Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 40 Climbing the Ranks.

The HR representative’s words weren’t a threat but facts

Previously, there had been news about how a project manager had contacted another company near the end of his employment with his current company, ready to switch jobs the moment his contract ended.

The manager faced a lawsuit for dereliction of duty, which had led to significant financial harm to the company. The company had done this on purpose to screw over the manager. The case went on for two

years

Even though the manager was deemed not guilty of his charges, all his efforts were wasted, and

ultimately, his reputation was ruined for good.

Emelie responded, “I know what I need to do.”

She parted ways with the representative after dinner. When she went to the washroom, she happened to overhear the conversation between two servers outside.

“Did you see the woman who was beside Mr. Middleton? She seemed quite cunning

“Yeah, I did, I think she’s Mr. Middleton’s secretary. She keeps on topping his glass up as if she can’t wait

to get him drunk.

The other server said, “Of course, she can’t wait. How else could she sleep with him? Women nowadays

are something..

“Shh! Come on, we still need to get the wines out.”

left the cubicle after the servers were gone. She washed her

HR representative had mentioned earlier,

decided to head to William’s private

been left open. Emelie pretended to walk by and peered

coves

latter who was somewhat drunk now. His eyes were hazy, and a faint smile surfaced on

moment he set down his wine glass, his secretary filled it to the brim

doing so because he was in a bad mood today. He drank shot

took out their agreement for William to sign, they handed him a

Emelie was taken aback,

against

He said flatly, “I’ve already made my terms clear, Mr. Ramsey. Why don’t you take more time to consider it if you haven’t

heaved a sigh and left

and strolled around by the road. William’s

their respective cars.

and his secretary exited last, the latter

William’s footsteps were still sturdy, his eyes were slightly bloodshot. He still looked fine whenever he drank. But if his cheeks were flushed, chances were

William get into his

felt uneasy when she recalled how the

discovered that Emelie was standing outside their room earlier

schemed against, would he take legal action against

Emelie stiffened.

suddenly realized she didn’t trust William that

in the past three years of working for him.