Isn't it hot?"
Francesca wanted so badly to dig a hole under the ground because she knew she was the reason why he was wearing a turtle neck. She tightened her arm around his arm when she caught him smirking.
"I felt a bit chilly so I decided to wear a black turtle neck," said Kevin and chuckled.
Everyone was looking weirdly at him.
Sophia and Jennifer came at the right time and told Francesca that the desserts and the cakes were delicious, and dragged her over to the table with all the desserts and cakes were. She placed a slice of the strawberry cake on Francesca's plate and told her to take a bite. The moment Francesca took a bite her eyes sparkled.
The girls finished eating their cake and grabbed their drinks. Francesca gave a toast to everyone, thanking them for coming to her party. After exchanging a few words, guests began crowding around her to form conversation.
The party was soon over and some guests had already left, she opened the balcony door and went out to take some fresh air once she saw it was only a few people left. She felt suddenly a red velvet blazer around her shoulder.
"The moon is beautiful isn't it?" asked Kevin looking at the moon.
"En, it's beautiful," she replied looking at the moon.
She was just about to drink from her glass but stopped halfway when she remembers it was wine she got from some businessmen and wasn't in the mood to drink wine today. Kevin saw it and took the glass from her and gave her his glass.
"Why are you giving me your glass?" asked Francesca looking at him confusingly.
"That's soda, I'm driving tonight." He said and chugged her wine.
"You know that's wine you chugged down?" asked Francesca and started to laugh.
Kevin felt suddenly embarrassed. "I mean my assistant is driving me home. Let's go back in it's getting chilly outside."
-The Lu mansion-
The sound of broken glasses could be heard from the moment Mike Lu came home from the party. "When did that bitch study business? Didn't her fucking grandfather say that she was going to study fashion to become a fashion designer like her mother? This bitch is not smart at all she will get her family business bankrupted in a second which means that I'll never get the chance to take over the Shen corporation?"
"Honey stop yelling! You are overacting again, you will find a solution to take over the Shen corporation just relax," said Sara Lu and sat down on the couch.
"But that CEO position should belong to me not that bitch Sara," said Mike trying to find something to break.
Mike was about to throw an expensive vase when his phone suddenly rang. He looked at the caller ID and immediately lost the vase so it smashed into pieces and grabbed his phone from the coffee table.
Mike Lu: [Hello Master Hades]
Master Hades: [You were at Francesca Shen's party right?]
Mike Lu: [Yes master Hades]
Master Hades: [So you know what is happening now?]
Mike Lu: [Yes master Hades I do, but I don't know what to do I thought she was going to study fashion and become a fashion designer like her mother.]
Master Hades: [Let's change our plan. Find an employer that works at the Shen corporation and pay that person 1 million dollars to steal the project they are working on.]
Mark Lu: [Oh my god! That's a good idea master Hades, but I don't have 1 million dollars.]
Master Hades: [ What happened to all the money you got from selling all the drugs ha?]
Mark Lu: [III...I used it up on buying different drugs because my customers wants other type of drugs.]
Master Hades: [Tch useless! I will send you 1 million dollars, wait did you take any pictures?]
Mark Lu: [ Yes, I will send you all the pictures now master Hades.]
Master Hades: [Good!]
Mark Lu: [Master Hades I just sent you all the pictures. Hello? Master Hades? Hello?]
"Honey who was that? asked Sara Lu.
"It was master Hades, Sara I need to go out for a bit," said Mike Lu and took his jacket before he left.
"Aiya he always leaves when this master Hades calls him hmph," said Sara Lu annoyingly.
On the other side of the city, a man stepped closer to his desk, a wicked grin formed on his concentrated expression. His eyes gazed at his desk where pictures of Francesca Shen sat in numerical order. From the left to the right, pictures of her from every angle since she was a young age were organized. Picking up the most recent picture of her tying a ponytail, he sniffed the picture before pressing it against his lips. "You're mine."