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.

into the car-heels too high, doors too tall-but McNeil caught her just in time, and the two

walked away. "What did you just

expression was stormy, as if she'd cursed Violet out. But like the

put a hand over Victoria's ear. "Don't worry about it. We're decent people- some things are better left unheard. No need to let ugly words taint

she'd called Violet a slut. Besides, only Violet had actually heard her-no harm

office, someone from the tech department pulled her aside, whispering in her

say Ms. Ailie's getting laid

"What?"

time this morning, not wanting to give Violet a chance to snark about

Ailie-people have been avoiding you, not wanting to say anything. Ms. Ailie's been put on a month's leave. Yesterday she closed a multimillion-dollar deal for the company. By rights, she should be getting a promotion and a bonus, not a forced vacation. Doesn't it seem obvious they're looking for an

went straight to Curtis's office. He was there, and as soon as she walked

to be honest with me what exactly happened between

issue was that Ailie was her friend, always standing up for her. But that wasn't something she

lied, her

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

went pale. Last night, Ailie had insulted Violet, and

her emotions

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 for a month, and

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