Most of the snacks Edison bought weren't the junk food kind. He even introduced Claire to a bunch of treats made by companies under the VIA Group. The more Claire learned about VIA Group, the more she thought back to the James family and just had to sigh. All that fuss over who's the real heiress or not, but from someone else's point of view, wasn't Cindy kind of a fake heiress too?
They didn't last long at the mall. After about half an hour, everyone was wiped out, so they headed home. Claire took a shower, then flopped into the massage chair for a good half hour while Pandora had already gone to bed.
Edison was still up. Claire could hear his voice drifting in from the balcony as he made a call.
“So, you're saying SUNNY turned down VIA Metropolis but didn't reject the other Apex malls?"
He'd been busy with Pandora all afternoon and hadn't had time for work. He'd just told his assistant to find out which mall SUNNY was actually choosing. Now, the update from his assistant had him frowning.
"Send me the contact for the person in charge. I'll call them myself."
He got the number and dialed. The woman who answered sounded sharp and professional.
"Sorry, Edison, that was a company decision."
"There's got to be a reason your company passed on VIA Metropolis, right? I'm not here to argue, I just want to know if there's something about our mall that didn't meet your expectations."
"VIA Metropolis was actually one of our top candidates for SUNNY's launch in this market. Even if we can't work together now, I hope we can be friends in the future.”
Since Edison was being so straightforward, the woman was about to explain. "It's just that..."
Before she could finish, another call came through. She cut herself off.
"Sorry, I have to take this."
"Go ahead." Edison kept his cool. The call ended, and though his face tightened, he didn't show much emotion.
Claire remembered then-she'd told SUNNY to reject VIA Metropolis just because she was annoyed that day Meeting Edison had completely. changed how she saw the place, but with all the chaos lately, she'd totally forgotten about it. Overhearing Edison's call brought it abback.
She grabbed her phone and called Jenny right away.
“Hey, darling, is there something you need?"
"I just got a call from Edison at VIA Metropolis. He wants to know why they were the first ones we turned down Do you want to give me a good reason for that? Seriously, what am I supposed to say to him?"
Claire just laughed at Jenny's little rant. "Just tell him SUNNY decided to move into VIA Metropolis after all."
Jenny couldn't believe her ears.
“Wait, what? Oh my god, you are impossible! Isn't there a saying in your language about changing your mind every five minutes? Are you playing with me or with VIA Metropolis?"
Claire had to smile. "Jenny, your Chinese is getting scary good."
Jenny rolled her eyes, even though Claire couldn't see it. "Don't think you can get away with this just by flattering me Now spill Why'd you change your mind all of a sudden?"
"I ran into the rudest manager ever at VIA Metropolis today, but Edison handled
everything so well. Honestly, I was impressed."
"So, I decided to change my mind."
Claire gave Jenny a quick rundown of what had happened that afternoon.