Chapter 12 – Back to P city
Three months after their encounter in the mall, Liliana packed up and flew back to P city with her twins.
She was back, and this time she would not leave her home or her heritage.
A week later, she showed up in Smith Group again. This time she directly gave Vincent’s card to the receptionist and asked for a meeting.
The receptionist was surprised to see the old worn-out card. But she nonetheless called Vincent and asked for his confirmation.
Vincent, having known Liliana in Maple city, came downstairs to pick her up personally.
Jonathan pretended to go out to ask Vincent for something and ‘accidentally’ met Liliana.
Having seen through him, both Vincent and Liliana’s mouths twitched.
Vincent coughed to save his boss from embarrassment.
“Miss Green, this way please.”
Liliana nodded and followed.
As soon as they were seated, she said, “Please call me Mrs. Liliana, and don’t mention my last name from now on.”
Vincent was stunned. “May I ask why?”
Liliana curled her lips, “Because I am married and Green is my maternal Grandmother’s maiden name. There’s no need to use it from now on.”
Jonathan asked, “Why did you use it until now?”
Liliana smiled, “That’s a personal question, but since we are going to cooperate, I will answer it to show good faith.”
Vincent stared at her wide-eyed as she answered, “I was playing ‘cats and dogs’ and used a cover.”
Jonathan smirked, something about her was still the same as the quirky girl in his memory, “And you don’t need a cover anymore?”
Liliana saw the amusement in his eyes and answered half-jokingly, “Let’s just say some people mistook a sleeping Lioness for a declawed cat. Hibernation is just about over, now it’s payback time.”
Jonathan asked, “You said something about cooperation.”
Liliana bit her lips to hide her smile, “You were the one who asked for a cooperation, with astonishingly generous terms, I might add.”
Jonathan furrowed his brows and looked at Vincent who shook his head.
Liliana laughed, “Allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Liliana, founder and chief designer of L&L designs.”
Vincent exclaimed, “It’s you.”
Jonathan looked at her wide-eyed, but then he calmed himself.
He recalled she had said that she would grow up to be an outstanding person.
“You are hard to find, even more so pursue, Mrs. Liliana,” Jonathan remarked.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.
“I will take that as a compliment,” Liliana answered.
Jonathan smiled, “It was meant as such. Shall we discuss the terms?”
Liliana clicked her tongue, “Before we do that, I seem to recall Vincent saying that Smith Group owes me one. When do you think I should collect?”
Vincent was surprised, “Have we met before?”
Liliana gave an exact date, name of the hospital, and handed him the worn-out card.
Jonathan suddenly stood up from the chair making it fall with a thud.
“That was you?”
He could not believe he had let that bitch Lydia Aprice and her father abuse his precious Lil.