Chapter 229

Effie offered Irving Butler a polite smile and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Butler. We're all working for the good of the company. I promise I'll do my best."

"Go on, then," Mr. Butler waved her off impatiently, barely concealing his irritation. His mind was already racing for ways to make things difficult for Effie-he wouldn't let her off the hook that easily.

As soon as Effie stepped out of his office, Shirley hurried over, her curiosity barely contained. “Effie, what did Mr. Butler want with you?"

Effie replied, "Oh, nothing much... He just reassigned the project to me as the lead, and formed a special task team. I'm heading it."

"Wow!" Shirley blurted out, her voice shooting up in excitement before she could catch herself.

Several heads turned their way, drawn by the outburst.

Realizing she'd attracted attention, Shirley quickly clamped a hand over her mouth, offering an embarrassed smile before leaning in to speak quietly with Effie again.

From across the room, Nelly let out a cold snicker. "Look at her, practically bursting to let everyone know how she landed that project."

in the air, a few colleagues perked up like cats catching the scent of

the real story?"

overhear, clearly waiting for this moment. But she feigned reluctance. "It's not really

Nelly!" another chimed in. "She's been walking all over you lately. Everyone

I don't see why you let her get away with it. If

kind who orbited her, always eager to curry favor. Nelly's friendship with Irving Butler, the department manager, often meant the cushiest assignments landed in their laps, so it was no surprise they jumped

drop it," Nelly said, putting on her best troubled

it," Malcom insisted. "If Mr. Butler gets mad, he can take

show of stepping away, but it was clear she was

shifted to Malcom, anticipation

appear uninvolved, Malcom began, "Yesterday, Mr. Butler and Nelly went to negotiate a partnership with The Hoffman Group. You all know-those two are the department's

Effie wasn't there, he exploded. He said if Effie wasn't running the negotiations,

she matches up to Mr. Butler and Nelly.

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