Chapter 3

I locked my office door and dialed a long-uncalled number.

“Victoria, I’m in. I’m joining your team.”

“I need you to assemble a full-service, high-end banquet team within three days.”

“Don’t ask why. I’ll explain the specifics when we meet. Just follow the proposal I’ve sent for now.”

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, then a cheerful agreement.

“We’ve been waiting a long time to hear that from you.”

This team was connected through my university senior, Victoria. She had already moved half her business to a high-end wedding planning firm abroad. They had invited me to join them several times, but in my previous life, for the sake of “partner balance” with Alexander and our company, I had painfully declined.

This life, I wouldn’t give way.

I wasn’t just here to save this one wedding; I was paving my own path.

Alexander could be a partner, but I could also dismantle this mess and rebuild a new “Scarlett Events” without him.

I instructed Victoria to sign contracts under a new name, directly with the hotel channels.

At the same time, I quietly established my new company: legal registration, entity formation, and process approvals – all done in one swift motion.

With my second chance at life, I was launching my second venture.

I deliberately stayed late at the office, working overtime until everyone else had left.

I returned alone to the projector control room, locked the door, and turned off the lights.

In the glow of the screen, I pulled a specially designed USB drive from my bag—

This USB could subtly switch signal channels and control playback content without detection.

In my previous life, they’d used this exact setup to play a “Thank You Team” video that was, on the surface, glamorous, but secretly contained Chloe’s self-serving “innovation speech.”

This time, I would make her personally tear off her masked face.

I turned on the sound testing equipment, connecting the USB while simultaneously activating my voice recorder.

Over the next few days, I would prepare a clear, complete gift for Alexander and Chloe.

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