Chapter 97: Sephina’s Plan

Meanwhile at Ford group’s office.

Sephina was seething with Anger after watching Natalie’s press conference.

"That wretch, dares challenge me openly," Sephina spat out, "Want to be a leading company? She can dream on."

"But mother, she managed to get a superstar like Victor Ried by her side. How did she manage it?" Clara asked, still surprised, "With him in that company, many other actors might follow her."

"It won’t happen," Sephina looked at her assistant, "Draft a lucrative contract for Victor Ried and send it to me. Offer him whatever he demands but get him to sign with our company."

The assistant nodded.

Just then, she was informed that Ken was here to meet her.

"Send him in."

Ken entered Sephina’s lavish office, his face full of worry. "Chairman Ford, did you see what Ms Natalie did?"

Sephina hummed.

"What shall I do now?" the man asked in panic, "She asked to returned everything I earned from that company. I was doing it all as per your orders."

"She is just trying to scare you. Officially, before she became the CEO of that company, it was under Ford group entirely. So, there is nothing wrong if you work for Ford group," Sephina explained.

"But what if..."

"Our lawyers will help you as it involves Ford group as well," she leaned back in her chair, confidence brimming her face, "but in return you have to do something for me."

"All my life I have been working for you with all my loyalty," the man said, "I will do as you say."

"Get me each and every detail of Natalie’s plans for her company. Plant a spy or find any other way, but you have to get me every single detail of any of her plans."

Ken’s lips curved into a smirk, "I understand and I know exactly what I need to do."

"If you manage to do it and I could successfully crush that wretch under my feet, I will offer you a good position in the Ford group," Sephina added.

"Thank you, Chairman Ford." The man left grinning slyly. ’Natalie Ford, you will pay for all the humiliation you have caused me.’

"Mother, that’s truly a good plan," Clara praised, "If we get to know what she is planning, we can ruin her plan even before she can start."

Just when two women were feeling happy, Breina arrived there, straight after leaving Ivan. She didn’t look happy.

"Briena, what happened? Why do you look sad?" Clara asked while Sephina waited to get an answer, "Things didn’t go well between you two?"

Briena sat in the chair as she looked at her mother, her eyes moist, "I don’t think he loves me yet, mother. All he did was to...."

Worry painted Clara’s face. "What did he do?"

"He only used me."

"It was your first time, so..."

"We didn’t do that," she interrupted her mother, "He wants to wait till we get married. He just...."

Clara and Sephina noticed the change in Briena’s voice. Her voice was hoarse and it didn’t take them time to understand.

"You are not going to him anymore," Sephina declared, anger evident in her eyes. "Don’t be an easy game for him like Natalie."

Clara agreed as well and held Briena’s hand to coax her. "That slut Natalie must have been doing all the dirty things with him, so he expects the same from you. Don’t let yourself fall to her level," she looked at Sephina, "Mother, now I know why Ivan agreed to marry Natalie. She must have seduced him this way, just like the other men she has been seducing, whether it’s that wealthy man or this actor Victor Reid. She is truly a whore."

"I love him and I want him to love me back...but..." Briena choked, acting pitiful. "He seems to still think about Natalie, even if it’s hate he feels."

"He will come to you on his own. Just stay away from him as if you have nothing to do with him," Sephina instructed coldly.

"What if he ends up distancing from me?"

"He won’t."

Clara assured, "Listen to what your grandma says. She knows it better."

Briena nodded, "As long as I can get him back with him fallen for me and he won’t even think about that slut."

Just then, Clara’s cell phone rang. It was Ivan’s mother Amelia.

"Why is she calling now?" Clara frowned.

"Must be calling to discuss the engagement," Sephina answered. "Do not receive it yet. When you do, tell her to talk to me. It’s time to let them realise, upsetting our daughter is not good for them."

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Meanwhile, in Natalie’s office...

Dan handed a file to Natalie, who immediately tossed it onto the table in front of Victor, sitting leisurely in the chair.

"Sign it," she ordered, her voice firm.

Victor smirked, not even bothering to reach for the file. "In such a hurry? Don’t you trust me?"

"No, I don’t trust you," Natalie responded without hesitation. "What if Sephina Ford offers you something better and you start wagging your tail for her?"

Victor chuckled, the sound cold but amused. "I don’t have a tail. And even if I did, I’d only wag it for you."

She shot him a glare. "Disgusting."

The others in the office—Dan, Ella, Nora, and even Victor’s own manager—looked on in surprise. They were witnessing an exchange that was anything but professional. The superstar everyone treats like a treasure and can’t dare upset him, this woman was treating him like a pawn in her hand, and this superstar was willing to be her pawn.

Victor finally picked up the pen, opened the file, and began signing, but his manager stepped forward, concerned. "Victor, let me read it over first."

"There’s no need," Victor said smoothly, already signing one page and flipping to the next. "She can take everything I have, including myself. What’s there to worry about?"

Natalie didn’t react to his words, her expression indifferent as Victor continued to sign each page without a second thought. Once done, he pushed the file back toward her. "All done."

She took the file, quickly glanced through it, and passed it to Dan. She looked at Victor with a resolute gaze.

"Now there’s no going back for you. You’re officially an artist of my company, and from here on, you’ll follow whatever I say. My company owns you now."

Victor smiled, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "If that’s what makes you happy."