After introducing each other, Sofia invited Celia Miller and Emily Joplin to sit down on the sofa in the living room and said: "Simon is having a conference call with Europe, you need to wait a moment. It just so happens that I I made some coffee and let’s try it together.”
The baby-faced Zoe Parks took the initiative to pour coffee for Celia and the two girls, and then quietly retreated.
Sofia was leaning on the sofa casually and lazily, leaning on one of the armrests, holding a cup of coffee in her hand. Her barefoot legs simply curled up on the chair. Her loose clothes could not hide her graceful and undulating body. posture.
Although she didn't mean to maintain her posture at all, the strong female temperament that Sophia had unknowingly developed as the head of a luxury goods giant over the years still gave the two women sitting on the single sofas on both sides a slight sense of inferiority.
The secret deal Celia Miller made with her husband's family for her political career did not mean that she was a weak woman.
Quite the opposite is true.
Therefore, facing Sophia’s temperament suppression, even though she understood that she should make friends with the woman in front of her, Celia Miller still subconsciously found an unflattering topic: “Sophie, I heard that Christie’s was in Paris some time ago. One of the auctions was investigated by the French government, what was the result?”
It happened on April 20th.
Christie's, a world-class old auction house that was acquired by Melisandre Company last year, recently planned to organize an auction of Oriental porcelain in Paris. As a result, it was suddenly reported that several pieces of porcelain in the promotion may be stolen goods, and thus it was criticized by the French government. investigation.
As for the root cause of this matter, everyone knows it well.
After the war on April 22, because the Westeros system had taken advantage of it, the French government withdrew the investigation in a rare and efficient manner and publicly stated that it was just a misunderstanding.
When Sophia heard Celia mention this, she glanced at her with a smile, and said helplessly: "I just came here to complain to Simon this time. He is doing so much in Africa that I can't even continue my business."
The intimacy in Sophia's tone that only existed between lovers immediately made Celia take advantage of her. The new female assistant did not retreat immediately. She grabbed Sophia's words and said: "Xi... The boss is not doing anything wrong. If Had it not been for his swift action this time, hundreds of thousands of civilians in Rwanda might have been killed."
In fact, I really wanted to call the young boss by his name directly like Sophia, but I didn't have the confidence to do so.
Sofia's smile grew wider and she nodded: "Yes, so, I thanked him on behalf of the African people last night."
This somewhat explicit response immediately made Celia unable to resist.
Emily Joplin, who just had to sit aside and watch the two giant goblins fight, couldn't help but chuckle when she saw Celia's defeat. Moreover, she suddenly understood where Sophia's lazy and charming aura came from. It was obviously nourished by men.
Emily suddenly remembered the all-nighter some time ago.
The man who watched the entire first battle between the Westeros mercenaries and the Rwandan government forces through satellite live broadcast was powerful and indifferent. When everyone in the office was tensed, when faced with the mercenary commander repeatedly confirming whether to allow the collapsed Rwandan government forces to surrender, he shook his head calmly and said: "This is not what I want."
Thousands more were then killed.
She was very close to him at that time, and she felt a little exhausted. At some point, she even wanted to get close to the man, even if she could crawl at his feet, maybe that way she could gain some strength to support herself.
Even thinking about it again after so many days, Emily felt a warm and tingling breath coming from her body.
Sensing that the other two people were looking at her, Emily quickly suppressed her smile and emotions, and said, "Sorry, I just... um, sorry."
The two big goblins who were in a tit-for-tat situation obviously had no intention of arguing with her little chick.
After being at a loss for a while, Celia Miller looked at Sophia and said: "From now on, our relationship with France may not always be very good. Will it be sad for you to be caught in the middle?"
Sofia shook her head: "I completed my immigration three years ago and am now a Swiss citizen."
“…”
"Simon said that France will move to the left for a long time, and the policy environment is very unfriendly to the rich. Well, you should not be interested in these," Sofia still curled her lips, and suddenly looked at Celia Miller carefully. After a few glances, he said: "Celia, have you been very tired recently? Your skin is not getting better."
Because of things in Africa, Celia Miller has to work more than ten hours a day these days. Even though she is always in high spirits, she cannot resist the negative effects of heavy work on her body.
Looking at Sofia's delicate and shiny white arms under her sleeves, Celia pretended to be calm and said, "I don't think the boss would care about this."
After saying this, Celia immediately realized her mistake. The quality of her skin seems to have nothing to do with that little man.
Sofia smiled even more and raised her eyebrows: "You are wrong about this. Simon is actually a very picky guy, a hateful perfectionist. If your skin is not good enough, he won't even bother to touch it, and it will gradually get worse. Stay away from you. Alas, men are all like this."
Saying this, without waiting for Celia Miller to respond, Sophia put the coffee in her hand on the side table next to the armrest and reached over: "Here, let me take a look for you."
Celia Miller subconsciously stretched out her arm and wanted to take it back, but it was already caught by Sophia's cool palm. Then she noticed the slender white hands of the woman next to her, as white as jade, and the soft touch of the skin when the skin met. .
Sofia just rubbed Celia's wrist a few times before letting her go and said: "You need to replenish collagen and do some hot spring therapy for a while. Well, it's best to use sulfur spring with carbonic acid spring. The sulfur spring can soften the skin." The keratin nourishes the skin, and the carbonated spring can whiten it.”
Celia Miller is not a woman who doesn't know how to take care of herself.
However, with her previous annual salary of only $70,000 in the Department of Defense, it was simply impossible for her to invest tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal maintenance every year like the ladies of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Because she and her husband are financially independent, and there is no gray income, excluding various expenses, she can only invest at most one-tenth of her annual salary for equipment and maintenance every year. For some women, this amount of money is only Equivalent to a basic Hermès satchel.
As for hot spring physiotherapy, in the past, I occasionally took a few baths when traveling to hot spring resorts with friends. Of course, Celia also knew that bathing in hot springs would not achieve the effect of skin care and beauty at all if she did not insist on it for a long time.
After all, many women's youth is accumulated by huge sums of money.
The poor and humble are full of sorrows and lack material foundation. No matter how beautiful a woman is, she cannot escape the ravages of time.
Realizing that Celia Miller finally showed some embarrassment, Soya Fei stopped chasing her and picked up her coffee cup again and said: "Celia, it seems that no one has told you about welfare. Something about that, right?"
Celia Miller also felt the change in Sophia's attitude. She relaxed a little, but wondered: "What?"
Sophia said: "Since she is Simon's assistant, she actually enjoys a full set of maintenance benefits. B is in charge here on the east coast. Oh, they are all goblins. Since that girl ignores you, you should take the initiative to talk to her. To There will always be the top professional team to customize meals, beauty and maintenance plans for you, and we have designated high-end beauty clubs on the east and west coasts of the United States and Europe, some of which are self-built. These are only for our Westeros system. Very few women are open."
After Sofia finished speaking, Emily Joplin on the other side couldn't help but move slightly, but unfortunately she didn't attract any attention.
Celia Miller was a little confused at first, and then noticed the 'B' in Sophia's words.
She should be the most famous girl B among the four ABCD girls around Simon Westeros. This made Celia subconsciously wary of whether the woman in front of her planned to push herself into some disputes.
However, there should be no need for Sophia to lie about this kind of thing.
Moreover, does she really need to take the initiative to speak
It's not that she's embarrassed or anything else, if it's the benefit she really deserves, she will never be polite.
I'm just worried that something might happen.
What's more, according to Sophia's account, this should be a very private circle. Celia actually noticed the small movements of Emily opposite her, but she knew that if she really followed a certain standard, the girl opposite her was not qualified to enjoy these.
Sofia noticed Celia's hesitation, still smiling gently, and said: "The club here in Greenwich can help you with hot spring treatments. The club airlifts hot springs with different water quality from Europe every week. Although they are not directly in the The bathing effect of local hot springs is so good, but it is far better than various artificially configured SPA projects."
The hot spring water is flown in from Europe every week just for bathing. This time Celia was really a little stunned. She was just thinking about how the hot spring physiotherapy that Sophia mentioned was possible. It seems that after all, I, the 'poor man', lacks imagination.
At this time, Celia was no longer surprised as to why Sophia could maintain such excellent physical condition.
Secretly making up her mind, even if this was really a small trap, Celia planned to talk to Girl B as soon as possible.
On the other side, Emily Joplin finally couldn't help but interjected: "Ms. Fessey, I want to ask, can I also enjoy these benefits?"
Sofia smiled and looked at Emily. She favored a soft face, fair skin, and a tall and slender figure. She basically belonged to a certain guy's preference: "Here, you can let Celia take you."
The subtext of this answer is self-evident.
Emily Joplin was a little disappointed, but then secretly cheered up. As long as she could attract the man's attention, this kind of trivial matter would definitely no longer be a problem.
While the three women were chatting, Girl A appeared at the door of the living room, looked around the room, and said to Celia Miller: "Ms. Miller, the boss asked you to come over."
Hearing this, Celia Miller smiled and nodded to Girl A. She stood up after picking up the materials she had prepared. She noticed that Emily was also following her movements and said, "Amy, just wait for me here. .”
Emily Joplin paused and watched Celia Miller follow Girl A out of the living room, without forcing herself to follow her.
After the two left, Sophia slowly drank the cup of coffee she just had, got up from the sofa, and said: "I'm going to change clothes and get ready for work, Amy, you can do what you want, there's still a lot of coffee left. "
Amy nodded from Joplin. Seeing that she was the only one left in the living room in an instant, her thin lips pursed slightly, and after a moment she subconsciously clenched her fists.
I am only 24 years old.
Ah.
Even if it takes time, can you spend more time than me
In the study on the first floor of the villa, Celia Miller sat down on the sofa in the reception area and quickly got into working mode. Maybe Sophia Fessi was right, but Celia believed in her own judgment more. Her boss also attached great importance to a woman's ability. If it was just a useless vase, no matter how exquisite it was, it would be difficult to interest him too much.
This kind of judgment is not difficult to judge just by looking at the goblins around him who are more outstanding and more scheming than the last.
"The United Nations Secretariat handed us a piece of information yesterday afternoon. At this morning's meeting, the United Nations will characterize our military operations in the previous period and confirm them as 'private humanitarian military peacekeeping operations.' However, in exchange, , the United Nations demands that we immediately withdraw all troops from Rwanda."
From a purely legal perspective, the military operations of the Westeros mercenaries in Rwanda have violated too many basic provisions of the United Nations Charter. This official characterization is tantamount to the United Nations proactively recognizing the legality of the Westeros mercenary military operations in Rwanda.
Even though many big countries don't really take the United Nations seriously, the nature of whether they can obtain a legal name is indeed completely different. As long as it is affirmed by the United Nations, no country will pursue the actions of the Westeros mercenaries during this period.
Speaking of which, Simon did not mind immediately withdrawing all troops from Rwanda to obtain recognition from the United Nations, because he did not intend to obtain any benefits from a small country like Rwanda that wanted nothing through this operation. However, he did not care in his heart, but he did not Doesn't mean Simon really wants to do this.
The military actions of the Westeros mercenaries in the past period have caused a strong deterrent to most African countries. What Simon has to do next is to continue to deepen the influence of this deterrent through simple garrisoning. He wants to Tell those warlords and oligarchs in Africa not to forget the consequences if they provoke the Westeros system.
Thinking about this, Simon asked Celia: "What do you think we should do?"
Through this period of time together, Celia Miller could basically understand the thoughts of her young boss and said: "Since the United Nations wants to recognize the legality of our operation, there is no reason to immediately withdraw us from Africa. After all, peacekeeping operations need to be continuous. However, we also need to make some concessions. The South African EO company has a very bad reputation in Africa. We can withdraw this part of the army first and only keep Ukrainian mercenaries to continue stationed in Rwanda. , As for the time limit, I think 6 months is more appropriate. After 6 months, the political situation in Rwanda will be completely stable, and we will lack a legitimate reason to continue to station troops. If we force them to stay, it will cause a backlash across Africa."
Celia's thoughts coincided with Simon's.
After the fanfare some time ago, the Westeros mercenaries need to make some concessions to provide steps for the United Nations, but it is absolutely impossible to retreat to the end.
One of Simon's most important purposes in planning this operation is to shock many African countries and show the existence of the Westeros system.
If the Westeros system completely obeys the will of the United Nations and withdraws all Rwandan troops in a short period of time, then the strong deterrent effect of the Westeros mercenaries' series of devastating military operations in the past period will be greatly reduced.
After thinking for a moment, Simon nodded and said: "Very good, let's talk to the United Nations according to your ideas."