The CEO’s Billion Dollar Bride
Chapter 215 - 196, The Goddess is pregnant

Chapter 215: 196, The Goddess is pregnant

"Ahem, let’s end this topic right here!"

Ivy Aretha felt that this conversation would hurt her mentally if it continued any further. She was the legitimate wife, but in Sophia’s talk, she had become the woman on the side!

The two of them chatted sporadically while sorting through contracts. Because of their communication, a pile of contracts that had been accumulated for a while was finally processed partially. The lunch was delivered by Anna and Sophia’s was also delivered together.

Sophia joked that Mr. Gordon loved wholly as he accepted her together with the good and the bad!

After a morning and lunchtime of working together, by two in the afternoon, they finally completed the processing of the contracts that had been piling up for ages. They both sighed out of relief, just as they thought of taking rest.

Maria Young, the minister, then came over to announce, "Everyone, pause for a moment! We just received an invitation from Mr. Hunt of the HR Department. It’s the end of the year, and some employee contracts, including those of our artists, are due. The procedure to renew the contracts has begun. With tens of thousands of workers at Allure International, there are ample contracts that expire every day. The company,

believing in recruiting only the best, chooses to renew contracts for some whilst others are let go. Those who are deemed unfit are directly let go from their contracts. The HR Department is already working on this. They’ll need our Legal Department for some contract-related matters..."

Maria Young hadn’t even finished speaking when murmurs filled the office. This news was undoubtedly increasing their workload at the most hectic time at the end of the year!

"End of the year is a busy time for everyone, but collaboration between departments is also crucial. Also, there is some good news. To help everyone alleviate some stress, the company has organized a social gathering tonight. Anyone interested can pick up their tickets from me!"

Upon hearing of the social gathering, the office immediately erupted with excitement. Everyone was showing interest in the event.

"As for the content of the social gathering, ahem..."

Mr. Young seemed somewhat hesitant to explain. Rumors had it that, after the CEO recently got married and ended his bachelorhood, he became concerned about his employees’ personal happiness, hence the reason for this welfare party, "The CEO stated that everyone has been busy with work, so it’s a good opportunity to relax and interact more with co-workers. It’s a chance to strengthen relationships."

Strengthen relationships?

When she heard these words, Ivy Aretha felt a shiver down her spine. The whole organization of the social gathering was reminiscent of a blind-date event!

With the enormous pressure of work nowadays, the phenomenon of leftover men and women in the society is quite severe. Many company HR departments have started initiating such social events as team-building activities. But these types of activities are mostly seen in IT companies. Being in a media company full of handsome men and beautiful women who are frequently on camera, there seems to be no need for such activities!

Ivy Aretha shrugged her shoulders, shaking her head and laughing. She lowered her head to inspect a few new contracts, clearly uninterested in participating, when she heard a man in the office squealing.

"Tonight, is Lina Miller going to be at our gathering too? Lina, my Goddess!"

Upon hearing this, Ivy Aretha raised her head only to see a longtime bachelor from the Legal Department, Liu Bai, excitedly jumping and kissing his entry ticket. Lina ranked first in the Goddess rankings!

A star like her rarely even shows up at movie promotions, yet she was the only female star that had rejected Allure International’s invitation outright!

Allure International, being an industry leader in the entertainment industry, has countless famous artists under their name. It is considered a dream paradise for those studying film and many women are willing to give up everything, including their innocence, to join the company. After all, to join Allure International means to make it big for life!

Many stars would do anything to join Allure International, but Lina was the only one. Despite being offered a warm welcome from Allure International, she declined their invitation outright. But before long, she joined Jensen Entertainment, which was just venturing into the entertainment industry, hence becoming the pillar of Jensen Entertainment, unchanged ever since. Because of this, Lina became one of the most legendary Goddesses in the entertainment industry!

That she was invited to this company gathering, did it mean that Allure International was extending an olive branch to her again?

After all, it was the end of the year, and her contract was due for renewal!

Ivy had met Lina Miller several times. She was extraordinarily beautiful but had a cold personality and didn’t speak much. Just a simple couple of words even when greeting others. But she did behave well when she was with her senior, who looked like he was playing the role of a husband.

At first, Ivey thought they were a couple. Only when Mario Jensen confessed his feelings to her, explaining the nature of their relationship, did she realize that they had a purely professional relationship!

But they seemed to be a good match. Her senior seemed to care about her. Last time, when they were filming in the Dragas Forest, the commotion with Mario and Michael Gordon stopped only when Mario got anxious after Lina fainted!

Why didn’t they get together then?

As Ivy Aretha was regretting this situation, Sophia had already fetched two entry tickets and was waving them in front of her, "Let’s get off work early and go to the stylist from the Film and Television Department. We need to make ourselves look beautiful, who knows, maybe we will meet some wealthy, handsome men. After all, our company has plenty of them!"

While speaking, Sophia kissing the two tickets and sighing in a love-struck manner, then handed one ticket to Ivy Aretha, "Don’t look at me like that. It’s normal for a woman of my age to daydream about getting married. Also, you should start looking for a fallback option for yourself. Although Mr. Gordon is good to you, he has already married that bitch Alya Larson. What if they don’t get divorced, are you just going to keep waiting, hoping they do? A woman can’t be too foolish. You always have to leave a way out for yourself!"

Ivy Aretha: "..."

How did she end up without an escape route?

She hadn’t said anything, Michael Gordon hadn’t said anything either. However, in everyone’s eyes, she had become the mistress, and Michael had become the weakling who had to give up his true love and marry the woman his family picked due to family pressure, right?

"Do I have to go?" Ivy Aretha wasn’t too eager to attend. This kind of event didn’t really mean much to her. It would be even better to stay at home and play games with her baby. However, seeing Sophia’s determination and knowing that if she didn’t go, she would probably get a sound beating from her, Ivy resigned herself to going.

Once all the required tickets were nabbed and as Maria Young was about to ask the final time, Alya Larson surprisingly went to get a ticket for herself. Not just Sophia, but even Ivy Aretha was surprised: Alya was interested in a social gathering of this sort!

This gathering was purely for entertainment without anything substantial!

If they wanted to go, fine, but Alya showing interest was kind of surprising for Ivy!

The party was scheduled for six in the evening at the company’s banquet hall. There was a buffet first, and the party would start at seven!

Since it was happening within the company premises, Ivy Aretha sent a message to Michael Gordon saying that she was going to the social gathering and asked him to wait for her at home. After that, she went out to have a meal with Sophia!