Chapter 289

"Mmm..."

Violet had been explaining things to McNeil, her tone confident and authoritative—

a real expert. Ailie listened with a cold smirk. She actually had friends in direct contact with the CEO of EmilyTech Solutions, and even they didn't know as much as Violet seemed to.

Only Victoria understood: Violet was doing all this for Allian's sake.

Dinner dragged on for nearly three hours. In the end, Violet was the host, but it was McNeil who picked up the tab.

Ailie couldn't resist a mocking jab.

"Mr. Langford is so thoughtful and generous with our Ms. Marchand. Ms. Marchand really is lucky-unlike Victoria's husband, who doesn't know how to take care of his own wife and is always running off after floozies..."

She didn't care how Violet's face looked behind her-red, white, or purple. She grabbed Victoria and swept her out of the restaurant.

Everyone else was tipsy, barely registering what Ailie had said.

McNeil frowned; Violet was fuming, her body trembling in the dark.

tall-but McNeil caught her

they walked away. "What did you just say to her? Violet

little drunk herself; her head was spinning, and Ailie's expression was stormy, as

over Victoria's ear. "Don't worry about it. We're decent people- some things are better left unheard. No need

a slut. Besides, only

next morning, as soon as Victoria arrived at the office, someone from the tech department pulled

laid off. Victoria,

"What?"

Just last night they'd all been eating and drinking together before heading their separate ways. She'd made sure to arrive on time this morning, not wanting to give Violet a chance to snark about her being late. She hadn't heard a thing about

Yesterday she closed a multimillion-dollar deal for the company. By rights, she should be getting a promotion and a

and as soon as she walked

to be honest with me what exactly happened between Mr. Langford

The only real issue was that Ailie was her friend, always standing up for her. But that wasn't

Victoria lied, her voice

"Mr. Langford made it clear-he's very unhappy with Ms.

had insulted

was cold. She kept her emotions in check- one slip and

between Ms. Marchand and Mr. Langford, it has no place in the office. If Ailie lets her personal feelings get in the way of her work, it'll only hurt her career. You're her friend. I hope you'll talk some sense into her. I know Ailie is talented, but The Langford Group is our biggest investor right now. We need strong financial backing for our projects. I'm putting her on leave

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