Chapter 182


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    Her brows knitted together when she noticed the way the sender had addressed her despite the


    unsaved number. Sage had a fairly good idea who the sender was.


    “Sage, I’m at Above & Beyond. I ordered your favorite cocktail. I miss our nights out. drinking together.”


    Sure enough, it was Delh.


    Sage assumed she would stop bothering her after theirst gathering. Yet, here she was, reaching out


    to her again. There was no way she actually cared about their friendship.


    Above & Beyond was one of the most luxurious bars in Haldon. Delh often held parties there to


    pretend that she was rolling in it. However, Sage was always the one who had to foot the bill. Could it


    be that she had one too many drinks and suddenly remembered her ” ATM“?


    “Sage, you said you’d never be mad at me. You also said you’d give me a chance even if you were.


    Why did you go back on your word?”


    She did say that. Back then, she truly regarded Delh as her best friend. She was naive to think that


    their friendship wouldst forever. Little did she know that Delh would team up with Ivy.


    In reality, Delh’s maniptions weren’t all that clever. However, she was desperate for Ian’s love, and


    she trusted Delhpletely. Hence, she heeded Delh’s advice and tried to get rid of Ivy time and


    time again.


    “Sage, I was in the wrong about what happened in the past. I want to make it up to you, so I asked my


    dad to reach out to a friend who works as a spice agent. He can order arge amount of spices from


    Maven Corporation for you.”


    Sage was about to block Delh’s number and go to bed when she received the message. She froze,


    her hand hovering over the block button.


    In her previous life, the Strombergs had also introduced a business deal to her family. However,


    something went wrong during the delivery, and the other party refused to ept the goods. Maven


    Corporation had to pay a hefty penalty for breach of contract and didn’t dare to sell the goods to


    anyone else.


    The goods ended up piling up in a warehouse. This incident tarnished Maven Corporation’s reputation


    and led to a lot of canceled orders. It was the start of thepany’s decline.


    In her previous life, she hadn’t given these things much thought. But in retrospect, if


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    Delh had already teamed up with Ivy at the time, there was


    a good chance tvy had a hand In all of this, So it turned out that Ivy really went out of her way to bring


    Sage down.


    Delh suddenly called her, probably because she hadn’t been replying to her messages. ‘t been


    replying to her messages. Sage reluctantly answered the phone.


    Delh’s pitiful voice rang out. “Sage, I’m serious about this. Why don’t we go find your uncle after my


    dad and his friend sort things out? That way, your aunt won’t think you’re useless anymore!”


    “How long will it take for your dad to finalize the deal?” Sage asked.


    Delh perked up when Sage didn’t turn her down. “I’m not sure, but my dad said it’d be a billion–dor


    deal if it goes through. It’s worth the wait!‘


    Sage remained silent. She would never fall for this kind of trap, but her uncle might.


    Her grandfather once said there was a suitable candidate for the position of vice CEO, but that person


    had already joined anotherpany. So for the time being, thepany was still under her uncle’s


    control.


    “Delh, like I said before, our friendship is over. You don’t need to go out of your way to help my


    family’s business,” Sage said coldly. “Please tell Uncle Lovell not to worry about us. Maven Corporation


    is pretty busy right now. Besides, Ian recently helped my uncle close a deal.”


    To her surprise, Delh didn’t snap or insist on discussing the deal further.


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