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.”

the servers were

what the HR representative had mentioned earlier, along with

she decided to head to William’s

had been left open. Emelie pretended to walk by

coves

was sitting beside William, the latter who was somewhat drunk now. His eyes were hazy, and a faint smile surfaced on his lips when he spoke

his wine glass, his secretary filled it to the brim for him again.

probably doing so because he was in a bad mood today.

took out their agreement for William to sign, they handed him a pen, which the secretary helped tighten

Emelie was taken aback,

they scheming against William

flatly, “I’ve already made my terms clear,

a sigh and left the

by the road.

their respective cars.

and his secretary exited last, the latter holding the former

were slightly bloodshot. He still looked fine whenever he drank. But if his cheeks were flushed, chances were

secretary helped William get into his car

But she felt uneasy when she recalled how the secretary had

that Emelie was standing outside their room earlier without stepping in to

would he take legal action

Emelie stiffened.

realized she didn’t trust

had witnessed how William tackled his enemies in the past three years of working for him. She subconsciously knew that