Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Chapter 320: You Resign Yourself

As soon as Phil appeared, the atmosphere shifted. Aurora stepped out of Julian's embrace.

"Dinner should be ready soon, Phil. How about we go down and get ready to eat? Perhaps try some of our local dishes today?"

"Sure, sounds great," Phil replied, quickly distracted, perhaps Julian preferred not being seen in his moment of vulnerability.

Throughout the meal, Phil was visibly impressed, praising every dish from start to finish. Had it not been for his elegant attire hinting at his wealthy background, one might have mistaken him for a country bumpkin, so unworldly he seemed, almost making Aurora question where he had really come from.

With Phil there, the mood improved significantly, leading to Oswaldo laughing heartily. The trio ended up staying the night at Montgomery Manor.

The contract signing was scheduled for 2 PM the next day. As usual, Aurora arrived on time at the office, where she noticed the staff looking at her strangely. She had been absent the previous day, presumably a major upset, and surely, her colleagues were secretly taking delight in it.

Aurora was well aware of their thoughts but ignored them and left. Passing by Heather, she noticed her red-eyed, "You didn't stay up all night working, did you?"

"Yes, manager, I finally got the report done," Heather replied, her eyes red with fatigue, "I'm going to print it out now."

Without waiting for a response, Heather hurried off to the printer. Aurora, having been away from the office, was clueless about the report Heather mentioned.

"Look who's here," Ivy said with a smirk, looking triumphant as if she were the one who had secured the contract.

something you need?" Aurora glanced

over to sign the contract with Montgomery Group today. Aren't you supposed to be competent? If you can't even secure this contract, what right do

was gleeful to hear of Aurora's

that idle, I don't mind finding more work for you,"

office, Ivy sneered secretly, "Hmph, let's see how long you

reports and handed them to her supervisor,

you have potential. What takes others a week, you do in a day. You really

relieved to have overcome a new challenge. She had planned to continue working but couldn't resist dozing off on her

Mrs. Lyman and Heather, felt uneasy, sensing something amiss. Seeing Heather so exhausted, she couldn't bear to disturb her with questions and decided to turn a blind

assign her work? Meanwhile, Aurora, busy these past two days, preferred to ignore Ivy, leaving the office like a calm pond on the surface

meeting came to an end, and Mrs. Lyman furiously flung the reports at Heather, who had been sound asleep. Startled by the sudden attack, Heather's body jerked and she

inside the glass office, Aurora heard the commotion

sleep, looked utterly exhausted

it was a complete mess, embarrassing the president during the session. He was furious and ordered me to fire her immediately. How can we keep such

did Heather realize what had happened. Ignoring her

gave me. There can't be any mistakes," Heather said anxiously as she rose to check the report

widened in disbelief, "Impossible,

for a year. How could you make such an error when everyone's bonuses depend on this performance? If you messed up the data and gave the wrong figures to finance, who would bear that responsibility? If you couldn't do it, why didn't you