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?”

dressed in hiking gear. With the backdrop of steep mountain

nice,”

offered, “Do you want me to set you up with him? He’s good–looking, he’s studied and

I don’t think I’d be comfortable with that,” Joycelyn laughed softly and

married, and she’d already become familiar with a man of Ellison’s caliber. She felt she wouldn’t be awed again even if she came up close with a celebrity.

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you go on. Just go on one date. Think of it as making a new

have someone that I like,”

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knew you must have your eye on someone,

finished her report. Looks like the meeting’s about to be over,” Joycelyn said hurriedly as she gathered her

behind the crowd when Aurelia held them back. “The two of you, try to keep a low profile today. Our project is being scrutinized

and Selene felt their breath hitch at that

have already completed their tasks ahead of time,” Aurelia explained. At that moment,

signaled to the other two to

over the department. Everyone seemed to be bracing themselves for the

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 here for

the documents in her hand onto Joycelyn’s desk. Joycelyn picked them up calmly and

in the business plan, from the schedule and

times the allocated budget. The other departments have managed to complete their

cash like toy money? With the way things are, I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out that you actually had some kind of vested interest with the investors and you’re waiting for

has been accused of being incompetent. Are you trying to

hadn’t expected such a strong accusation 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

were the one who signed off in the end, but

vicious scoldings and Joycelyn’s

with me to my office,” Linda commanded. She realized that her accusations didn’t hold any water and decided to continue

and the logic and evidence to back herself up, so she followed

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