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Maria finished the call after getting those informants to do their job correctly. Now, she had one more thing to do: spy on Vernon Phoenix Gray and all the business partners he had snatched from the Gray company.
She already knew that boy was up to no good. Initially, he might appear childish and obedient toward Vincent, but he wouldn't fool her.
"Well, now Vincent already knows that Vernon is not as obedient as he thought. There is no need to hold back anymore," Maria said. "I'll get all the information needed to ruin his company, and get all of those business partners and resources back to the rightful owner, Vincent and the Gray company. That second son needs to learn that he will never be as good as the true heir."
Thus, Maria went to a coffee shop to meet with her mole, who worked as a new staff member in Vernon's office. She was the one who had been supplying Maria with all the information about the growth of the company for the past three months.
Maria entered the coffee shop where they always met and saw her mole sitting at the furthest corner of the coffee shop.
She looked sad, which was already a bad sign for Maria.
'Don't tell me there's another problem,' Maria guessed. 'I can't handle another problem. I'm so over this bullshit with Vernon Phoenix Gray.'
Maria sat on the seat facing the mole and crossed her arms over her chest, "You have ten seconds to explain your failure."
The mole gulped nervously.
She tried to dodge the old woman's condescending eyes as she explained, "I'm sorry, Ma'am. I tried to check the secretary desk to see if there is any document regarding Gray company. I had come as early as I could to avoid detection, but that secretary, Diamond. She actually came to the office very early in the morning, and I got caught red-handed."
"She immediately interrogated me with threats until I'm forced to admit that you're the one who sent me," the mole admitted.
Maria's eyes almost popped out of their sockets when she heard that. She slammed the table, which shocked the mole and everyone inside the coffee shop, "YOU TOLD HER MY IDENTITY?!"
The mole paled instantly, and she nodded, "I—I'm so sorry, Ma'am. I really don't know what to do. That woman is terrifying…."
Maria gritted her teeth. She raised her hand and—
PA!
Everyone gasped when the old woman suddenly slapped the young woman so hard that she slumped to the floor while holding her cheek.
Maria wanted to do more to this stupid mole she hired to appease her anger, but she knew she was in public.
So she took a deep breath and grabbed her bag, "You are fired. You should know the risk if you dare to report our connection to someone else."
With that, Maria walked away from the coffee shop, ignoring the curious onlookers inside the coffee shop. She wasn't worried that stupid mole would report anything.
If she was scared by that stupid bimbo called Diamond, she didn't know how scary Maria could be when she was truly mad.
Maria entered her car and quickly called some of her other informants. At this point, she had been exhausting 50% of her connection to find a straw to help Vincent and his massive fuck-up.
—
"Find me Diamond Johnson's address, send two men to go with me. I want to have a little chat with her."
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Her informant didn't take long to get Diamond Johnson's address. Maria smirked as she read the address on her phone. She had long known that bimbo was unpleasant and was just as dangerous as Vernon Phoenix Gray, so Maria wanted to weed her out first.
"Let's take out the trash one by one, I'm pretty sure that bimbo won't expect my arrival," Maria said. "I'll make sure she suffers enough to never show up in front of her boss anymore."
**
Diamond had just finished her work in the office today. She had already called many independent Paparazzi and news reporters to gather in front of the police department two days from now, preparing themselves for the headline of the week.
"Ugh, I'm beat. Can't wait to go home and continue watching Wednesday on Netflix," Diamond complained when she entered the elevator. She pressed the elevator button leading to her apartment floor and leaned on the side while scrolling through TikTok.
A malicious grin perked up when she watched one video of a woman laughing while recording the lipstick ad in New York Times Square. She laughed and said that Vincent Gray didn't need to hire a beauty guru to cast a female Joker.
It already went viral and had two million likes, "Seems like Vincent's PR team can't do damage control at this point," she murmured.
Ding!
The elevator stopped on one floor. Diamond looked up to check the floor and returned her gaze to the phone because it wasn't on her floor.
She noticed three people entering the elevator with her, but she didn't pay too much attention and continued scrolling until the coarse voice of an old woman called her name, "Ms. Diamond Johnson, we need to talk."
Diamond lifted her gaze a little and saw the old hand that she despised so much, Maria. She stood in the middle of the elevator with two burly men behind her. It was obvious that she had been stalked and cornered by Maria and her henchmen.
Naturally, Diamond knew she was about to be tortured and taken away. With one look, Diamond already knew what kind of person Maria was.
She was a cold and ruthless woman who would stop at nothing until she got what she wanted, and that must've involved Vincent and Vernon.
'She must've realized that I caught her mole red-handed, threatened her, and then fired her when I got all the information about Maria's mission to infiltrate the company,' Diamond thought.
Thus, she stood upright fearlessly in front of Maria and her henchmen and then glanced at the CCTV at the corner of the elevator before returning her gaze towards Maria again.
"You should know there is CCTV in here," Diamond said. "If you want to have a little chat, you should come to my room, I am more than ready to face you, Maria."
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