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

shook off the thought, focusing on Samantha

you worked on

“Okay, Rachel.”

following Rachel into her office. Rachel’s desk was buried under piles of paperwork; she couldn’t help

who

pointed to a number on the third line. “If the project starts based on your numbers,

might have made a mistake because William asked me to accompany him to the mall to buy

there was no real need to sign. The gestures were just

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courtesy–nothing more.

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voice cold as she said, “Ms. Judd, this is

like she had been terribly wronged. Her eyes were red–rimmed,

Rachel, please don’t be mad. I’ll fix it right now. If there’s anything else wrong, just point it out

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

lips tightened as she lifted her gaze to meet Samantha’s. Did you

was no way it could be this wrong. The numbers looked like they were

Samantha saw Rachel’s cold and serious face, she tensed up even more. Her hands fidgeted nervously

heard you could pull the data directly from

what she was

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

turned red with

right now,” she

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

If Samantha had been professional and responsible, Rachel would have had no issue. But the fact that Samantha couldn’t

under Rachel. If Samantha was this careless, Rachel couldn’t imagine how badly things would go if the project

problem lay with William Rachel didn’t believe that he didn’t know about Samantha’s abilities. He

everything. I want it before lunch,”

the file and

she walked through the office, their colleagues couldn’t help but

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