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.

assistant, or was she being groomed to replace

on Samantha who was

the data you worked on to

“Okay, Rachel.”

her office. Rachel’s desk was buried under piles

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

third line. “If the project starts based on your numbers, the

with 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

could read lips, so there was no real need to sign.

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courtesy–nothing more.

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“Ms. Judd, this is work. Your personal matters

wronged. Her eyes were

Rachel, please don’t be mad. I’ll fix it right now. If

time to waste on Samantha’s mistakes. But still, she took a closer

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

could be this wrong. The numbers looked like

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

I heard you could pull the data

what she was

data changes. Even yesterday’s numbers might be different

turned

now,” she

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

professional and responsible, Rachel would have had

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

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

it before lunch,” Rachel instructed

eyes red, grabbed the file and left

office, their colleagues

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