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 being

shook off the thought, focusing on Samantha who was standing there, clearly

you worked on

“Okay, Rachel.”

gather the data before following Rachel into her office. Rachel’s desk was buried under piles of paperwork; she

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

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

mistake because William asked me to accompany him to the mall to buy

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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“Ms. Judd, this is work. Your

wronged. Her eyes were red–rimmed, and she

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

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

she lifted her gaze to meet

had, there was no way it could be this

and serious face, she tensed up even more. Her hands

heard you could pull the data directly

couldn’t believe what she was

that data changes. Even yesterday’s numbers might be different

face turned

it right now,” she whispered, wringing her

project is on a tight schedule,” Rachel reminded, trying to stay calm. “Since you’ve taken it on, I expect you to treat

professional and responsible, Rachel would have

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

about Samantha’s abilities. He was fully aware, yet he still pushed forward,

before

grabbed the file and left the

office, their colleagues couldn’t help but gossip in

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