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.

need?" Aurora glanced

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

not a match for Aurora herself, was gleeful to hear

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

to her office, Ivy sneered secretly, "Hmph, let's

quickly printed the reports and handed them to her supervisor, "Mrs. Lyman,

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

new challenge. She had planned to continue working but couldn't resist dozing

felt uneasy, sensing something amiss. Seeing Heather so exhausted,

at her desk. Who else but Aurora would dare to assign her work? Meanwhile, Aurora, busy these past two days, preferred to ignore Ivy, leaving the office

flung the reports at Heather, who had

the glass office, Aurora heard the

sleep, looked utterly exhausted

meeting, but 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 an incompetent person at

Ignoring

be any mistakes," Heather said anxiously as she rose to

widened in disbelief, "Impossible, there's no way

data and