She is a CEO by George Chapman novel Chapter 132

Seeing that Juliana couldn't say anything to retort, Poppy knew she touched Juliana's sore spot.

Then she slowly leaned over and said in a vicious tone, "So, you cannot just be his friend..."

"What do you want to say?" Staring at Poppy, Juliana asked with a faint smile on her face.

"Miss Knight, you are so smart. Do you really not understand what I mean?" Poppy asked.

Juliana stared at Poppy for a while, and it seemed that she didn't want to respond.

"If you want to take revenge on Lucia, you should punish her by taking what she wants the most. She wishes to marry into the Davies family and tries everything to mess with Arthur. If you can stop her wishful thinking, she will spend countless sleepless nights." Receiving no response from Juliana, Poppy said more to delude her.

"Revenge?" Juliana's heart contracted. She stared at Poppy and asked, "What have you known?"

"Sorry, Kane told me everything." Though she made an apology, it wasn't sincere at all.

Juliana didn't expect that Kane would tell Poppy that she had been raped. A mixed feeling surged in her chest. She wanted to vent her feelings, but there was no outlet.

"Julia, I feel sorry for what happened to you, so I want to help you more. Our current enemy is Lucia!" Poppy pretended to be indignant and glared at Lucia.

Juliana looked at Poppy and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid your hate is nowhere near to mine."

"Nowhere near?" Poppy widened her eyes in anger and said, "She hurts me no less than she hurts you, not to mention... Look over there."

Poppy led Juliana to look in a certain direction. Juliana saw Jacob standing next to several people. He seemed to be chatting with them, but he shifted his gaze to somewhere else from time to time.

Then Juliana followed Jacob's gaze and saw Lucia chatting with someone!

"Did you see that?" Poppy smiled bitterly and said, "Lucia once set me up and stole Jacob from me. Then she cheated on Jacob and eloped. A few years later, she came back. If she didn't mess with Jacob, I could make peace with her. But now, I'm afraid that she will steal my husband from me again!"

Juliana looked back and saw the resentful look in Poppy's eyes. Feeling the same way as Poppy, she cursed, "It's all Lucia's fault!"

"Yes!" A triumphant smile flashed through Poppy's eyes.

She continued, "I'll stop her from stealing Jacob, and you should stop her from being with Arthur! It's a win-win solution for us. In this way, Lucia has no one to rely on except for Eduard. But Eduard is not capable enough to help her ruin JTP Group."

Finally, Juliana nodded in agreement.

"But it's not that easy. Arthur may obey me out of guilt temporarily, I am afraid he can't resist Lucia's temptation as time passes."

"That's why I said you could not just be his friend." Poppy reminded her with a sly smile.

"I know what you mean, but... he and I can only be friends." Juliana hesitated.

"Julia, I don't want to be mean. But for a woman, being raped is the worst pain, which cannot be healed in the rest of her life." Poppy put her arm around Juliana's shoulder and said something that made her sad while expressing her sympathy in a euphemistic manner.

"You should care about yourself. Do you want to bear the pain alone in the future? You know better than anyone else about Arthur's character. He is the person you trust most and worthy of your trust. If you are together, I believe that Arthur will not mind your past and will even help you get out of the tragedy."

"I know he won't." Juliana was hesitating. Then she said, "But it's unfair to Arthur. I can't be that selfish."

In fact, Poppy was right. When she asked Arthur to pretend her boyfriend and informed her relatives of her relationship with Arthur, Juliana had the idea of using Arthur to upset Lucia and get out of the dilemma. She didn't do that because her conscience told her not to drag down Arthur with her.

"Humans are selfish. It makes sense you do it for your good. Besides, you and Arthur have been friends since childhood. It would be better to keep him by your side than watch him be fooled by that bitch Lucia. Also, you and Arthur know you are a fake couple. You can break up with him if you meet the right man in the future. The most important thing now is to make Lucia helpless!"

Poppy tried her best to delude Juliana. If she agreed, she would be of great help.

"I'll think about it." After thinking for a while, Juliana didn't say yes to Poppy but gave her an ambiguous answer.

"Well, then, do not take too long thinking about it. You know how scheming Lucia is..." Poppy was not anxious. She knew that she had planted seeds for Juliana's revenge.

"That's it for today. It will be bad if Arthur sees us together." Juliana was evasive about this topic. After saying those words, she returned to Arthur.

Looking at Jacob, Poppy's eyes were filled with envy!

'Jacob! How dare you say you have no feelings for Lucia!'

'Just wait and see!'

When Juliana returned to Arthur, she had calmed down. With a sweet smile on her face, she leaned against him and held his arm with both hands, for fear that he would suddenly leave her alone.

"Julia, where did you go just now?" Arthur asked.

"There are too many people. I'm not used to it. I went to the window just now to get some fresh air," Juliana said with a pitiful look on her face. Then she coughed to show her discomfort.

"As I expect, you are not ready yet," said Arthur, pinching Juliana's wrist lovingly. "How about we go back now?"

Just as Juliana was about to say yes, she saw Lucia seemingly looking at her. So, she immediately snuggled up to Arthur and whispered, "No, you should socialize. Also, it's too rude of us to go back now."

Seeing Juliana look sort of sick, Arthur put his arm around her shoulder to support her body without hesitation. He asked with concern, "Are you sure you are okay?"

"Yep." Juliana nodded at Arthur and said considerately, "Let me lean on your arm a little longer."