Chapter 209 Disgusting
Meryl frowned. “What’s going on here? Where’s the person who sent these flowers?”
“Could it be one of your admirers? These flowers must have cost a fortune! A delivery guy brought them.”
The bouquet was so large that it was difficult to hold with both hands. When the delivery guy came to the CEO’s office earlier, it attracted a lot of attention. Even in the company’s gossip group chat, people were talking about it.
Meryl opened the card attached to the bouquet. Immediately, her face turned cold. Without saying a word, she tore the card into pieces.
She carried the flowers to the stairwell and, without hesitation, threw the lilies into the trash can.
Just then, her phone rang. “Meryl, did you receive the lilies Dad sent you? Your mother said you love lilies, so I personally went to the flower shop and ordered the biggest bouquet I could find to send to you.”
Meryl stood in the stairwell, a draft blowing up and lifting her hair. She sneered. She wondered, “How could Malcolm come up with such an idea? What kind of elder sends flowers to a junior?”
The call was from Malcolm’s office landline. Meryl’s tone was cold. “Mr. Stone, what are you playing at?”
Malcolm immediately said, “Honey, of course I’m just trying to make you happy.”
Malcolm’s tone was gentle. Facing Meryl’s sarcasm, he patiently maintained the image of a loving father. “Do you like them?”
“There’s no need,” Meryl replied. “I don’t like lilies, and besides, your act is quite fake. I’ve already cut ties with the Stone family, so don’t try to disgust me with this.”
Without waiting for Malcolm to say anything else, Meryl hung up the phone.
Unexpectedly, Meryl didn’t give him any face. On the other end of the line, Malcolm’s face turned livid as he slammed the receiver onto the desk, causing a harsh sound.
Bianca, who was sitting nearby, asked, “Well? What did she say?”
“What else could she say? She actually gave me attitude and hung up on me!” Malcolm’s chest heaved up and down.
“I’m a big shot, people usually fall over themselves to flatter me, but she, a mere junior, calls me disgusting? For sending her flowers? How am I disgusting?”
Perhaps feeling embarrassed, Malcolm paced back and forth. “Do you think she’s getting too big for her britches? Does she think she’s all that just because Chandler has her back?”
That night, Chandler’s words at the Stone family gathering had kept Malcolm awake. He tossed and turned for half the night, worried that Chandler would actually take action against Celestial Ventures Group.
In Chandler’s position, a lot of things could be accomplished with just a word. There would be a bunch of people fighting to do his bidding. Moreover, Malcolm couldn’t help but wonder if he was overthinking things, but that morning, when the market opened, Celestial Ventures Group’s shares inexplicably hit the lower limit.
Malcolm had a feeling that Chandler was behind it! But even after sending people to investigate, they couldn’t find any concrete evidence.
To be safe, Malcolm asked Bianca for advice. The idea of sending flowers was hers.
Bianca said that Meryl loved playing with flowers and plants when she was little, and her favorite was lilies. The year Meryl returned to the Stone family, her room had a balcony where she planted many flowers. Every day after school, she would tend to them like they were her most precious treasures.
However, one night, Lydia suddenly developed a severe rash all over her body and started talking nonsense. It terrified Bianca, who found out that Lydia was allergic to pollen.
Bianca was scared and asked Meryl to get rid of all the flowers. Meryl said, “As long as Lydia doesn’t sneak into my room, she won’t have an allergic reaction.”