On Sunday afternoon, Rachel and the others took off from the airport. The plane flew across the sky above Riverdale Airport, separating the sky into two and leaving a long white trail.
Victor sat beside Rachel on the plane. When they were taking off, he was frozen in his seat and didn’t know where to put his hands.
When she noticed that, Rachel comforted him by saying, “Don’t be nervous, you’ll be fine. If your ears are feeling uncomfortable, just cover them and exhale.”
“I’m not nervous about that.” He looked at the clouds outside the window and said softly, “I’m thinking about the possibility of Gloria rejecting me.”
“Don’t worry.” She patted his shoulder and comforted him just like a gentle sister. “I’m sure that Gloria will be very happy if you propose to her.”
“Really?” “You’ll need to try it yourself to know whether it’s real or not. Are you not going to propose to her if I tell you that she won’t say yes?” It might hurt his pride if he was rejected, but he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life if they were separated because he didn’t take the initiative to propose.
After being encouraged by her words, Victor nodded and replied, “I get it.”
Across the aisle, Jolly stuck her head out from Leroy’s shoulder and watched the fun. “If Gloria rejects you, just take this trip as our holiday trip together.” Hearing that, Victor said, “In that case, I might as well go to school.”
Jolly was just being kind by comforting him. Who knew that he would give her a cold shoulder? “Seeing how she fell for you, Gloria sure has weird taste in men.” “Alright, don’t tease him anymore. He’s already nervous enough.” Rachel looked at Jolly resignedly. “Shh-”
It was already nighttime when the plane was flying smoothly in the sky, and they still needed another day before they reached Switzerland.
They had five adults and two kids, and they took up all the seats on this flight’s business class. Samuel took two seats for himself behind Jolly and Leroy, and he was looking at his tablet attentively. Across the aisle was Justin, who was telling Charlotte a story. ‘There are three little pigs…”
At the same time, in Riverdale, the office lights were still on in the Burton Group’s building. Julian was using hot water to wash the tea cups on the tea table and was taking his time making tea, whereas Robin sat opposite him.
“If we’re sure that Rachel will renounce her vote, then we’ll have a better chance of winning. There are still a few oldies in the shareholders’ meeting who are still clean. We just need to dig out some dirt on them.”
Julian said indifferently, “You should figure it out yourself. I’ve done all I can to help you.” “I know that you’ve already done a lot to keep my position. There are plenty of fish in the sea; many women out there are gentler and prettier than Rachel. I can introduce some of them to you.”
When he heard that, Julian just gave him a blood-curdling stare. Robin immediately shut his mouth and didn’t dare to say anything else. Julian didn’t want to say anything extra to him. “What else do you need to discuss with me?”
“Right, we need to talk about the charity foundation. Isn’t there a vacancy for the vice president of Riverdale Charity Foundation? They kept asking Justin to go back, but he was so arrogant that he didn’t even let the president in when he personally went there to offer him the position. Thus, the foundation is going to do an election and do a democratic vote. I’ve also received the invitation for the election polling.”
As he said that, he took out the invitation and put it on the table. “There are three candidates for the election right now. Who do you think we should vote for?”
“I’m not interested in charity. You can decide for yourself.” Just as Julian said that, a knock came from the door.
The office’s door was actually open, and Julian’s assistant entered. “President Peters.” Julian didn’t even look up and just continued doing what he was doing. “What have you got?”
“I’ve asked Miss Hudson’s assistant, and she told me that Miss Hudson and Miss Carter went overseas for a holiday trip together. Thus, they won’t be in the office for now.”
“Just the two of them?” “I think Miss Carter’s boyfriend went with them too. I noticed that he has declined all of his schedules today. There was a birthday party that he needed to attend, but he wasn’t there. He was trending because of this too.”
“Any other people?” After a moment of hesitation, his assistant said, ‘I’ve checked their flight details, and the President is on the same flight…” She didn’t mention the word ‘Burton’, for everyone knew that the word ‘President Burton’ was taboo in the Burton Group. In fact, no one dared to mention it in front of Julian.
When he heard this, Julian lowered his head with melancholy written on his face. Robin, who was watching from the side, flinched and didn’t dare to say a word either.
At this moment, Julian glimpsed at the invitation from the corners of his eyes and gathered his gaze. “Has the registration for the charity foundation’s election closed yet?”
After Robin was stunned for a moment, he answered, “No, it hasn’t. The registration will be closed next week.” “Prepare for it. We’re running for the election.”
“Us?” Robin was startled. “Are you saying that you want to run for the vice president position in Riverdale Charity Foundation? That’s an unrewarding job. More importantly, most of the people in the foundation are Justin’s people. It’s really unnecessary to fight with him for this. Even a worm will turn. Just let him torture himself with this…”
“There are no permanent friends in front of interest.” With the exquisite little teacup in his hand, Julian said calmly, “After all, there’s not supposed to be any positions for him in Riverdale in the first place.”
Had it not been for Robin’s reminder, Julian almost forgot that Justin’s prestige stemmed primarily from his connections and achievements in the Riverdale Charity Foundation. Julian wanted to see who else would support Justin without the foundation.
The flight from Riverdale to Switzerland would take one day and one night. Everyone on the plane was adjusting to jet lag and had already fallen asleep by then.
Rachel wasn’t sleeping very soundly because of the bumpy flight when the plane encountered turbulence. As such, she was awakened when she heard cries. She opened her eyes vaguely and saw Justin patting Charlotte’s shoulder, putting her to sleep.
Before she slept, she had changed her seat to the one beside Samuel, and she was just an aisle across from Justin. Charlotte was probably having a nightmare; perhaps she wasn’t feeling well either, for she whimpered in her sleep.
“Is she okay?” Rachel stuck out her body and asked. Hearing that, Justin waved his hand to her and said softly, “She’s fine. She’s probably just having a nightmare.”
“You didn’t sleep at all?”
“I’m not tired.” Rachel looked at her watch and saw that it was already 5.00AM. “You won’t be able to adjust to jet lag like this when we reach there.”
“Don’t worry. I’m used to it. I’ll nap for a while before we land.” After hearing that, only then did Rachel remember that Justin was a workaholic. He was flying here and there around the world within a year, so he was used to adjusting to jet lag quickly; unlike the rest, they still needed time to adjust. However, such frequent changes. in the body clock could cause serious harm to the body.
“You still need to take care of your body,” she reminded him. At this moment, the air stewardess, who was in the rest cabin, probably heard a child crying. She pulled the curtains open and came over to ask attentively, “What happened to the child? Do you need any help?”
“It’s okay. She’s just having a nightmare, Rachel replied. “Can you give me a cup of water?” ‘Just water? We have wine here, Madam. If you can’t sleep, perhaps you can have some wine to help you rest. What do you think?”
Rachel nodded after hesitating for a moment. She was indeed a light sleeper and needed some alcohol to help her sleep better.
