{"id":2355,"date":"2026-09-28T18:50:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/chapter\/a-flash-marriage-can-be-a-treasure-419\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:50:20","slug":"a-flash-marriage-can-be-a-treasure-419","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/nirvanaharapan.com\/index.php\/chapter\/a-flash-marriage-can-be-a-treasure-419\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 419"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 418<br \/>\nA Flash Marriage Can Be A Treasure novel Chapter 418<\/p>\n<p>Sofia can&#8217;t help but tightly hold the newspaper in her arms, her fingers slightly pale, &#8220;Yes, I&#8217;ll keep that in mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She goes out quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Louis has planned to deal with the documents, but when he smells the incense, he frowns and goes to David in the secretarial department, &#8220;Since you have nothing better to do, why don&#8217;t you clean up my office to get some fresh air for me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alright, I&#8217;ll go now!&#8221; David knows that Louis still doesn&#8217;t like him, and he&#8217;s afraid that he would be transferred to the New York office, so he agrees to run the errand immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, Catherine returns. Seeing Louis here, she greets him politely.<\/p>\n<p>Louis tells her to check the HS Company out.<\/p>\n<p>She then does a quick investigation and says, &#8220;Mr. Smith, HS is a cosmetics and perfume company. Its headquarter is in the Capital, the branch office in the north of the Financial Centre. I heard that they have had a new CEO, but he has not come yet. Only the appointed vice president is here now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Vice President&#8217;s name and thinking of the gossip recently, she glances at Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Oh my&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do I need to tell Mr. Smith about this?<\/p>\n<p>But obviously, Louis has lost the patience to listen. He asks her, &#8220;Anything special there recently?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, they are releasing a new perfume.&#8221; Catherine says, &#8220;HS bought this perfume formula from someone else at a high price, and even signed a VAM with Merci Company under the Smith Group.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Louis\u2019 eyes darken. &#8220;Ask Merci for that VAM, and give me a copy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, please wait a minute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She then quickly contacts Merci and gets the contents of the VAM.<\/p>\n<p>She immediately hands a copy over to Louis and says, &#8220;The CCO of Merci said that HS is lame in product planning and promotion campaigns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, I know.&#8221; Louis looks down at the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>After going through the document, coupled with what the CCO said, Louis makes a guess about what HS and the Smith Group talked in the phone call.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, HS plans to outsource their product planning and asks the Group for more working staff.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, the Group doesn&#8217;t rely on cosmetics to make money, and won&#8217;t care about small companies like HS. Moreover, Merci has signed the VAM with HS. If the Group does transfer staff to HS, it will stand to harm its own interest.<\/p>\n<p>Louis gives the agreement back to Catherine and says without further consideration, &#8220;Shred it. Since Merci and HS have a VAM, then reject any call from HS. No need to tell me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes.&#8221; Catherine takes the document and shreds it.<\/p>\n<p>About half an hour later, David, who has gone to clean up the CEO&#8217;s office, comes back. &#8220;Mr. Smith, your office has cleaned up. I also put fresh bluebells on your desk. You&#8217;ll smell its fragrance when you come into the office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hearing this, Louis\u2019 face darkens and he stares at him, &#8220;Did I mention the flowers?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David is stunned, freaking out. &#8220;I heard you mentioned bluebells and thought maybe you liked them very much, so&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seeing Louis staring at him, he immediately says, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry. I am gonna remove them now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Forget it!&#8221; Louis tosses his keycard to David and says, &#8220;Go to my house. Take Lucky and Rich out for a bath, and have their claws trimmed. Then take them to the park for a walk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;N &#8230; now?&#8221; David glances at his watch and cautiously asks, &#8220;Mr. Smith, I&#8217;m almost off work and I have plans tonight. Could I come to your house tomorrow? I&#8217;ll be there early in the morning!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Louis lifts his eyelids and glances at him. &#8220;No, right now. I want them to enjoy the sunset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David, &#8220;&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Excuse me?!<\/p>\n<p>Louis is still standing there, looking at the phone in his palm.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the point of sending oranges to her?<\/p>\n<p>She will not appreciate it even if he sends over. Besides, she will believe that he still cares about her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ever since that phone call, Lily returns to her apartment at night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. She feels upset and frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>She doesn&#8217;t thinking about Louis refusing to talk about cooperation between them, but about why Sofia answered the phone.<\/p>\n<p>After all, it is the president&#8217;s office instead of the secretarial department, and she is not his special assistant. What right does she have to answer the phone in the president&#8217;s office? Could it be that Louis and Sofia were making out in his office?<\/p>\n<p>She thinks about it all night and gets up exhausted in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>On her way to the company, Lily receives a call from John. He says that there is something wrong with the office in Country R, and he is gonna take a look over there before he comes to Country Z.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK, don&#8217;t worry! I&#8217;m here.&#8221; Lily smiles and comforts him, &#8220;Take care of that office first. Don&#8217;t worry about here. Even if it takes a month to deal with, it&#8217;ll be okay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John gently says, &#8220;OK, take good care of yourself and the baby. Call me if you need anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Lily arrives at HS, Ella greets her with an embarrassed expression, &#8220;Ms. Lily, the man of the orchard said that the oranges had been sold out. When I called again, I found that they blacklisted us&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fruit in that orchard is specially sent to the Group&#8217;s partners. It&#8217;s impossible to be sold out.&#8221; It occurs to Lily that that man has lied to them. 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