Sophia had been in the hospital for weeks, but Riley had awoken from her coma. Sophia has been video-chatting Lucas and texting him constantly. Lucas has been distracted at work more often, and everyone can see it, including Joey.
To Joey's dismay, he failed to cripple Sophia permanently, but it gave Aurora chances to get closer to Lucas. Essentially, he was kicking the horse while it was down, and when he meant horse,e, he meant Sophia. Joey deliberately brought Aurora in to work with him and tried to get her to Lucas as closely as possible, but it hasn't been effective each day.
"Joey, what is the meaning of this? You keep bringing Aurora over and over again," stated Lucas as he pointed at Aurora hiding behind Joey. "Didn't I say Aurora is not allowed in this company, again!?"
"Lucas, did you forget Aurora is also capable of running a company?" Joey sneered with confidence.
"Aurora is not mentally stable, plus Sophia is supposed to be presenting today. She said she will come just for today to present." Lucas stated as he waved Joey away.
Joey's face contained a look of dismay as he watched Aurora step up to Lucas. What spell did this enchantress, Sophia, cast on him? Was it because, in technicality,, Sophia grew up with Luca,s, and he is showing affection to her now?
"Lucas I can still present! What will the partner companies think if you let that girl still be present? They'll think we don't treat our employees well!" Didn't I take a bullet for this company because of a bad deal!" Aurora blurted out as she tried her hardest to pursue Lucas. Lucas, however, wasn't going to budge. He knew that Aurora just wanted his approval to be back in his life one way or another. But Aurora dared to say, "Our employees" and "I took a bullet."
"Aurora, you dare to bring up that you save this company when you arrange that meeting." Lucas's face had disgust showing as he reorganized the papers he wanted to give to Shopia, but at that moment,t, he slightly crumpled the paper to show how disgusted he was.
He knew what Aurora did to the company while he was gone in Europe, and he will never forgive her. As Aurora bit her nail in disdain Joey glared at Lucas.
"You don't need to present, I have this covered," Sophia smirked when she was wheeled into the office by Kiara, who glared at Joey as she walked past him.
"Kiara briefed me on our clients and how they wanted to buy a phone from our very first technology-based servers."
Sophia smiled as she revealed the folder. Kiara briefly smiled at Joey when she saw his frustration. It was satisfying, but she wanted to push Joey down the stairs herself for revenge for what happened to Riley.
"Sophia, you're in a wheelchair! How are you going to present!? Are you not ashamed?" Joey clenched his teeth midway through his sentence as he clenched his fist and stared down at the young girl.
"Hmph, ashamed? It's just dedication!" Sophia chuckled swiftly as she was happy with her slight victory in keeping Aurora from presenting.
Sophia never thought that a girl like Aurora was this devious and cunning when Kiara explained how Aurora was. If she ran the company before but succeeded briefly before her downfall. What if Aurora corrupted the meeting and made a shady deal behind Lucas's back again? Both of these ideas run inside Sophia's and Lucas's'headsads.
"My dear, the meeting is about to start. Let's go." Lucas walked past Aurora with Sophia and Kiara in tow, not even saying a word to Aurora on the way out.
Aurora trembled again and knocked some stuff off of Lucas's desk as he saw a picture frame showing Lucas holding Sophia's hand during the party.
"You're paying for whatever you broke!"
Aurora screamed louder as Joey watched her mental breakdown as he slowly slouched in a chair and rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Why does that stupid Sophia get everything! Even when we put her in a wheelchair, she gets everything. I want her dead!"
"Aurora, be careful...You don't know who's listening." Joey said calmly as he watched Aurora walk towards him with a pout, and then she slumped next to him.
"I don't care! I just want to be close to Lucas. I could be in luxury forever!"
"Didn't you attempt to burn Lucas down with him in the mansion after you guys slept together?"
"Yeah, but I just wanted his money, but now I can't bear to see him with another woman. That fucking Sophia was lucky as fuck!"
As Aurora scrolled through her phone, she saw the news headlines and saw that Dream Corp, the Elderedge company, was also a part of the meeting and press conference the next day.
She texted Alexander real quick then smirked while putting her phone away.
Alexander was waiting in a meeting room along with the Hilton as they looked disappointed at Eve, who looked nervous. She was their 1st choice to succeed in a secured partnership with Carter Corp, and their hopes were instead placed on Kiara, who had managed to already secure a spot.
'Embarrass Sophia if you can. She's -Aurora.
Alexander looks at his phone briefly and then puts it away as soon as Lucas, Kiara, and Sophia come in. Kiara looked surprised. Her parents were among the many partnerships that joined. Usually, it's Eve who occupies their spot. Sophia smiled at her father who was glaring at Alexander.
"Let's start this meeting. Let's get down to business." Sophia wheeled herself to the computer. "Carter Corp has designed many smart vehicles before us inventing phones, tablets,s, and computeprototypespes."
Sophia plugged in the USB and clapped the lights off. As she revealed the phone design. Alexander tapped his finger on the table as he watched Sophia present. He never knew this girl could build up confidence in such a short amount of time.
"The design is sleek and fits in the palm of the hand. It has all the designs of a normal phone, but it can do more, such as translate all kinds of languages, have a 4k camera, use it as a car key, start and reverse your car for you, and be equipped with waterproof encasing up to 500 feet. Also, its security features are top-notch."
Sophia displayed the PowerPoint and the key components of the phone and snapped her fingers to demonstrate the phone with the accessories.
"Not only does it connect to Bluetooth jewelry, such as a watch bracelet for females and a luxury watch for males. Smart glasses in unisex format, and it has a holographic camera for a short span of 5 meters for the background."
Alexander smirked and huffed in doubt. As he looked around the phone.
"What do you mean a holographic feature? Alexander's smirk and arrogance grew as he struggled with the phone.
"Yeah, where is it?" Eve stated as she flipped the phone around.
"Simply the side button then call whomever you want. Call Riley." Sophia talked into the phone with confidence then a holographic projector of Riley in the hospital bed appeared on the phone.
"Hi, Sophia." Riley smiled as she waved back.
"As you see, the design is flawless. No phone in this world has this kind of advanced technology," stated Sophia as she put the phone down and glared up.
Alexander was astonished to see that Sophia could be professional in a business matter. His mother told him Sophia would not survive in the business world but that was obviously a lie.
'That's my baby girl.' Lucas smirked to himself as he clapped. "Do we have a deal?" Lucas walked up and pet Sophia's head as she smiled up at him.
Everyone nodded and clapped but Alexander was looking a bit hesitant as he glared at Sophia. "How can I be sure this phone will do its job? Any flaws or anything?" Alexander looked up with a confident smirk as he examined the phone.
"Of course, every product has its flaws." Sophia proudly admitted as she gave Kiara the phone so she could chat with Riley outside.
"What do you think, Mr.Elderedge?" Sophia gave a sassy cheeky smile to Alexander.