My Mother-in-Law's Birthday Party Humiliation Backfired—She Had No Idea I Owned The Venue!
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"Ms. Chen, the Singapore team is ready for their update," my assistant Andrew reminded me. I nodded, pushing thoughts of Margaret's party to the back of my mind. I had an empire to run, even if my in-laws thought I spent my days getting manicures and shopping.
The thing about assumptions is that they're easy to make and hard to correct. When I met James five years ago, I was already a successful businesswoman, but I kept my professional life private. My company operated under my Chinese family name, Chen, while I used James's surname, Williams, in my personal life. It wasn't intentional deception – just a separation of worlds that had proven useful over the years.
Margaret had made her opinion of me clear from day one. "A girl from nowhere," she'd said to James, loud enough for me to hear. "No family connections, no proper education." She'd never bothered to ask about my background, and I'd never bothered to correct her assumptions. James, eager to keep peace, had always brushed off his mother's behavior.
"It's just how she is," he'd say.
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