Chapter 1

　　"Miss Mo, it's not that I didn't help you. I was really powerless. But after that happened to your eldest brother, the Mo's stock continued to fall to its lowest. Up to now, there are still a bunch of unfinished projects. Do you plan to have me loan you money?" 　　One could not tell how many times that incident had repeated. Joanna Mo’s loan had hit a wall. Since the Mo Group fell into a crisis, everyone had pushed their walls up and which resulted to no bank willing to lend anything to them. 　　When she came inn that day, she was mentally prepared for it, but she still wanted to strive to get through it. 　　"President Li, this is only temporary. The Mo family's foundation remains. As long as you are willing to lend me a loan, within three years, the Mo family can definitely be restored to its former glory." 　　President Li sighed, "But in the Mo’s current situation, even the bank is doubtful on you repaying anything at all." 　　"Even if the company falls, isn't the property under my father's name still worth it?" 　　"Miss Mo, I’m afraid you don’t know yet. After your eldest brother’s accident, your father has mortgaged the property from me. In less than three months, Mo’s turnover has shrunk by one-third. If it weren’t for me, the bank would have already sent someone to find Mr. Mo." 　　After President Li left, Joanna sat there in a daze. 　　It took awhile and her phone ringing on the table for Joanna to recover her senses and pressed the answer button, "Mrs. Gu, there is a party here, why won’t you come over. Brother Richie is drunk, and all of us drank too and we couldn't drive. Come and pick him up." 　　Joanna was stunned. This was the first time that Richie Gu took her to a party. She thought about the appointment with another president later and hesitated, "Can I go there later, there are some things here..." 　　"But he said you’re free." 　　Joanna pursed her lips before saying, "Where is the address?" 　　"Heaven on earth." the other party paused, "Mr. Gu also said that you have come here in a skirt and dress." 　　It was several degrees below zero outside, wearing a skirt would be torture. Joanna showed a bitter smile, but she went home to dress up, put on a red dress, and drove to the heavens on earth bar under the heavy snow. 　　When she arrived, Joanna's face was already a little blue. When she entered the door, the waiter looked at her strange. Still, Joanna's face remained stern. She took out the mirror from her bag with her shuddering hand until she got into the elevator. 　　Before entering the door, she habitually tidied up her dresses, and after making sure that it was upright, she slightly raised her chin and opened the door. 　　The moment the door opened, the choking smell of tobacco and alcohol greeted her. Joanna frowned subconsciously. Before she could see anything in the dim room, he heard a group of laughter, mixed with ridicule. "Mr. Gu, she really came here wearing a skirt." 　　The man sitting in the middle of the sofa hugged his peers, his handsome face is dull, he spat out laughter as the bags under his eyes showed when he heard the words. He said casually, "Who said that we got no striptease just now, you lost the bet." 　　Joanna felt that a bucket of ice water dropped from the top of her head as her face instantly turned pale from the reason she was called here. 　　The handsome man on the sofa, as if he hadn't even seen how distraught she was, turned his head and gave a heavy kiss to the beautiful girl next to him. 　　Joanna's fingers trembled, she suppressed her emotions, and said dumbly, "Richie, this was too much." 　　"Was it?" 　　Richie let go of the woman beside him, got up and walked slowly toward her. His lips twitched and he smiled lightly and spoke indifferently, "it's not the first day I treated you like this. I thought you were already used to it, or maybe you aren’t." Then, suddenly leaning close to her ear and smiled maliciously. 　　Before marrying, her father's words echoed in her ears. He said, "Dear, you have no other choice but to go to Richie. What are you still expecting? Be Mrs. Gu." 　　‘Mrs. Gu’ those two words for her felt nothing but ironic, like she was stripped Joanna naked and humiliated. There was unexpected eyes around her, mixed with curiosity and ridicule and it made her at this moment invisible. She clenched her fingers and tried to control her unrest. Not letting herself show the slightest bit embarrassment, she said softly to herself as if to answer not Richie but her father from before, "I have someone else." 　　She left the scene afterwards. 　　Richie stared at her back indifferently, turned back to the women on the sofa, and showed a frivolous smile. 　　After coming out of the box, tears fell from Joanna's eye. This kind of drama had been going on for almost every month. The only thing that changed was that Richie's female partner was never same every month. For three years, she thought she would be used to it. But today she felt so fragile and that she wanted to cry. 　　She stayed outside for a long time and drove back to her house until she calmed down. 　　As soon as she walked in, she saw her father was in daze with a newspaper. Seeing her coming back, there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes, and he asked in a low voice, "Dear, how was the business talk?"