Chloe glanced at the table and found everyone had a stack of notes of $10 beside their hands as gamble fund except the mahjong tiles scattered out of order.
With a second of hesitation, she took out the cash from her wallet, which was the remains of her last month's salary, and put it in an empty seat.
A bright idea came to Eve - let her second daughter-in-law understand how authoritative she is by playing mahjong!
Possibly due to her bad luck, Chloe lost three times in a row.
In the fourth round, Eve increased the wager, assuming that once Chloe lost again, her wallet would be empty.
Therefore, the mother-in-law could not wait to see Chloe obedient to drive a BMW X1.
Seeing her mother-in-law's sinister smile, Chloe whispered, "Mom, I have my transport means which will be parked outside there, which could make my commuting easy, is that okay?"
Without knowing what the means is, Eve approved, "It's a piece of cake. Sort it out yourself."
Chloe added, "It's an electro motorbike, Mom."
"..." Eve was stunned.
What did it mean for the daughter-in-law of the grand Bolton Family go to work on a worn-out motorcycle? Others might criticise the Family treated her bad!
"No way, our family can't afford to lose face!"
"Ask Sam to buy you a BMW X1. It's small and a good match with you young girls."
Chloe replied indifferently, "I appreciate your kindness, mom. But let me keep what I have please."
Eve knew very well that Chloe had a stubborn temper. If she confronted her toughly with toughness, she would only be more treacherous. So she decided to persuade her with wisdom and ordered, "Let's change the rule. Let's bet a car in the next round."
Freya got excited, "How?"
Eve asked her daughter to shut up and stared at her daughter-in-law, "If you lose to any of us, you are supposed to hand in your motorbike. If you win... Ah, I think you won't win."
"If I win, I will keep the ownership of my Little Sheep, right?" Chloe asked.
Thinking Chloe's bad luck and skills in mahjong, Eve was confident and agreed, "Correct." She was 200% sure that she would fail.
One minute later...
"I claimed this tile! To match a triplet! I win!" Chloe showed her empty hands and touched her chin with a smile. "Seems my good luck is back! Thank you, Mom."
Freya and Nora were so shocked that their eyes were about to pop out. "What a masterkiller you are!"
"Holy S**t! Alright, let me pay you." Freya gave Chloe the lost gamble fund with a sigh and Nora did the same.
The mother-in-law's heart was beating violently. She finally understood Chloe lost the previous games as a way to please her.
She wanted to break the deal, but she was would never fail to live up to her promise in front of the juniors. In the end, she could only allow this clever daughter-in-law to ride the horrible electro motorbike, which might be a shame for the Family.
Chloe counted the cash with satisfaction. The mahjong game was nothing to her. In her spare time, she would play QQ games online and battle with friends.
Time flies. It was the end of the month.
As the director of the sales department, it was the most important for her to win the commission by the orders.
At this time, her assistant Dwayne came to her, telling that a big boss from north of the country intended to purchase a large deal of office-use sports equipment.
But this boss was very harsh. The sales representative tried to negotiate several times, but was rejected with the reason of low price-performance ratio.
The assistant asked tentatively, "Chloe, have a try?"
"Dwayne, let me know the schedule of this boss."
After talking to the phone, Dwayne immediately reported to her boss, "Chloe, a piece of bad news - Mr. Miller is departing tomorrow morning."
*... Uh, any good news?"
"He promised to meet you at 7:30 tonight at room 101, Venice Hotel."
The lady boss was in deep thought - In other words, if the negotiation failed, we would lose such a cash cow?
"Dwayne, are you available then? We go together?"
With the assistant, Chloe might not be stuck.
Dwayne said pitifully, "Boss, I have an urgent blind date who asked me out several times... My parents are worried about my marriage and requested me to attend the meeting tonight... I'm sorry, boss."
Marriage was a big deal and Chloe was definitely sensible, so she did not force Dwayne to go with her. Instead, the lady boss wished her best, "Alright, good luck! If your knot is tied with him, I'll give you a big red packet as gift!
Dwayne replied with an intention to reject. "What a joke! It's too early to promise this, boss!"
Before Dwayne leaving the office, the internal call suddenly rang.
Seeing the incoming call, Dwayne picked up the voice tube and made a mouth-reading gesture to her boss: Mr. Bolton.
Chloe was astonished as this was the first time that her husband trying to get in touch with her in the company. Usually, except for meetings, they had no contact with each other.
Receiving the voice tube from Dwayne, Chloe answered the call diffidently, "Hello Mr. Bolton, Chloe speaking. How can I help you?
"Mr. Bolton?" The man's magnetic voice was full of coquetry. "We've seen and touched every inch of the bodies of each other. Don't you think you are too aloof?"
The capable lady took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Bolton, if there is nothing I can do for you, that's all."
"Wait! Bring me a cup of coffee. Be quick."
"Where is Mr. Bolton's secretary?"
"Um, she isn't here with me physically... at the moment."
The word "physically was pronounced with a prolonged sound, lingering and lingering.
Chloe got angry and almost cut off the phone, but gave a sign to her assistant and reported to her boss, "The coffee is coming. Do you need anything else, boss?"
Sam seemed to figure out that she didn't want to see him at all and said, "Madam Chloe, I want you to deliver me the coffee and trust that you won't refuse follow my instruction, isn't it?"
"..." Chloe was speechless.
"Boss, how can I help you?" Dwayne asked while waiting beside the desk.
Hanging up the phone and trying to calm herself down, Chloe told Dwayne with a smile, "It's okay now."
There were coffee beans and maker in the pantry, but it took time to grind and brew.
To make it easy, Chloe put a Bird's Nest instant ground coffee, which was prepared for the staff, into a disposable cup, filling with hot water and stirring with a straw.
On the 18th floor. Since the secretary was not there, she pushed the door open and walked in directly.
Seeing Sam reading the documents, Chloe reminded him in a low voice, "Boss, may I just leave your coffee on the desk?"
He agreed without raising his head.
Putting down the cup and was about to leave, Sam asked with a bit of anger, "Have I told you to leave?"
Chloe turned around and stood, waiting for Sam's order.
Putting down the pen, Sam picked up the cup and took a sip. With a frown, he asked with an increasing anger, "Chloe, how dare you fool your boss with the instant?"
Chloe was very calm and answered, "Boss, you instructed me to prepare coffee for you, but didn't specify the type and the taste, so please make it clear next time and I think I'll serve you better."
Sam was so angry burst into laughter.. "Madam Chloe has a glib tongue. No wonder you can be so successful at Dane."
Chloe pretended to be modest, "Thank you, boss. You know, you are the one leading me to where I am."
Sam stared at the stubborn staff and suddenly thought up why he asked her to come.