- 02.
I locked my office door and dialed a long–uncalled number.
“Victoria, I’m in. I’m joining your team.”
“I need you to assemble a full–service, high–end banquet team within three days.”
4:07 am D
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“Don’t ask why. I’ll explain the specifics when we meet. Just follow the proposal I’ve sent for now.”
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, then a cheerful agreement.
“We’ve been waiting a long time to hear that from you.”‘
This team was connected through my university senior, Victoria. She had already moved half her business to a high–end wedding planning firm abroad. They had invited me to join them several times, but in my previous life, for the sake of “partner balance” with Alexander and our company, I had painfully declined.
This life, I wouldn’t give way.
I wasn’t just here to save this one wedding; I was paving my own path.
Alexander could be a partner, but I could also dismantle this mess and rebuild a new “Scarlett
Events” without him.
I instructed Victoria to sign contracts under a new name, directly with the hotel channels.
At the same time, I quietly established my new company: legal registration, entity formation, and process approvals – all done in one swift motion.
With
my
second chance at life, I was launching my second venture.
I deliberately stayed late at the office, working overtime until everyone else had left.
I returned alone to the projector control room, locked the door, and turned off the lights.
In the glow of the screen, I pulled a specially designed USB drive from my bag-
This USB could subtly switch signal channels and control playback content without detection.
In my previous life, they’d used this exact setup to play a “Thank You Team” video that was, on the surface, glamorous, but secretly contained Chloe’s self–serving “innovation speech.”
This time, I would make her personally tear off her masked face.
I turned on the sound testing equipment, connecting the USB while simultaneously activating my
voice recorder.
4:07 am DS
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Over the next few days, I would prepare a clear, complete gift for Alexander and Chloe.
- 03.