American Peanuts

Chapter 202 Retreating to the background, a family
"You should know that Ivanie and I were not particularly familiar before. She is better than my sister, and during this time in the company, I can clearly feel the difference between her and us." Paris said suddenly.

"what's the difference?"

"This feeling is very subtle, maybe it's a look, maybe it's just a tone of voice. In short, she is different from us. This is completely different from my previous impression. I think it has something to do with her environment. "Paris looked at everything around him.

"You think she's grown up here."

"Yes, in a sense, this is a good company, so I don't regret coming here. I even feel that I can learn more in my daily work. You can't be so stingy, right?" Paris looked at Charlie.

"Of course not, we just get what we need, but about the reality show..." Charlie didn't want to let her go as a topical figure. It would be too wasteful to just treat her as an employee.

"I'm talking about putting it on hold for the time being, maybe in a few months, because I'm too busy, you understand?" Paris followed, and then stood up.

"Bye, I have to go to work."

Charlie turned to look at Keira beside him. She looked a little stunned.

"Now it seems that your coming here is completely unnecessary. You are obviously not needed here." Keira tried to say.

"That would be great. I wish there would be more people to share the burden for me." Charlie stood up.

Then he went to the technical department, and happened to meet Artis. She was discussing team expansion with the new head of the technical department, which was Charlie's request just now.

As for those who were originally in charge, they are now entangled in lawsuits. Saul has launched multiple charges against him, including embezzlement and unjust enrichment. Not only does he have to pay a large sum of money, but he also faces more than two years in prison. As long as the charges are If it is established, his life will end prematurely.

"Maybe I really am the redundant one."

This time, Charlie did not disturb the two of them, but directly led Kayla back and left. On the way to the elevator, Charlie said with a smile.

"Then where are we going now?" Keira looked at Charlie.

"Of course I'm going home early, do you want to come with me?" Charlie asked casually.

"I want to take a look." Keira thought for a while, her tone full of curiosity.

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Half an hour later, Keira followed Charlie into the magnificent single-family building. It looked no different from the last time she came here, but Keira was not here to visit, but wanted to observe Charlie's life.

She saw Charlie holding the swaddled baby in his arms, watching him chatting with Gisele Bundchen, and seeing the sincere smile on Gabriella's face...

She was a little at a loss. As Charlie said in the company, she felt redundant. Just when she was thinking about whether she should leave, a voice came from beside her.

"Did your business trip go well this time?"

Keira turned around and saw that it was Miss World from Greece, Ekaterina Evangenuli.

"Fortunately, it looks quite busy, but to be honest... I don't know much about what Charlie is doing." Kayla said matter-of-factly.

"After all, it's a business matter. If it involves technical aspects, it will make people feel confused." Linni laughed.

It was obvious that she was in a similar situation to Keira.

Keira watched as she sat next to her, across from Charlie and Gisele Bundchen.

"Look at the three of them, they look like a real family." Kayla couldn't help but say.

"Yes."

"Please allow me to ask some presumptuous questions. Do you feel embarrassed at this time and feel that all this is meaningless?" Kayla asked.

Linni shook her head: "I have no such idea at all. Or maybe I have expected all this, so I will not be disappointed."

Linni then looked at the young girl beside her: "If I guess correctly, we should be about the same age."

"You were born in the United States and may have lived a life without worries about food and clothing. Because of your outstanding appearance, you may be very popular among your peers, but you don't know that there are many girls of the same age around the world who are far less happy than you."

"Everyone has different choices. Just like me, I hope to live a good life, and I am willing to pay certain prices for this. What you mentioned is one of the prices. So I don't think there is anything wrong with it. not good."

Keira nodded and said no more.

In the blink of an eye, at night, Yi Fanni and Stephanie returned home together, and the atmosphere became lively.

"Sorry, I didn't realize you were here, I didn't notice you at the first time." In the living room, Ivani noticed Keira who was silent beside her.

"Oh, this is best, I don't want to attract everyone's attention." Kayla said nervously.

This time she took the initiative to sit next to Ivani.

"You were also an employee of the company from the beginning. It's a wonderful fate." Kayla tried to say, she wanted to find out what happened between her and Charlie.

In her mind, Ivanie was from a prominent family and lived a well-fed life. She could not become Charlie's spouse just because of money.

Upon hearing this, Evanni said lightly: "I once experienced the disaster of life and death with him. At that time, I really felt hopeless. Fortunately, Charlie was by my side, and he gave me support. From that moment, my thoughts There has been a change.”

"Excellent men will attract the attention of the opposite sex. If I am too selfish, I will hurt other people. So, I have been so confused until now. Of course, you can also think that I am evading this way." Yi Fanny shook her head and smiled bitterly.

"But having said that, this kind of escape is quite useful. If I let a man stay with me all the time, he may become like many people and lose interest in each other."

After a while, Faith came to the living room. She had been staying in the central kitchen, supervising the work of the chef like a chef.

"It's time for everyone to go eat."

At the dinner table, everyone shared with Charlie the interesting things they encountered during this time.

"If you ask me, Paris Hilton is indeed very talented in business. She is like a fish in water when she comes here. The series of perfumes led by her should be launched on the market soon. I just don't know how to promote it?" Ivanni Try to say.

"The name Paris Hilton itself is a kind of propaganda." Faith, sitting on Charlie's right, clinked glasses with Charlie.

"But it may not be enough, especially after holding such a grand catwalk before, the taste of customers has been cultivated by us. If we carry out regular publicity like before, it will not be attractive enough."

"So, you are planning to hold another grand launch party for perfume?" Gisele Bundchen said.

"Of course it's impossible. I don't have that much money. Once a year is enough." Charlie smiled bitterly, "But there can be other more affordable special projects, such as asking Taylor to write a song for perfume."

"You can give it a try. If this song is good enough, it will indeed make the perfume series a hit, but only if it is good enough." Ivanie said without thinking.

"You can rest assured about this, we must have confidence in Taylor's creative ability." Charlie looked confident.

Others dare not say it, but Taylor is an expert in this field. In his previous life, there was a popular song used to promote perfume.

"In addition, I am going to recommend Paris to become the deputy director of product. This is a reward for her. What do you think?" Ivanie said again.

"She is also very talented in social media, and the new media department also needs her." Stephanie also said.

"In this case, it's better to let her become the executive director of the two departments directly, but the new media department still needs Stephanie to take care of it. As for Ivanie, I plan to promote you to vice president, mainly in charge of the derivative product line. Zweig is on par."

"Besides, I have other personnel arrangements..." Charlie said his next plan.

"Sounds like you're going to step aside?" Faith sensed Charlie's intention.

"Yes, whether it is the Cox or the Rossi family, they have verified one thing. Only rights hidden in the dark are truly stable rights. After that, I will free up more time to focus on being responsible for the future. strategy, and at the same time I can spend more time with you." Charlie said with a smile.

"Oh, that's not okay. You push women to the front and make us work hard for you. You are evading your own responsibilities." Ivanie looked disgusted.

"It's just that we have to count the money for you after we sell it. There's no sense in that." Giselle also chided.

"You didn't have this attitude before. Since you don't want to, you can only..." Charlie wondered whether he should change his plan.

Only then did he realize that everyone was looking at him with smiles on his face, and it turned out that he was joking.

"We hope you can figure these things out. We stay in the company to handle matters more to help you. After all, we are a family." Faith explained with a smile.

"With you by my side, I must have saved the world in my previous life." Charlie said with emotion.

"Your appearance also makes us feel happy. This is enough." Ivanie followed.

"What kind of happiness?" Giselle asked.

“In many ways,” Yvaine said with a smile.

"Ahem, there are still guests present." Charlie motioned to Keira, who was sitting at the bottom of the table.

After chatting about work, the topic quickly turned to life. I don't know whether it was because of Charlie's return or his subsequent arrangements. Everyone was very happy, and everyone was drunk.

After the meal, Charlie was about to watch a movie with everyone, but he was stared at by several people like wolves and tigers.

"It's not enough to make movies, you also have to watch movies. How much do you like movies?" Ivanie said through gritted teeth.

"Follow us inside!" Stephanie grabbed Charlie's arm...

So Charlie was pulled and pushed up the stairs, while Faith and Gisele stayed in the hall to clean up the mess.

"It's getting late, I should go." Kayla was about to stand up and say goodbye.

"The driver has gone back. It's not safe for you to go back alone. So, you'll stay here today." Giselle glanced at Kayla and said in an unquestionable tone.

"That's not good." Keira refused.

"What's wrong with this? So many rooms are empty. I've already asked the maid to clean the rooms." Faith said with enthusiasm.

The two women with "queen" temperament exchanged words with each other, but it was difficult to reject their hospitality, and Keira could only nod in agreement.

Faith personally led Kayla to the room.

"Ms. Faith, I have always wanted to ask you a question, what kind of man is Charlie?" Kayla said with courage.

Faith beside her suddenly paused and couldn't help but laugh: "Why do you suddenly ask about this?"

"I was on a business trip with my boss this time, and I realized that I didn't know him well. Now that I've seen you again, I'm even more curious about him." Kayla said half-truthfully.

She knew that Faith Hill was the first person to have an intimate relationship with Charlie, and with her age and personality, her thoughts were obviously more mature.

Faith fell into memories and began to ramble: "How should I put it? He made me young again. He made up for the regrets in my life. As for what you see, most of the responsibility lies with me."

"You also know that my apprentice is Taylor. In fact, when we first met, I thought the two of them were very suitable to get together. But I got involved for my own selfish reasons. It's all my fault. The final result is Like now, and then it's out of control, Gisele Bundchen, Yvonne, Linney."

"You're defending him," Kayla retorted.

"You are right to say that, but without my appearance, Charlie and Taylor might have lived a dull life together."

"If it weren't for you, the two of them would never have met."

"Yeah, that's why I was very confused before." Faith sighed.

"But now I've figured it out. Since no matter what choice I make, it's wrong, it's better to make the mistake."

"But……"

"Here we are, you will stay here tonight. If you want to continue chatting with me, you are welcome at any time." Faith opened the door.

Kayla threw her purse on the bed and looked at the ceiling, lost in confused thought.

"Is it a mistake to make a mistake?" she whispered softly.

Faith came to the stairs and saw Giselle standing there with a big belly.

"Did the girl ask you something?"

"Of course, she was a little panicked." Faith didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Sure enough." Giselle muttered.

Others couldn't tell, but the two of them could see at a glance that something had obviously happened between Charlie and her.

"But she didn't seem too happy about it." Faith recalled Keira's reaction.

With that said, the two of them had arrived at the door of Charlie's bedroom on the top floor, which was unlocked.

As the door opened, the two saw a beautiful scene.

"It seems we came at the wrong time." Faith's eyes widened.

"No, you're here just in time."

Early the next morning, Charlie received a call from San Francisco.

"The six founders of Zygna all agreed to Silicon Valley Bank's investment plan." Andy Baines said on the phone.

"You did a good job. Arrange for them to call me later." Charlie hung up the phone.

Looking around, everyone else had left, only Linni was still lying next to her.

"You said that you will retreat behind the scenes in the future and spend time with us."

"Yes, but there are still some matters that I must take part in."

(End of this chapter)