The following morning, nobody mentioned the incident at the supermarket. Selina looked well after a night's rest. She had a huge appetite when she devoured the breakfast joyfully. Seeing how she reacted to the sight of food, Julia and Nick sighed inwardly. It was a huge relief.
To cheer her up, Julia purposely made all her favorites for breakfast. Even Nick joined them into drinking juice instead of his morning coffee. Selina has been trying to convince him into tasting the fruit juice she favored greatly. He thought it would make her smile to see her efforts blossom.
Selina noticed the differences and smiled warmly at this family for their sweetness. After breakfast was done, Jason brought Selina upstairs where he handed her a box. She stared at him. "What is this?"
"Change into this outfit. I'll take you somewhere before heading to work. Everyone is coming with us too. I'll wait for you outside the room." He walked out of his room leisurely and closed the door from behind.
Letting out a deep breath, she opened the box. Her eyes widened in surprise at the semi-casual business attire in blush pink color! It came with a cream-colored blouse, blush pink blazer and blush pink pants! With the accessories on the side, her outfit looked perfect.
When she walked out of the room, she had a wide smile on her face. Spinning in a circle, she asked for his opinion. He replied, "Very beautiful."
Taking her hand in his, the couple walked downstairs and met Celinda, Julia and Nick at the entrance.
"Oh right! Where are we going?" Selina wondered what could make the whole Hui family gather together. She observed the secretive smiles on their faces and blinked cluelessly at them.
"You'll know when we get there." Jason chuckled at how confused she reacted to their behavior. Rubbing her head with his palm, he eased the tension in her body and led everyone to his car.
The car ride was around half an hour, including finding a space for parking the car.
Once they've arrived, Selina read the company name to herself. "Sin Corporation..."
"Good morning, Selina." Aaron's voice distracted her from further thoughts.
"Aaron? Good morning. But why are you also here? Do you have some business to do with Jason? If so, you two should head to the company first." She thought he was here to get instructions from Jason.
Shaking his head, he pulled out a file from his suitcase. "Selina, it is you whom I'm looking for. I need you to sign where the x marks are."
Taking a glance at Jason and the trio who exited the car, she read the document in her hands. "Transfer of business ownership of Sin Corporation...and the receiver is me?"
Raising her head once again, she had a loss for words. Out of every possibility she could think of, on their way here, she never thought it would be this. With a straight smile on her face, she followed Jason and his family in dazed bewilderment as they stepped foot into Sin Corporation. Everyone whispered gossips and chatters amongst their small groups as if they were already familiarized with her.
Somehow, some of them smiled at her and even waved to greet her. She responded to the greetings, but quickly retracted her gaze from them. Along the way to the top floor, she felt like she's been swooped in continuous whirlpool. The only reason that kept her calm was the fact that Jason was holding her hands, guiding her through each step.
Once they've arrived at the top floor, where the CEO office was located, Jason gave her a slight nod. Aaron opened the door for everyone to enter. Peter, on the other hand, was not expecting any visitors today. When he lifted his head, thinking it was his assistant, he felt himself super-glued to his chair - he couldn't move.
Selina saw the familiar face she had despised. She let out a small "tch" sound, expressing her displease to see him sitting in the office. Before Jason said another word, Aaron had already walked over to the desk and placed a document in plain sight for Peter to review.
"You're stripping me from my CEO position? Who are you kidding?! This is ridiculous. I was the one who invested money in this company and I am the one who belong in this seat." Peter scoffed at the words printed in the document as he flipped through pages of it.
Not only did he find the signatures but also personal letters familiar to his eyes, he also realized he had no say in this decision. Even if he were to gather a board meeting right now, he will still lose his position.
"As you can already tell by reading the document in front of you, the board members have been extremely unhappy with your decisions in dealing with business projects. You've been slacking in terms of performing duties as a CEO and utilizing resources to increase revenue. The profits you've promised the shareholders were not achieved and even resulted in monetary loss.
"We have plenty more bullets to list, but to save our time, I've already summarized the main reasons to remove you as the CEO of Sin Corporation. Now, the future owner of Sin Corporation will be Miss Selina Gu. You have an hour to pack your belongings that do not belong to the company. Security will be watching you thoroughly. Once time is up, you won't be able to come back anymore."
Aaron spoke the points clearly to him. At this point, Peter was fully aware there was no room for negotiating, because he has no support. However, he was not ready to hand over his position to anyone, especially Selina! From their previous interaction, he already figured she had lost her memories. For someone who has no recollection of her past, what capability would she have to manage a business as big as this one?
With this idea in mind, he leaned back to his chair and folded his hands. He stared at Selina to disparage and pressure her with his presence. His expression made it obvious he was unwilling to budge from this position.
He said, "Selina, compared to me, in which aspect, do you think you are greater? Isn't it a shame for you to take over a company without prior knowledge on how a company operates? Quit being a joke and leave me alone. Or are you getting back at me for dumping you? You could just say it. No need to use an outsider to further damage our relationship. I'll take you back."
With those words said, Selina felt Jason's hand tighten around hers. He was angry, but she wouldn't let a petty person like Peter ruin her boyfriend's mood. Since this was a gift, her boyfriend prepared for her, she has all the right to receive it. She rubbed her thumb back and forth against his, to pacify him.
Looking down at Selina's steady gaze, he saw the confusion in her eyes dissipate without a trace. She raised her brows at her boyfriend with an amused look on her face. Soon, she loosened her hand from his and strolled to Peter's desk.
Bam!
She slammed her palms against the surface of his wooden desk, knocking over writing utensils. Peter jumped up from her sudden gesture, meeting the impudence in her eyes. With a smirk on her face, she picked up a random file from the stack to her left. She noticed the layer of grey dust on top of it and blew it into his face, making him sneeze.
Without giving it another glance, she snatched a second file and slammed it onto his keyboard.
"Aaron, please do me a favor and set a timer for five minutes. Within five minutes, CEO Sin and I will compete on reviewing the individual file in our hands. As all of you are my witness, I didn't take a single peek at any of the documents. Hence, these files are new to me. Perhaps, even considered old to him since it's been piled up on his desk."
Reaching swiftly towards the scattered utensils on his desk, she took three highlighters between her fingers. She turned around with a fully confident face as she continued speaking.
"Anyway, we will highlight and mark any errors in this document. Of course, CEO Sin will have to same colored highlighters that I have in hand to perform this task. To make this a fair competition, we will have the CFO review these documents and give his or her opinion on who did a better job. Also, before handing the document to the CFO, Aaron will make sure none of us wrote or left any personal notes to instruct the CFO what to say."
"At the same time, our cellphones will be given to Aaron to prevent possible cheating. No internet, phones nor communication to others are allowed. Nobody is permitted to assist during the five minutes or else, it will automatically lead to losing. Since we've stepped foot into this office, your phone has been on your desk and hands have been folded. Therefore, you couldn't have sent secret messages for any form of assistance."
Waving the document in her hand, she turned back around and gave him a scornful glare.
"What do you say? CEO Sin? Dare to accept this challenge? Or are you too scared to bet with someone who has no recollection of her past? If you don't take up my bet, then you're just a weakling who is afraid of losing against a girl who has no capabilities. Like you've said, I don't have memories of my past, so you should be at an advantage. So, are you planning to chicken out?" She clicked her tongue at the end, purposely provoking him.
He was gnashing his teeth when her palms landed on his desk earlier. Now, his expression looked extremely dark. She knew how to read people's expression quite well, especially when it comes to offending her enemies.
"Fine! But if I win, I'll have you crawl out of here like a dog while barking! You have to crawl through every floor of this building on all fours and admit you are nothing but trash!" He growled angrily.
The smirk on her face tilted up more than before. "Sure, but right now, you're the only dog who is talking in the office. If I win, you'll have to do whatever I say. I can also do whatever I want to you, and you can't fight back."
With the document closed in front of them, Aaron did a countdown. "Three...Two..One! Go!"
The competition has begun.
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