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.

William trying to make Samantha her assistant, or was she

shook off the thought, focusing on

you worked

“Okay, Rachel.”

her office to gather the data before following Rachel into her office. Rachel’s desk was buried under piles of paperwork; she couldn’t

of Rachel, who scanned it quickly. The expression

the project starts based on your numbers, the company is going to lose

at the numbers with a panicked expression. “I’m so sorry, Rachel. I might have made a mistake because William asked

Rachel could read lips, so there was no real need to

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courtesy–nothing more.

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as she said, “Ms. Judd, this is work. Your personal matters have nothing

direct, but Samantha acted like she had been terribly wronged. Her eyes were red–rimmed, and she looked like

be mad. I’ll fix it right now. If there’s

mistakes. But still, she took a closer look, marking every mistake

as she lifted her gaze to meet Samantha’s. Did you actually check the

be this wrong. The numbers looked like

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

heard you could pull the data directly from the existing

believe what she

data changes. Even yesterday’s numbers might be different today,” she said

face turned

right now,” she

trying to stay calm. “Since you’ve taken it on, I expect you to

responsible, Rachel would have had no issue. But the fact that Samantha couldn’t get

unfortunate the project wasn’t under Rachel. If Samantha was this careless, Rachel couldn’t imagine how

he didn’t know about Samantha’s abilities. He was fully

want it before lunch,”

eyes red, grabbed the file and left the

their colleagues couldn’t help but

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