HERMIONE was living up to her words, fulfilling her promise to Elijah. She wasn’t the same Hermione everyone knew before—the one who would follow everyone’s instructions without even thinking on her own. Now, she’s rejecting the proposals firmly with a logical explanation to back it up. Just like Noah and Victoria’s proposal about the casino. Both of them were sitting silently in the Elsher Corporation’s conference room, yet their eyes were burning in rage. “f**k!” Noah thundered, throwing the paperwork on the floor. “That b***h. Just because she’s the new chairman now, she’s doing everything she pleases?” “Right. She’s so shameful! As if she would get all those achievements if not for us!” Victoria agreed, folding her arms. They were putting all the blame on Hermione. But at the sam

