At this moment, Shalma Hughes was reviewing the documents that had piled up during her two days of leave. She looked up, only to find Thea Grant already standing there, watching her with a face full of smiles.
"What's wrong with everyone outside today? Did the year-end bonuses get raised?" Seeing that Thea also seemed different from usual, Shalma asked, "You look weird, too."
Thea didn't speak. She simply placed a newspaper on Shalma's desk.
Shalma glanced at the mysterious-acting Thea and picked up the paper, only to see several large characters starkly printed across it:
"Leader of Winslow Conglomerate Secretly Married; Bride is Illegitimate Daughter of Hughes Group's Marcus Hughes."
