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.

her assistant, or was she

off the thought, focusing on

the data you worked

“Okay, Rachel.”

her office. Rachel’s desk

Rachel, who

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

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

heard from William that Rachel could read lips, so there was no real need to sign.

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courtesy–nothing more.

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her voice cold as she said, “Ms. Judd, this is work. Your personal matters have nothing to do with me. I only care about

wronged. Her eyes were red–rimmed, and she looked like

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

mistakes. But still, she took a closer look, marking every mistake with the data. Minutes passed, and soon, the page was

to meet Samantha’s. Did you actually check the

could be this

and serious face, she tensed up

I heard you could pull the data directly from the existing

believe what

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

face turned red with

it right now,” she whispered, wringing her

tight schedule,” Rachel reminded, trying to stay calm. “Since you’ve

had been professional and responsible, Rachel would have had no issue. But the fact that Samantha couldn’t get something so basic right

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

William Rachel didn’t believe that he didn’t know about Samantha’s abilities. He was fully aware, yet he still pushed forward, and that was what disgusted

I want it before lunch,” Rachel instructed

grabbed the file

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

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