North of Rivni, in the spa estate of Simon Kinghouse.

The sky was slightly bright, Celia Miller felt the sound of rustling around her, opened her eyes, and noticed that a figure by the window was getting dressed, so she got up slightly, propped up her head and looked at it with a smile.

Emily Joplin found Celia awake, fastened the last button of her shirt, leaned over and kissed her female boss, and said, "Celie, you can sleep a little longer." ”

Celia grabbed Emily's arm: "Don't go, sleep with me." ”

"It's not good to be seen by them," said Emily, but she leaned over under Celia's tug, and asked, "By the way, what do you want for breakfast?"

"I think about it, the boss will definitely say at this time, I want to eat you. ”

"Huh. ”

After a little pestering for a while, Celia finally let Emily go, lay down again, and decided to sleep in.

It's been a tiring two days.

It's just that not long after falling asleep, I was woken up by Emily, opened my eyes, saw the female assistant next to me, and asked with a smile, "Are you going to sleep with me again?"

"No," Emily said solemnly: "Tymoshenko is outside the manor." ”

Celia was stunned, reacted, grabbed Emily's wrist and looked at the watch, it was just after half past seven, and sighed: "A woman with a very heart, it's a pity, Amy, send her away, just say I'm gone." ”

"I've already said that, and she said she wouldn't leave until she saw you. ”

Celia comfortably shrunk into the quilt and said lazily: "Then let her wait, it's so cold outside, she won't stand it and leave." ”

Emily smiled, "How can it be cold when people stay in the car? I think if you don't see her, she will probably follow us all day today." ”

"Simon said, don't let me pay attention to these people. It's a big deal to call a helicopter to come over, and we'll fly to the city after breakfast to see what else she does. ”

"Okay. ”

Emily agreed, got up and left, only to return again after a while, and said to Celia on the bed: "Tymoshenko said that she is not here on behalf of Lazarenko, she is on behalf of herself, and she wants to talk to you." ”

Celia's tone was confused: "Huh?"

"Obviously, Tymoshenko is going to break away from Lazarenko, this time to join us," Emily said, "So, Cely, do you want to continue to reject her?"

Celia paused for a second, then reacted and sat up sharply.

Although the experience of relying on men to take the throne is not glamorous, but to be able to spread such a big stall in Ukraine in just a few years, no one will deny Tymoshenko's ability, and Celia has to admit that she admires each other a little as a woman. Previously, I was limited to the explanation of my own boss, so I planned to ignore it.

However, Celia understands that the instructions of her boss are based on the premise that Tymoshenko is still on Lazarenko's side.

If the other party wants to join the Westeros system, even knowing that such a beautiful woman walking next to her boss may weaken her power in Ukraine, Celia still dutifully considers the problem from the position of her own boss.

This should be a good thing.

About twenty minutes later, Celia, who was dressed neatly, went downstairs to a study on the first floor of the villa, and Yulia Tymoshenko, who was already waiting here, quickly got up from the sofa.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Ms. Tymoshenko. ”

"Hello, Ms. Miller. ”

Celia shook hands with Tymoshenko and looked at each other.

The woman in front of her, who was about the same age as herself, was wearing a fashionable pink Chanel suit, and her flaxen hair was scattered, so the whole person looked a little weak, without the strong woman temperament of the rumored 'Ukrainian gas princess'.

Celia didn't think deeply about whether the other party's dress today was deliberate, and after greeting, the two sat down, and she got straight to the point: "Ms. Tymoshenko, Amy just said that you are here on behalf of yourself this time, is that so?"

Tymoshenko nodded, did not detour, and said: "If Mr. Westeros is willing to accept, I want to join the Rivneau gang and become a part of the Westeros system." ”

Celia was no longer as surprised as when she heard Emily's message just now, but at this time she was a little teasing: "So, Ms. Tymoshenko, what about Lazarenko?"

"Lazarenko and I are just partners, and ......," Tymoshenko said, hesitating a little, but still said: "If my judgment is correct, after this incident, Mr. President should soon be dismissed from Lazarenko's post, which should also be what Mr. Westeros wants to see, right?"

Celia was noncommittal: "In that case, Ms. Tymoshenko, with what sincerity do you plan to join the Westeros system?"

"Well, I would like to meet with Mr. Westeros and talk to him in person. ”

Celia looked at the woman in her thirties in front of her who was still radiant and almost completely in line with her boss's taste, and instantly understood what kind of 'sincerity' the other party planned to give, and shrugged her shoulders slightly: "Ms. Tymoshenko, if the face-to-face negotiation is your 'sincerity', I will help spread the word, but frankly, the possibility of you meeting the boss is very low." ”

Tymoshenko's expression remained unchanged, and her tone was sincere: "Ms. Miller, can you contact Mr. Westeros now, I'm here, maybe I can talk to Mr. Westeros on the phone first?"

"Not now, Ms. Tymoshenko, probably you forgot about jet lag, it's late at night in the United States, so I'll give you an answer this afternoon. ”

With that, Celia had already gotten up and made a gesture of send-off.

Tymoshenko didn't stand up, but said: "Celia, if you don't mind, I want to stay here as a guest, I'm a woman, it should be okay to stay here, and just now I have sent my driver away." ”

Celia did not compromise at all, and made a gesture of invitation: "Ms. Tymoshenko, Simon is a person who values privacy very much, this is a private territory, even women can't stay easily, there is a driver in the manor who can take you anywhere you want." ”

Tymoshenko continued to fight: "I'm not going to walk around, just stay here, this study?"

"I'm sorry," Celia insisted on sending off: "Please, Ms. Tymoshenko, I hope we don't have any unpleasantness." ”

Seeing that Celia was so persistent, Tymoshenko had to get up and said: "I have booked an apartment in the spa resort in the west, and I will live there for the next few days, Ms. Miller, and I hope to receive good news from you as soon as possible." ”

"Of course, I will get back to you as soon as possible. ”

Seeing Tymoshenko away, Celia carefully calculated the time, it was already late at night on the east and west coasts of the United States, so she decided to contact the North American side in the afternoon.

Arriving at the villa restaurant with Emily and Marta, the housekeeper of the manor, and ordering breakfast from the waitress, Celia asked Marta, "I don't seem to have seen Natalia Banshikova until last night, where has she gone?"

Natalia Banshikova, mother of two girls on the estate, Galena Banshikova and Eva Banshikova.

Celia first knew about the three mothers and daughters, but she only thought her boss was ridiculous. However, this time, the two girls are still there, but the mother is gone, and she is inevitably curious.

Marta said: "Nata went to London, and Madame personally arranged for her to go over there to help Shulshikina and Antoenko take care of the boss's property in London." ”

Marta said, still a little envious.

And, alas.

What can that woman, who is not even as good as her two daughters, do anything in London except clean her room and pour tea and water, it is really a waste, if she can leave here and go to a big city like London.

Celia listened to Marta's explanation, and she instantly understood.

What the hell is a ridiculous thing, there are too many girls here, and there are so many mouths, if I was in Janet Westeros's position, I would probably arrange it like this. Speaking of which, his own boss is so attentive, but there have been no broken things caused by women around him, and the Dumei Manor, which always quietly helps clean up, must have contributed a lot.

Perhaps, in Celia's view, this is probably an important reason why Janet Westeros's status as a real lady is as stable as Mount Tai.

On the other hand, Yulia Tymoshenko was driven back to the hotel villa of a nearby resort by the driver of the spa estate, and immediately dialed Lazarenko's phone, mainly to inquire about the progress of the investigation of the assassination of Scherban, and Tymoshenko did not hide the meeting with Celia Miller.

Of course, I won't tell the truth, and I quickly got the information I wanted.

The task force on the Donetsk side has arrested the scapegoat they sent on their own initiative, and is currently cleaning up the follow-up and playing with the Donetsk gang, after all, the Donetsk gang is not clean, if they want to take advantage of this opportunity of international public opinion pressure to chase after them, it is a big deal to completely lift the lid and see who stinks.

At the end of the phone conversation, Lazarenko asked for money again, directly $10 million, saying that it was used to compensate for the placement of several scapegoats, so hated that Tymoshenko almost dropped the phone.

Where does this kind of trifle take 10 million dollars.

However, after all, the two are still grasshoppers on a rope, and they still agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Tymoshenko told her subordinates to transfer money to Lazarenko, and after doing these things, she walked to the balcony on the second floor connected to the bedroom, looked at the resort hotel apartments surrounded by the whole transplanted evergreen pines and cypresses, and the shadowy entertainment area not far away, and carefully considered the future.

Since the assassination of Sherban suddenly broke out on the international public opinion platform three days ago, and has received direct attention from high-level officials in the United States and Russia, Tymoshenko knows that Lazarenko is finished.

Whether the president's side is afraid of threatening his own position, or fearing that Lazarenko will continue to cause chaos and undermine his strategy of seeking balance at home and abroad, Kuchma will no longer allow Lazarenko to continue.

Tymoshenko has followed Lazarenko in recent years to quickly establish her own business empire, which is superficial, but she knows very well that her foundation is still shallow, just like the Ukrainian United Energy Company, the largest cash cow in her hands that monopolizes domestic gas supply at this time, once she loses Lazarenko's protection, she will immediately be coveted by other political and business forces, and she has little power to resist.

Without the continuous supply of funds from energy companies, there will be no future for other industries that have just been rolled out.

In any case, she must find her next backer as soon as possible.

The Rivneau gang, or more precisely the Westeros system behind it, showed its terrifying influence in this incident, which allowed Tymoshenko to directly target him: Simon Westeros.

As long as she can rely on this man, all the problems she faces will no longer be a problem.

Moreover, the information collected privately is also very much in line with the young man's taste, Tymoshenko believes that as long as she can meet the other party, she has 100% certainty to 'convince' the other party to support her, and when the time comes, she is even expected to become a real queen of Ukraine, and not just the so-called gas princess at the moment.

This is the real purpose of her coming to Rivne.

After reorganizing the plan in her mind, Tymoshenko breathed a sigh of relief in the cold wind and turned to go downstairs, intending to relax with a glass of wine in the entertainment area.

Coming downstairs, the assistant took the initiative to arrange two personal bodyguards for her, Tymoshenko thought about it or did not refuse, her usual security team has the equivalent of a platoon, all of them are elite special forces in the former Soviet Union, this is also no way, various assassination activities in Ukraine in recent years have emerged in an endless stream, similar to the attempted car bomb that Lazarenko encountered a few months ago, she also encountered it.

Yev Scherban, who was beaten into a sieve last weekend, is just unlucky.

As for Rivne's side, Tymoshenko actually knows that the president's son-in-law Viktor Pinchuk and a deputy governor of Donetsk have come to Rivni, although she does not believe that the opponent will act in Rivne Oblast, which is tantamount to a direct provocation to the Westeros system, but also has to be guarded against.

After waiting until the evening and never receiving a reply from Celia Miller, Tymoshenko finally sensed that something was wrong.

Failed to ask for Celia Miller's contact information at Simon Westero's hot spring manor, and Tymoshenko did not take the liberty of blocking the door again, but first contacted Sergei Komorov, and got the news that made Tymoshenko cold from head to toe.

Celia Miller had already flown back to North America this afternoon.

Bichi!

scolded in his heart, and it was inevitable that he was at a loss.

What now?

Tymoshin thought that Komorov was deceiving herself, and was about to run to the spa estate again, when the head of the resort, Andrei Smirnov, came to her and delivered a letter that Celia Miller had left for her before leaving. Directly dismantled in front of Smirnov, there was only a very sloppy Russian sentence on the thin page

- The boss said that you are too insincere, just meet it.

This time it's cool.

Andrei Smirnov looked at the Ukrainian business woman in front of her, whose face was constantly changing, waited for a moment, and asked: "Ms. Tymoshenko, if there are no other questions, I will leave first?"

Tymoshenko hurriedly calmed down and asked Andrei: "When was this letter delivered?"

"About three o'clock in the afternoon, but Ms. Miller has asked me to give it to you at six o'clock in the evening. ”

Tymoshenko nodded.

I can't help but think of Celia Miller's reminder during the morning meeting, it seems that I really made a mistake, if I had known earlier, I should have prepared a sincere plan in advance, instead of just going to see Westeros. In any case, as long as you can rely on that man in the future, you will definitely be able to get more back.

Thinking like this, my heart became angry again.

If the woman had reminded her a few more words in the morning, maybe she would have come to her senses, why didn't she remind herself a few more words!

Now what?

Flying straight to North America?

Not to mention whether she can see Westeros, in the current turbulent situation, without a positive reply from Westeros, she does not dare to leave Ukraine rashly. Who knows what will become of this side when you go out and come back.

As for the Rivne gang's side.

Whether it is Sergei Komorov, Kerim Derevyanko or Vladimir Kolkoshko, these people are very strong together, but they are not talkers, in fact, it is easy to see that Simon Westeros does not want to support a leader here at all, and even Celia Miller is just an agent.

After all, the real power is in the hands of the young man who is high up in the sky.

Therefore, contacts with the top of the Rivne gang will not lead to anything at all.

When all things considered, this morning's meeting was probably the best chance for her to connect with Westeros.

It's a pity to miss it.

It's all to blame on that hateful Bichi, perhaps, the other party just deliberately didn't want her to go to Simon Westeros's side.

Although she hated it in her heart, but gradually calmed down, Tymoshenko had to face reality and hurriedly left Rivni to return to Kiev.

Since she couldn't catch Simon Westeros, Lazarenko's ally, whether she wants it or not, must do her best to maintain it, and at the same time consider finding other allies.