Countdown to My Divorce

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

William’s gaze fell on the necklace on Samantha’s neck, and his eyes grew cold for a moment.

“I don’t know him,” he said.

Samantha’s face tightened, clearly upset.

Rachel caught the subtle changes in both their expressions, and a small laugh escaped her.

“Funny, just earlier, Ms. Judd said she’d introduce us to her boyfriend. How about next week?”

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William’s gaze darkened, and before Samantha could speak, he cut in, “Other people’s boyfriends aren’t our concern. By the way, she’s new here. If she needs help, you can show her the ropes. Also, the data for the Oasis Project needs to be checked. Take a look at it for her.”

Rachel could barely hold back a laugh. He wasn’t giving her the project to manage, but now he wanted her to help Samantha look good in front of the team. How did he even have the nerve to say that out loud?

She swallowed her frustration, replying, “I have other work to do.

Samantha nervously bit her lip, glancing at Rachel before speaking in a soft voice: “William, please don’t make Rachel do it. It’s my fault that I can’t even handle something this simple.”

“It’s alright. You’ll get the hang of it. Rachel is very capable. If you follow her, you’ll learn a lot,” William replied, his voice calm and encouraging.

To anyone else, it would have sounded like a regular compliment. But Rachel knew better.

William never tolerated mistakes at work. If anyone messed up, they were out–no excuses. But with Samantha? He was incredibly patient, even going so far as to hand her off to Rachel for help.

Samantha lifted her eyes to look at Rachel.

“Rachel, is that okay?” she asked, her voice soft and uncertain.

Rachel shrugged. “Whatever Mr. Lewis says.”

William gave Rachel’s shoulder a small pat, his gaze full of quiet approval. “Show her the ropes. It’ll be good for you to have another pair of hands to help out.”

Rachel forced a tight smile.

trying to make Samantha her assistant, or was she being groomed

the thought, focusing on Samantha who was standing

data you worked

“Okay, Rachel.”

the data before following Rachel into her office. Rachel’s desk was buried under piles of paperwork; she couldn’t help but tiredly rub

front of Rachel, who scanned it quickly. The expression on her

number on the third line. “If the project starts based on your numbers, the company is going to lose

a panicked expression. “I’m so sorry, Rachel. I might have made a mistake because William asked me to accompany him to the mall to buy some things for

Rachel could read lips, so there was no real need

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courtesy–nothing more.

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voice cold as she said, “Ms. Judd, this is work. Your personal matters

but Samantha acted like she had been terribly wronged. Her

don’t be mad. I’ll fix it right now. If there’s anything

felt exhausted. She didn’t have time to waste on Samantha’s mistakes. But still, she took a closer look, marking every mistake with the

lifted her gaze to meet

way it could be this wrong. The numbers looked like

serious face, she tensed up even more. Her hands fidgeted nervously as she

pull the data directly from the existing files,

believe what

yesterday’s numbers might be different today,” she

face turned red with

redo it right now,” she whispered,

reminded, trying to stay calm.

in check. If Samantha had been professional and responsible, Rachel would

If Samantha was this careless, Rachel couldn’t imagine how badly

about Samantha’s abilities. He was

before lunch,” Rachel

the file and left

the office, their colleagues couldn’t help but gossip

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