The hall was filled with arriving guests when Valeria made it back after she had finished her
conversation with William.
Mason felt a little awkward when he arrived and saw that Valeria and Kyrie were welcoming their
guests with open arms.He decided to shake it off and greeted Valeria with a smile instead,
"Congratulations on your promotion, Valeria!"
Valeria could not offend any guests as the host, so she could not ignore him even though she detested
Mason.
Instead, she welcomed him warmly as well, "Welcome, Mr .Eich!"
Kyrie interrupted her, "Greetings Mr.Eich, I've heard that your new company is doing well!"
Mason glanced at Valeria before explaining quickly, "Of course not, we've only just started operating
after all."
Valeria was surprised to hear that Mason had started a new company.
However, she decided to ignore it as she had no ties with him anymore.
Mason was disappointed at Valeria's cold reaction as he had expected her to be shocked at the news.
The last two guests, Declan and Charles arrived after one another.
Valeria smiled and greeted Charles happily as she thought of her plans, "Welcome, Mr.Howard!"
Charles replied with a fake smile, "Congratulations on your promotion, Valeria! I'm sure that you'll bring
our company to greater heights as our new Vice President!"
"Oh, thank you for your kind words, Mr.Howard!"
In contrast, Valeria had greeted Declan coldly.
However, Declan decided to ignore her attitude and headed to his seat instead.
Declan was upset to see Ashley taking the seat next to him as he had assumed Valeria would be sitting
there instead.
Kyrie and Ashley then stood up to propose a toast once Valeria had finished her opening speech.
Once Declan saw that Valeria had not drunk a sip of the wine in her glass, he immediately questioned
her, "Why aren't you drinking tonight, Vice President Brown?"
"Please forgive me, but I can't drink any alcohol tonight as I'm not feeling well!" Valeria replied blatantly.
"I see, but I would still like to send my good wishes to you.Could we replace the alcohol with juice
instead?"
Without waiting for her reply, Declan started giving out orders to his men, "Bring a cup of fresh juice!
Immediately!"
Valeria did not stop the waiter from leaving as she knew that her plans had begun to unfold.
Instead, she picked up her phone to drop a text to Lamont, "The show has begun!"
"Don't worry, the juice is safe!" Lamont replied.
Valeria smiled slightly before she kept her phone and started to entertain the guests who were sitting
next to her.
The waiter had been ordered to pick up the ‘special’ jug of juice that had been prepared for Valeria.He
immediately returned to the hall after retrieving the juice and served it to Valeria.
Without waiting, Valeria lifted her cup to propose a toast.
She had drunk three cups of juice in total after the three rounds of toasts that had been proposed.
Valeria stretched out her hand to support her forehead once she had returned to her seat, "I think I'm
feeling a little dizzy, could it be a fever?"
"Why don't you take a rest? "Kyrie asked while putting on a concerned expression on his face.
"Would it be rude for me to leave the banquet halfway?"
Valeria hesitated, "My head is really spinning though."
"Don't worry, I'll arrange for the other senior executives to take care of the guests, so why don't you
take a break in the lounge room?"
"Sounds like a great idea.Dear guests, please excuse me as I'll be heading to lounge for a moment as
I'm not feeling well." Valeria apologized as she picked up her bag and handphone.
"No worries, would you like to see a doctor as well?" Declan asked on purpose.
"I'll be fine, I just need a quick break"
Charles had been looking forward to the plans tonight, and he smiled gleefully at Valeria's sluggish
appearance.
Valeria fumbled as she stood up and accidentally tripped when she passed by Ashely, causing her to
drop her unzipped bag as her belongings spilled out.
Ashely immediately bent down to pick up the lipstick and powder cushion that had fallen out of Valeria's
bag.
Meanwhile, Valeria was unable to collect her belongings as she could only rely on a chair to hold her
sluggish self up.
Valeria continued to walk out of the hall shakily once Ashley had collected her belongings and placed
them back in her bag.
A cold smile appeared on Ashley's face as she watched Valeria’s retreating figure.
She did not expect Valeria to fall for her trick so easily as she had been preparing to take matters into
her own hands tonight.
She raised a glass while chuckling secretly, "Our Vice President isn't feeling too well, so let me propose
a toast in her stead!"
Valeria held onto the walls for balance as she pretended to walk out of the hall sluggishly.
Declan’s men had been waiting outside and approached her once they saw her staggering figure, "Let
me bring you to the lounge, Miss Brown."
Mason, who had been following Valeria, rushed forward to stop them when he saw that they were
getting onto the elevator, "Where are you bringing her?"
The waitress replied impatiently as she glanced at Mason, "I'm bringing her to the lounge to rest."
"Why are you getting onto the elevator if the nearest lounge is on the same floor?" Mason questioned.
The same waitress replied to him, "We're bringing this honourable guest to a better lounge that has
been specially prepared for her."
"She can take a break in this lounge instead of having to go all the way up there!" Mason argued as he
stopped them.
Why was that son of a b*tch so concerned over her tonight? Valeria groaned secretly.She was worried
that Mason's righteous act would ruin the plans that she had for tonight.
Waving her hands impatiently, Valeria ordered, "Ignore him and bring me to the lounge now!"
"I'm doing this for your sake, Valeria!"
"Get away from me, Mr.Eich! Leave me alone!"
Valeria exclaimed before ordering the waitress, "Hurry up and bring me to the lounge.My head is killing
me!"
However, both of them were on a stalemate as Mason was refusing to let them leave.
Suddenly, a man appeared in front of their view and threatened Mason with a knife.
Mason had immediately fainted after witnessing that shocking scene.
With that, the bodyguards immediately dragged his body into the nearest lounge casually.
Now that their obstacle had been removed, Valeria pretended to faint on the waitress's shoulder when
she was being carried into the elevator.
The waitress helped Valeria out of the elevator once it had stopped at Declan's private room.
Once they were in the room, Valeria fell onto the sofa as the waitress loosened her grip on her.
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