It turned out that half a year ago, the Coburn family had intended to ally with the Moriarty family through marriage.
The marriage candidate was Cline's cousin, who was also Gehrmann's sister, named Melissa Moriarty.
Melissa was currently studying in Italy and would return to the States to get engaged with Calvert after graduation.
Previously, she had deliberately blocked all news related to Calvert, so she was completely unaware of this.
Now, seeing this information, she didn't feel much of an emotional stir.
She and Albion could never go back to the past, and it didn't matter to her who Calvert married.
Luana put down her phone, took some medication for her heart failure as usual, and then set the alarm volume to the maximum before falling into a deep sleep.
The alarm rang for a long time before Luana faintly heard it and slowly regained consciousness.
She reached for her phone and saw that it was nine in the morning. It wasn't the embarrassing time of four or five in the afternoon.
Winward's working hours started at ten, and she was still on time.
She quickly got up, washed up briefly, grabbed her bag, and headed to the company.
Thinking of Laura's notification yesterday for her to hand over her work, she didn't go back to her office but went directly to the top floor.
Luana arrived in front of Laura's office door, knocked, and said, "Laura, I'm here to hand over my work."
Laura's expression changed when she saw her and said, "Come in."
Luana walked up to Laura's desk and asked, "Laura, since Joan is unwilling to take over my work, who should I hand it over to?"
Laura recalled what Runa had instructed yesterday and said a bit embarrassedly, "Luana, you've been working here for five years. It's not that you can leave just by saying you want to. Can you continue working for now and wait until I find a suitable person to hand over to?"
Luana wondered to herself, there were so many assistants in the CEO's office, why not just give it to anyone? Why wait for a suitable person?
She frowned and asked, "Didn't you send me a message yesterday morning asking me to hand over my work? Why have you changed your mind so quickly?"
Seeing that Luana wasn't easily fooled, Laura told the truth. "Yesterday morning, Miss Ortega did approve your resignation application, so I sent you a message to hand over your work. But not long after, Miss Ortega changed her mind and said she didn't agree with your resignation."
Luana's eyebrows furrowed, and she asked, "Why?"
Laura shrugged and said, "I'm not quite sure. If you want to know the specific reason, you should ask Miss Ortega. I'm just following orders."
Luana's face gradually darkened, but she knew this had nothing to do with Laura. The problem must be with Runa.
So, she didn't say anything more to Laura and turned to go directly to Runa's office.
At that moment, Runa was sitting in her spacious office, talking on the phone with a very gentle tone, asking if the other party had eaten breakfast.
Luana didn't need to listen carefully to guess who she was talking to.
She hesitated for a moment but still knocked on the door, interrupting their call.
Seeing it was her, Runa put down her phone and asked, "Luana, what can I do for you?"
Luana didn't plan to beat around the bush and directly asked, "Miss Ortega, didn't you say you would approve my resignation when you came back? Why hasn't it been approved yet?"
Runa glanced at her phone, her expression impatient, and said, "You've offended Joan, and she's rallied a group of people who won't take over your work. You have so many partner files in your hands. It's not feasible without a suitable person to hand over to. I'll approve your resignation application once I find someone."
Luana thought to herself, as the CEO, finding a handover person should be an easy task. Clearly, she was just deliberately dragging her on.
She didn't understand what Runa was thinking, why she was deliberately making things difficult for her, a mere assistant.
Luana's face darkened, but she still tried to be polite and said, "Miss Ortega, I have an urgent matter and really need to leave. Could you please approve it?"
Runa clasped her hands together, rested them on the desk, and raised her eyes to ask, "Could you tell me what the urgent matter is?"
Luana was about to tell her that she was in the late stage of a terminal illness and really didn't have the strength to work, but when she saw the disdain in Runa's eyes, she pursed her lips and said nothing.
Seeing her silence, Runa's lips curled into a slight smile, and she said, "Before, when Joan said you wanted to marry into wealth, I didn't believe it. I didn't expect that just by having you entertain Mr. Coburn yesterday, you climbed into his bed. It seems you really do want to marry into wealth. But..."
She deliberately paused, looked Luana up and down with her mocking eyes, and continued, "Luana, you do have good looks, but it's not that easy to enter the wealthy class."