Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 19

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At half past nine, Joycelyn pulled into the parking lot in the office building and hurried out of the car. This time, she didn’t wait for Ellison behind her and headed straight to the elevator by herself.

Ellison sat in his Rolls–Royce, looking at the back of Joycelyn’s figure. He seemed to be reminiscing about their lovemaking session in the bathroom earlier before they’d left the house.

It hadn’t been enough.

Although Joycelyn had tried to speed things up, she was still half an hour late. Thankfully, all the departments on her floor had to attend a sudden general meeting in the conference room so she didn’t bump into anyone on her way up, and she snuck into the meeting room through the back door.

Selene happened to be there, though, and she remarked, “Why are you late again? Did something happen?”

“Eh, kind of. Were you late too?” Joycelyn said, her face a little flushed. She had hurried the whole way here and she was also embarrassed by the question.

“Yeah. Luckily, attendance isn’t being taken today so I can hold on to my perfect attendance record,” Selene replied with a sly grin.

“Yeah, we got lucky,” Joycelyn replied.

“It seems like Mr. Grant decided to conduct a surprise inspection Fortunately, it’s targeted at the directors and not small fry like us. Linda was called out because her report wasn’t as satisfactory as it should’ve been,” Selene explained the situation with a hint of mockery in her voice.

Joycelyn, on her part, only bit her lip sheepishly when she heard the mention of Ellison. No wonder he had told her earlier that he’d fix the problem of her being late.

Luckily, she’d only been half an hour late. If it were any longer, the company policy was that you’d be considered absent for a day, and you wouldn’t even need to show up then.

She’d only been asked to tie a tie and didn’t expect that things would quickly spiral out of control and end up that way. Thinking of it now, Joycelyn felt a new wave of embarrassment.

Selene hadn’t noticed the change in Joycelyn’s demeanor. She subtly took out a picture and showed it to Joycelyn. “You left in such a hurry yesterday that I didn’t get a chance to talk to you Look here, this is my senior. He’s a very eligible bachelor. What do you think?”

gear. With the backdrop of steep mountain ranges, it was obvious that this man had a passion for

nice,” Joycelyn answered flatly.

you up with him? He’s good–looking, he’s studied and traveled abroad, and he’s the only son in a middle–class family.”

comfortable with that,” Joycelyn laughed softly

She felt she wouldn’t be

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you go on. Just go on one

I already have someone that I like,” Joycelyn stammered as she thought of

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“I knew it I knew you must have your eye on someone, but still, you

Joycelyn said hurriedly as she gathered her notebook and pens and prepared to leave.

were filing out of the conference room behind the crowd when Aurelia held them back. “The two of

at that and immediately

that moment, they saw Linda walk past them. She was holding a file, and there was an

snapped her mouth shut and signaled to the other two to

an eerie quiet hanging over the department. Everyone seemed to be bracing themselves for the shitstorm

after about ten minutes, Linda came storming out of her office with some documents in her hand and a stern look on her face. Her eyes searched the employees, and she snapped, “Joycelyn! You’ve already worked

documents in her hand onto Joycelyn’s desk. Joycelyn picked them up calmly and looked through them, frowning slightly. “Didn’t you give your approval for this proposal?” she asked.

day. Everything in the business plan, from the schedule and funding to the follow–up investments, had

voice even louder. “Your proposal requires more than five times the allocated budget. The other departments have

way things are, I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out that you actually had some kind of vested interest with the investors

whole department has been accused of being incompetent. Are you trying to get

from Linda, but she looked up calmly and stared back at her. “I arranged these joint ventures based on your suggestions and instructions. looked for investors that required the lowest costs but

in the end, but now you’re

except for Linda’s vicious scoldings and Joycelyn’s calm but

accusations didn’t hold any water and decided to continue

evidence to back herself up, so she followed Linda.

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