"What are you still standing there for? Show your gratitude to Mr Gardner!" Fred reminded Sophia.
"Th-thank you, thank you so much!" Sophia looked at Billy gratefully and bowed.
Being a store manager for a top luxury brand was not an easy job to come by. It was definitely a great position with several times higher income than regular employees.
"No problem. I believe you can handle it!" Billy responded with a smile.
At this moment, an ear-piercing ringtone sounded and Rita became alarmed. She picked up her phone and saw that the call was from her company. Finally, she answered the call.
In less than one minute, she collapsed in despair. Her company informed her that they were terminating their contract with her effective immediately and all of the programs and advertisements she had recorded would no longer be aired. They also warned her not to continue working in the entertainment industry as she had been blacklisted by them-no other company would dare sign with her now. Her company had invested heavily in promoting her career but now they were cutting ties just like that-unless there was immense pressure on them, they wouldn't have done such a thing.
"Lucas, please help me! Talk to the company, ask them not to blacklist me..." Rita stuttered, crawling towards Lucas.
Lucas frowned at her words. He instinctively glanced at Billy, having a strong sense of foreboding. Earlier on the phone, Billy had mentioned three things and two of them had already come true.
"Lucas, please help me..." Rita continued to plead.
"Get out of here!" Lucas was too annoyed to deal with her. Then he turned to Billy and asked, "Who are you?"
"No hurry, it'll be your turn soon." Billy replied nonchalantly before turning his attention back to Sophia. "Miss, can you show me some clothes now?"
"Sophia! What are you waiting for?" Fred urged her.
"Oh? Of course!"
Less than twenty minutes later, a group of the Meyer family members led by Roger Meyer rushed over.
"Dad?!" Lucas ran over after seeing his father arrive. He didn't expect his father to come in person, and a vague sense of unease rose in his heart.
Roger kicked his son down. Perhaps feeling unsatisfied, Roger kicked him twice more and snapped at him, "Are you trying to kill the Meyer family? You ungrateful son!"
"Dad..." Lucas looked confused.
"Shut up!" Roger roared and walked quickly towards Billy.
Without hesitation, he knelt down directly on the ground. The rest of the Meyer family followed suit.
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