She then left.
Not long after, an email titled âDorothy Assex dismissed due to incapability, to be replaced by Emma
Assexâ was blasted out to every employeeâs email address.
Many felt the unjust treatment dished out to Dorothy. Especially the ones who worked alongside
Dorothy when she started and knew just how much effort she put into the company.
Yetâ¦
When Dorothy left with her personal belongings, nobody came to say goodbye.
Everyone lowered their heads as if she did not exist.
When she stepped out of the office, tears welled up in her eyes.
Shermaine Ford was waiting at the exit.
âI treated you as best as I could, why did you betray me?â demanded Dorothy in disbelief.
Shermaine smiled coldly. âI chose to side with the better party. You cannot blame me for the fault lies
on you, for being such a weak and insignificant member of the Assex family.â
âI hope you will not regret your actions.â Dorothy nodded.
âOf course not, good riddance!â Shermaine turned and walked away, swaying her hips in a prideful
manner.
Over at the headquarters of Assex Constructions.
The CEOâs secretary, a pretty lady herself, hurriedly knocked on the CEOâs door. She said to Benny
Assex, âCEO, bad news. We just got news from the marketing department that Waylon Realty will not
extend our contract.â
âWhat did you say?â
Benny Assex was Madame Joanneâs eldest son. He immediately jumped to his feet after hearing the
news.
Waylon Realty was Californiaâs largest real estate company. Recently, they managed to purchase four
massive lots of land at City North, with a total area of over a million square feet. It involved the
development of residential areas, commercial buildings, business lots, and multipurpose towers, all to
establish City North as Californiaâs newest landmark.
The number of construction materials required to make it happen was astronomical.
So the saying went, a contract to supply construction materials to Wayton Realty was every
construction businessesâ dream here in California. However, it was also common knowledge that the
Assex Conglomerate had been dealing with Waylon Realty for a long time. There was nothing else the
others could do.
This meant that nobody else had doubts about Assex Constructions taking over this particular project.
To prepare for this particular partnership, Assex Constructions made plenty of arrangements, such as
purchasing their raw materials in massive quantities ahead of time.
However, with the contract terminated, the capital spent was down the drains. With that came cash flow
issues and the Assex Conglomerate would have to be dissolved within three months since they could
not pay their loans.
That was why Benny was in a huge shock.
âArrange a meeting with Waylon Realtyâs CEO, Mr. Carter immediately. I need to see him personally!â
âBut CEO, you have a meeting coming up, you cannot miss that too!â
âWhat should we do? Call Anderson Assex and inform him to attend to the matter immediately!â
Anderson received the call but was not at all worried. He was planning to send his daughter, Emma
Assex over as the representative of Assex Constructions. If she could salvage the contract, it would
mean a huge boost to her status in the family.
Riding in his brand new M8, Alex Rockefeller was waiting for Dorothy outside of Assex Constructionâs
City South branch office. He was to bring Dorothy over to visit Brittany Rockefeller.
âIs this a BMW M8?â Dorothy was surprised to see Alexâs ride.
âGet in the car!â Alex smiled.
She was even more surprised to find a little girl in the rear seat of his car.
âWho is this kid?â asked Dorothy.
âA child of my neighbor. Her name is Zoey Carter and her father happens to be Charles Carter. Do you
know him?â