Jaw-Dropping Son-in-Law

Bailey's lips twitched at Jessica's outburst. She sighed and lamented, “Ms. Tanner is Eve Lussohn's student, so she is perfectly qualified for the task. Why did you all have to drag me into this?”

Bailey's lips twitched at Jessica's outburst. She sighed and lamented, “Ms. Tanner is Eve Lussohn's student, so she is perfectly qualified for the task. Why did you all have to drag me into this?”

Stephen smiled lightly and replied, “This is a great opportunity for you, Ms. Jefferson. As you know, Ms. Caridee is one of the Ten Acclaimed Socialites. If you produce a design to her satisfaction, you'll cement a career in this industry.”

Bailey scoffed in response.

She had her reasons for not caring for the opportunity.

Nonetheless, she replied half-heartedly to Stephen, “Fine. I'll try my best. If there's nothing else, I'm heading out.”

Stephen waved the phone in his hand at her and smiled. “Victoria texted me earlier, instructing me to personally escort you to the HR department after our conversation.”

Dread filled Bailey's soul. She could guess why Victoria was looking for her.

Bailey explained, “That, erm, nothing happened between Mr. Luther and me when I went to the CEO's office the other day. I swear. It's just a misunderstanding.”

“Your good friend Victoria is the one who has the misunderstanding.”

After leaving the director's office in the design department, Bailey turned down Stephen's offer to accompany her and headed to the HR department alone.

She walked past a few female employees gossiping in the pantry.

“Did you all hear? The designer sent from the Archulean branch to challenge Ms. Tanner is the heiress of the Jefferson family, Ms. Bailey. Sound familiar? She's the future Mrs. Luther's older sister.”

“Heiress? Please! How can she be considered an heiress? Mr. Jefferson kicked her out of the family ages ago for her sordid character. I have no idea how she caught Mr. Rhoudin's eye, and I can't believe she's shameless enough to challenge Ms. Tanner. What a joke!”

“Maybe she climbed into Mr. Rhoudin's bed to snag herself such a precious opportunity. I mean, didn't she do something similar to gain five million seven years ago?”

“Oh, you have a point. She must be skilled at seducing and pleasuring men. Her playbook must be pretty extensive.”

“Haha!”

echoed in the cramped

all seem pretty

and stern reprimand suddenly cut through

eavesdropping

turned and immediately spotted Victoria coming toward her, Artemis by her

pitying the gossiping employees in

goal they'll achieve is to attract trouble for themselves. Why subject themselves to

wrong with you, woman? Why are you still leisurely eavesdropping on them when they're b*tching about you? Are

and pinched the latter's cheek, cajoling, “Aww, don't get upset. Women get wrinkles easily if they get angry. Plus, they're merely discussing the

so you can gossip in the office? Pack up your things and get your last paycheck from the finance

female employees in

means to secure a position in the company and were the envy of their friends and families. If they were sacked, what

were wrong. We shouldn't have gossiped about malicious rumors. I hope you can forgive us on account of this being

We didn't cause any real harm. There's also the aspect of freedom of speech. You can't fire

labor contract over minor offenses, it is obligated

to fork out the penalty?” Artemis

if he did not seem enraged, his word choices clearly conveyed his

“M-Mr. Luther...”

stuttered fearfully,

pointing

immediately stared at Bailey. Their profuse apologies resounded in

Artemis a glance and realized his dark eyes

flew when their

“Victoria, call the Ministry of Labor. Have these people's names

abruptly as the female employees collapsed on the

placed on the employment blacklist meant no proper company would

effectively cutting off their means

was stunned by his order, though her gaze quickly

hardly drove people into