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 Samantha who was

you worked

“Okay, Rachel.”

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

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

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

“I’m so sorry, Rachel. I might have made a mistake because William asked me to accompany him to

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

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courtesy–nothing more.

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

had been terribly wronged.

mad. I’ll fix it right now. If there’s anything else wrong,

mistakes. But still, she took a closer look, marking every mistake with the data. Minutes

lifted her gaze to meet Samantha’s.

had, there was no way it could be this wrong.

she tensed up even more. Her hands fidgeted

you could pull the data directly

couldn’t believe what she was

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

turned red with

it right now,” she whispered,

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

professional and responsible, Rachel would have had no issue. But the fact

careless, Rachel couldn’t imagine how badly things would go if the project actually

The problem lay with 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

everything. I want it before lunch,” Rachel instructed firmly,

Samantha, eyes red, grabbed the file and left the

the office, their colleagues couldn’t

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