CHAPTER 26: CHAPTER 26: RUMORS

At worst, I’ll just buy fewer clothes and go out less in the coming months.

"Alright then, how many shares are you giving me?"

Paige Sterling, "One percent."

Summer Xavier, "I’m investing so much money, and you’re only giving me one percent of the shares? Why don’t you just take it to another level?"

Paige Sterling, looking serious, "Giving you one percent is quite a lot already. If it weren’t for our decent relationship, I wouldn’t even give one percent. I only gave others 0.5 percent, you should be satisfied."

Summer Xavier, chuckling, "Paige, I’ve noticed you’re becoming particularly shameless."

Cheating people so confidently.

Paige Sterling coolly sat there sipping coffee, not saying anything.

Summer Xavier waved her hand, "Fine, fine, one percent it is then."

Anyway, she wasn’t really counting on Paige to make money.

Just then, a few girls suddenly walked up to Summer Xavier, greeting her.

Summer Xavier responded indifferently, clearly not familiar with them.

Paige Sterling looked up and noticed Skylar Hughes among them.

Skylar Hughes only glanced at Paige Sterling, not saying a word.

Whenever she and Paige Sterling appeared in the same place, it was always awkward for her.

Before, Paige was entirely focused on her entertainment career, so she never had the chance to interact with Paige in public. But now, she constantly faced this kind of awkwardness.

At such times, she could only pretend not to know Paige Sterling.

Yet, one of the girls next to her asked Summer Xavier.

"Miss Xavier, who is she?"

Actually, they all knew Paige Sterling, after all, Paige had been in the entertainment industry and had high exposure.

But they didn’t know the relationship between Paige Sterling and Summer Xavier.

Summer Xavier raised an eyebrow, "Didn’t the Miss Hughes beside you introduce her? She’s Paige Sterling, from VastReach Group, the Sterling Family’s heiress, Paige Sterling."

There was a moment of silence in the air, and the girls all looked at Skylar Hughes.

Paige Sterling from the entertainment circle is actually the VastReach heiress?

Moreover, when Skylar Hughes usually introduced herself to others, she would often mention: my father is the Chairman of VastReach Group, Jared Sullivan.

But now, when the actual daughter of Jared Sullivan appeared, they remembered Skylar Hughes’s self-introduction and felt inexplicably awkward.

Skylar Hughes’s expression was a bit unpleasant as well, why did Summer Xavier purposefully clarify about the Sterling Family heiress so thoroughly?

After a long while, Skylar Hughes managed a smile, "Let me introduce, this is Paige, my older sister."

The girls realized and quickly introduced themselves.

Paige Sterling responded to each, looking very polite and not at all arrogant.

The girls exchanged glances, this legendary older sister, Paige, didn’t seem to match what Skylar had said at all.

"Summer, Paige, why don’t we sit together?"

The girls intended to establish good relations with Summer Xavier and Paige Sterling.

Paige Sterling and Summer Xavier had no objections, so the girls sat down.

Even if Skylar Hughes was unwilling, she had to sit down as well.

"Paige, you’re even more beautiful than on TV. How do you maintain yourself?"

This wasn’t mere flattery, Paige’s skin really was enviable.

The girl originally thought Paige would just give a perfunctory answer, but unexpectedly, Paige seemed to have a lot of insights on skincare, even detailing how to make skincare products suitable for her own skin.

The topic completely revolved around Paige Sterling, even capturing Summer Xavier’s interest.

"Paige, you even make your own skincare products? When did you learn that skill?"

"All the skincare products I use are handmade by myself," said Paige Sterling, "I’ve been doing it for a long time."

The girls looked at her with admiration, "You’re amazing, Paige."

Paige gently pinched the cheek of the girl who spoke, "Just a little bit amazing."

The girl’s face instantly turned red. Although Paige was also a girl, her action felt incredibly captivating.

Then, a girl sitting next to Skylar Hughes, who had been silent, asked Paige Sterling suddenly.

"Paige, we’ve heard from Skylar that you’re working on entrepreneurship, what exactly are you doing? Is it skincare products?"

Skylar Hughes immediately said, "Paige mentioned she’s going into the electronics industry, not skincare products."

Mona Wright said, "That’s a tough industry to break into..."

Skylar Hughes, "I’ve advised Paige, but she won’t listen."

Skylar Hughes looked helpless, like a big sister indulging a little sister.

Mona Wright clearly sided with Skylar Hughes.

Skylar Hughes often told them how unbearable Paige Sterling was, so of course, she believed Skylar more.

She thought Paige’s current friendly demeanor was just an act.

"Switching from acting to technology isn’t easy, Paige, you’d better think it through."

Paige Sterling said mildly, "Thanks for the reminder, Miss Wright."

Noticing that Paige addressed everyone else by name but referred to her as Miss Wright, keeping a deliberate distance, Mona Wright didn’t look pleased.

"Paige, I speak bluntly, if it sounds unpleasant, don’t mind."

"Sure." Paige’s response was brief, making it sound infuriating.

Mona Wright couldn’t hold back, "Paige, I’ve heard people say you’re really hard to get along with, I thought it was just rumors, but it seems true, you’re indeed difficult to deal with."

A girl next to her tugged on Mona, but she didn’t relent, "Don’t pull me, what’s wrong with telling the truth? She’s hard to get along with."

Paige Sterling put down her coffee, "I never intended to get along with you, Miss Wright."

Mona Wright felt like she’d been slapped in the face, speechless for a moment.

Skylar Hughes quickly stood up to smooth things over, "Paige, why be like this, Mona was just..."

Paige Sterling gave Skylar Hughes a mild glance, "She’s your friend, not mine. I have no obligation to tolerate her rudeness and impulsiveness."

Mona Wright huffed, "Paige, who do you think you are? Without a rich dad, who’d bother with you? You think you can start a business? If you make a name for yourself, I’ll go live and eat shit!"

With that, she stormed off angrily.

At home she’s a little princess, pampered by everyone, and she thinks everyone outside will unconditionally cater to her too.

Plus, she’s already prejudiced, believing Paige Sterling to be a hypocritical woman, so she spoke without any restraint.

After saying that, she sensed the atmosphere was off, grabbed her bag, and left.

Skylar Hughes then stood up to chase after Mona Wright.

The rest of the girls also felt awkward and left one by one.

Finally, only Summer Xavier and Paige Sterling remained.