Chapter 17
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nTranslator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
nFinn Taylor had come to pick his wife up with an electric scooter, but it had run out of battery. In the end, he had even wanted to push her home.
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nIn the short span of a night, the entire Larson family learned of this situation.
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nThe next day, after Yvette Larson returned to the office, Eleanor Larson walked into the CEO’s office with a document. “Yvette Larson, you’re a CEO. Why are you taking an electric scooter home? Hasn’t the company provided you with a car?”
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nYvette Larson was fuming. ‘Of course, I could’ve taken the company car, but I had been trying to give Finn Taylor an opportunity. Who would’ve known that he would screw up such a small matter? That is why I have become the biggest joke in the whole company.’
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nYvette Larson was infuriated and swore never to believe in her husband ever again.
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nNaturally, Finn Taylor knew that he had caused a mess the previous day. ‘It had been an amazing opportunity. Yvette Larson definitely would’ve hugged me from behind as I rode the scooter. In the end, I landed myself in this state.’
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n‘Forget it. I will find a way to get Yvette Larson a present today to make it up to her.’ As such, Finn Taylor rode his electric scooter and set out to get a present.
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nHe rode all the way to a boutique selling bags, parked his scooter, locked it securely, and even activated the alarm on his scooter.
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nHis actions seemed low class, like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city for the first time. As such, the sales assistants glanced at each other without making a move while Finn Taylor walked into the boutique.
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nAll of them felt that someone like Finn Taylor would never be able to afford the bags there and that they would simply be wasting their time on him.
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nThus, Finn Taylor browsed through the boutique alone for more than ten minutes.
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nHe made three whole rounds around the boutique. During every round, he analyzed each bag in the boutique meticulously.
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nIn the end, he set his eyes on a red Gucci bag. It was in a vintage style, and his wife loved the color red.
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nYvette Larson would definitely love this bag if he were to give it to her.
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nFinn Taylor stood in front of the bag for several minutes, but nobody showed any interest in walking over to assist him.
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nIn the end, the youngest sales assistant could no longer stand the stifling atmosphere and walked over. “Hello Sir, do you like this bag?”
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n“Yes, this bag isn’t bad. Please help me pack it.”
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n“Sir, do you want to take a look at the price tag first?”
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n“Oh, oh. Yes, yes. I should take a look at the price tag.” Finn Taylor checked the price tag. “30,000? That’s expensive.”
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nNone of the sales assistants were surprised by Finn Taylor’s cry. They had already known that Finn Taylor wouldn’t be able to afford it to begin with.
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n“Can I get a discount?”
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n“This… this bag is a limited edition one. There are fewer than ten of them throughout the world, so the price…”
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n“Alright then, please pack it for me. I’ll pay by credit card.” As Finn Taylor said that, he whipped out a credit card and handed it over.
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nAll of the sales assistants’ jaws dropped at that moment. They wondered if their ears were playing tricks on them.
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n‘Pack it? Paying by credit card?’
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n‘Is he serious?’
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n‘How could someone who arrived on an electric scooter possibly afford this bag?’
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nEven the sales assistant serving him was in slight disbelief.
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nShe didn’t wrap the bag up for Finn Taylor immediately. Instead, she received the card and walked toward the cashier counter.
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nShe was going to test if Finn Taylor’s card actually worked. Otherwise, they might just get fooled.
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nAt that moment, all of the sales assistants made their way to the cashier counter. They wanted to see if this man could really fork out 30,000 dollars.
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nBeep!
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nTransaction successful!
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nEveryone read through the two words again and again. Then, they rubbed their eyes and looked at it once again.
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nOnly then did they breathe out.
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nThey were sure that their eyes were not fooling them; the transaction had indeed gone through.
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nThis was an old-fashioned rich man, one who didn’t show off his wealth. Because of this, all of the sales assistants got busy.
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nSome helped to wrap the bag up.
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nSome poured water for Finn Taylor.
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nSome brought snacks over.
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nAnd some even brought a stool over for him.
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nThe remaining sales assistants hovered around Finn Taylor, asking him frivolous questions.
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nThese women were all gold diggers.
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nEverything they said was an attempt to pry out information from Finn Taylor to see if they would have any chance of getting into a relationship with him.
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nUnfortunately, Finn Taylor already had an ethereal wife who was as pretty as a fairy. He had absolutely no interest in these plain and average women.
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nOnce the bag was nicely packaged, Finn Taylor took it and hung it on the electric scooter before driving off.
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nAs Finn Taylor left, the sales assistants watched his back ruminatively. Even after a long time, their conversations still revolved around him.
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n“Sigh, I wonder who he’s giving this bag to. I’m so envious.”
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n“Why are you envious? You’re so stuck up; you didn’t even get up to help him just now. It was May who assisted him.”
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n“What right do you have to criticize me? Aren’t you the same? May really struck it big this time. She managed to score a huge deal at once. She’ll definitely earn a fat commission.”
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n“Commission? You’re so short-sighted. If I can be the wife of that guy—no, even the mistress of that guy, I think I’d have more money than you could ever earn.”
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n…
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nAfter leaving the boutique, Finn Taylor made his way to the Larson Corporation on his electric scooter.
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nUpon arriving there, he walked straight in.
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nThe security officer at the door didn’t try to stop him from doing so either. After all, it was a family business. Even though Finn Taylor was nothing more than a useless son-in-law, he was still part of the Larson family.
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nFinn Taylor walked into the office building and headed directly for CEO Yvette Larson’s office, but he met two people in the lift.
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nQuince Larson and Eleanor Larson, Yvette Larson’s cousins.
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n“Oh, what a rare guest we have here today. Isn’t this the famous good-for-nothing son-in-law in San Francisco, Finn Taylor?”
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nAfter returning from Yvette Larson’s house, their grandpa had announced a manpower change in the company.
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nYvette Larson had been promoted to the position of CEO, while the original CEO—Quince Larson—had become the Deputy CEO.
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nThis had been a thorn in Quince Larson’s heart.
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nThrough his investigations, he had even discovered that Finn Taylor had something to do with this. That made him feel even more sour.
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nHe had purposely said those words earlier so as to provoke Finn Taylor.
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nThis was the office, not Yvette Larson’s house.
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nAs long as Finn Taylor stepped out of line, that meant that Yvette Larson was being unreasonable and demanding.
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nHe could always use that as an excuse to drag Yvette Larson down.
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nFinn Taylor saw through Quince Larson’s thoughts at once. As such, he simply ignored him.
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n“Finn Taylor, don’t be so aloof. No matter what, we’re relatives.” Quince Larson was annoyed that Finn Taylor was ignoring him. But on the surface, he maintained a cheerful appearance.
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n“Oh right, I haven’t congratulated you. Yvette Larson is impressive; she managed to score the deal with Xander Corporation. It seems like the head of Xander Corporation, who’s the head of New York’s Sullivan family, signed the contract personally.”
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n“Beauties have that advantage. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t even get past the door of Xander Corporation.”
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n“Yvette Larson managed to sign the contract at once. Finn Taylor, do you think Yvette Larson has some kind of secret? Do you know about it? Why don’t you tell me so I can learn too?”
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nEleanor Larson chuckled. “Brother, I don’t think you can learn that skill. Mr. Hunter Sullivan isn’t interested in men.”
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