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It did not matter to Amos whether or not Claire secured the contract.
If Claire could get a contract signed, it meant she was a capable woman. Naturally, Alpha Ventures would be easy for her to govern. If Claire could
not secure a contract, then Robert would remain as chairman of the company just like before. While Amos would not earn a lot of money during Robert’s term, he would not be left starving to death.
It was a win–win situation.
It was only then that Robert let the anger simmering in him fade away.
Four years ago, the Donovans had thoroughly offended Mr. Anderson, and Claire was the primary culprit.
Hence, Claire approaching Mr. Anderson was akin to walking into the lion’s
den.
With how vicious Mr. Anderson was, Claire would suffer a fate worse than
death.
Ha!
There was no way Robert would believe Claire to be capable of securing a contract with Solstice Industries.
As soon as Claire left Alpha Ventures, she headed straight to the film set.
Matt frowned. No longer looking like the stern, top–notch lawyer he was, he tugged at her sleeves like a timid housewife “Boss the men are masting the
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Matt frowned. No longer looking like the stern, top–notch lawyer he was, he tugged at her sleeves like a timid housewife. “Boss, the men are roasting the pig as we speak. Aren’t you going to watch it roast with us?”
Claire glanced down at the fingers clenched around her shirtsleeve and gently patted Matt’s shoulder with her other hand. “I don’t worry about that with you around. I just need to appear at the end. Once the pig is done roasting, let’s enjoy the meat together.”
“Ah, the pig is so big that it will last us for years.”
Matt wickedly laughed before accepting a bag covered in images of cartoon characters from one of the men in the back. As he shoved the bag into Claire’s hands, he said, “It’s filled with your favorite snacks. See you at Solstice Industries the day after tomorrow, Boss.”
Now that filming had properly started, the production team did not need to work through the night as before. Claire’s work as the screenwriter was also much easier. All she needed to do now was to explain the plot to the actors so that they could adjust their acting according to it.
The lead actor and lead actress were award–winners, and they did not win their awards for doing nothing. Hence, they understood what was needed of them much easier than the average actors.
In just 30 minutes, Claire had finished describing the most important scenes being filmed for the next two days.
Mr. Smith smiled and asked, “Are you not coming in for the next two days, Ms. Lawrence?”
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Claire felt slightly guilty and was about to explain herself when Mr. Smith
burst out laughing. “Haha! Just go, Ms. Lawrence. It’s fine. We are all very familiar with the script now. Even if you never come in again after this, it
will be fine.”
Although Claire was a scriptwriter, she was paid quite a lot even though she did not do much. It was clear that Mr. Smith was giving her preferential ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
treatment.
“I’ll be back when I’m needed, Mr. Smith.”
“It’s fine.” Mr. Smith patted Claire on the shoulder. She was beautiful yet talented, exactly the type of woman he liked dealing with. After checking to make sure there was no one else around, he leaned in close and whispered, “I do have a request for you, Ms. Lawrence.”
Claire just knew there was no such thing as a free lunch. With pursed lips, she softly asked, “What is it?”
“It’s…” Mr. Smith hesitated before cautiously saying, “You know that in this industry, connections are the most important asset of all. Can you please ask Mr. Sean if he’s willing to attend our wrap party?”
Claire laughed when she saw how sly Mr. Smith was acting.
However, she still did not know what exactly Sean thought of her.
He was upset when her children appeared. Well, it was normal for men to find it uncomfortable to be taking care of another man’s children.
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This was especially true when it came to powerful and unmarried men like Sean. It would be a difficult ask for him to accept a woman who came with two
children of her own.
“Well …” Claire thought about it before agreeing. “Very well. I’ll try. I
can’t promise that he will come, though.”
“That’s enough. As long as the request comes from you, I’m sure Mr. Sean will
come.”
Mr. Smith grinned in satisfaction as he personally saw Claire out.
It was only 4:30 p.m. when Claire arrived home. She even stopped by the supermarket on the way back to purchase some daily necessities, snacks, and vegetables.
When Julia saw her, she acted like a soldier who had spotted reinforcements just as the army was about to be defeated. Julia heaved a sigh of relief and swiftly crawled up from the floor.
“Claire, oh, Claire. My dear Claire, you’re finally back. If you had taken any longer, I would go crazy from playing with your children.”
Claire placed the bag of groceries on the table. As she put the items away, she glanced at the area by the rug.
Belle and Jon were sitting on the rug that was covered with puzzles of all kinds including klotski puzzle, mechanical puzzle, burr puzzle,
disentanglement puzzle, and building–blocks.
Jon casually grabbed one of them. After it was set up, he was able to solve
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the puzzle within 30 seconds. Belle refused to admit defeat and immediately set up all of the puzzles. Then, without hesitating at all, she swiftly solved all of the puzzles. The sight made chills run down Julia’s spine.
“Claire, you have given birth to devils! They must have insanely high IQ!”
Claire put down the items she was holding. “Is it that hard?”
“Yes!” Julia sobbed. She dragged Claire over to the rug and picked up the mechanical puzzle she had spent 30 minutes on without making any headway all. She was nearly in tears as she explained, “I couldn’t solve this at
all.”
Claire silently smiled and plucked the puzzle from Julia’s hands. With a few quick twists of her fingers, the puzzle was solved within seconds. “Here you 80.”
Julia was rendered speechless.
This whole darn family was crazy!
Claire patted Julia on the shoulder with a smile. After putting away her groceries, she tied an apron around her waist and turned to find Julia still standing there and staring at her with a bitter look on her face. Claire patted her apron and asked, “Do you want to help me with an errand?”
Doing errands was better than being near the two devils and being overwhelmed by their intelligence.
“Sure!” Julia cheerfully walked over and rubbed her hands together as she asked, “What do you need? Salt?”
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“I have everything I need.” Claire gently smacked her on the butt. “Go check
if Sean is home. If he is, tell him that he’s invited to dinner tonight as
thanks for taking care of Belle and Jon last night.”
“Aah!”
Julia screeched as her face went pale. “I … don’t want to!”
Claire frowned. “Why not? You’re constantly calling him Great–Grandpa, so you
must be close. Go on.”
Things have changed a lot since then. Now, Julia looked at Sean like a mouse who spotted a cat. She could not even hide away from him like she wanted, so why would she even approach him?
Blinking hard until tears shimmered in her eyes, Julia bit the tip of her
thumb and started sobbing, “Well, Claire, when you were in the shower that day
I went to give him a hand by telling him about your children, but I didn’t know how to tell him about their father. In the end, I said you once met a scumbag who…”
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