Chapter 71
Grace studied up to jestka, bet tone ryen. “Jessica, Edon’t start fights unless someone asks in one. The second you seist Chester me me, you should’ve known this day was coming. Go ahead and threaten me all you want, but let’s see if you even have the time for that.
Tanger all thismess, what company will
Thire you? And il limeber comech, you’ve got some pretty hefty loans, dirt you?”
Jessica went pale. She had taken out a huge loan to buy a car worth seven tigstes just to impress Peter, and her monthly payment was a gut wrenching four thousand dollars, Without a job, she was totally screwed.
I’ll kill you!” Jessica limed at het
Grace slapped her.
Jessica staggered back, clurching his face in shock. She hadn’t thought deber wetikkactually hit her
Grape robbed her wrist like it was nothing. “You still don’t think you did anything wrong, saibera’s no point achting my breath. Take care”
Kusel Graced” Jessica’s ever bained red, her whole body shaking with in
Everyone else in the department who saw Grace slap bessica dropped their head like clockwork. They had always thought of Grace nothing more than a pretty face trailing after Yancey
von, she had driven Jessica out of the company and wrecked her career. This side of her was straight–up terrifying. No one dared talk behind her back anymote in the group chat. Grace was perfectly fine with the change in attitude. They had never liked her anyway, andabe had intention of trying to fit into their circle. It was even better if they wanted to keep
Jessica was quickly fired with her manager position suddenly up for grabs, everyone in the department started a sibling for trace had only been there two weeks and wanted no parte
almost be Yancey was doing it just to mess with her, he went ahead and slapped the manager tile be the very next day. For a rookie who was barely two weeks in, taking that job was The pick
up a ticking time bomb. All it would do was stir up jealousy and baddash.
When Grace put to work that morning, the was ready to march straight to Yarry–only to find out he wasn’t in Het colleagues were clearly unhappy, but with the kind of backing she had. none of them dated to say a word.
After a deep breath, Grace unblocked Yancey’s number and called him. “Where are you?”
He had promoted her on purpose to watch her struggle while the whole department med against her. When he saw her name pop up on his phone, he smirked.
“Well, well, Grace. Look who finally unblocked me. Never thought I’d see the day, “Vanney quipped.
Grace telt a headache coming on “Tanory, do you actually think this is fun?”
“Obviously, Watching you bite the bullet and call me just makes it even better,” he said.
tready found him unbearable, but now, he was just downright disgusting.
Fung up and headed straight to the CEO office on the top floor, only to find our Ethan was in a meeting. Fortunately, Tim wasn’t as cold toward her as before and let her wair inside Two hours later, Ethan finally returned. He seemed to know exactly why she was there and didn’t wait for her to speak
As he rolled pain in his weireldaale, he said, “You can join the team on this floor.”
There were positions up here that suited her. Before, she had kept her distance from Ethan because he made her unway. But now that he was offering, she figured she might as well take it. “Thanks, Mr Henderson,” Grace said. Then, realizing it sounded flat, she added, “How about Iiny you dinner?”
But the second she said in, regel twisted in her stomach Things with Ethanaluwady felt weird enough.
Sitting behindlus desk, Erlun said flatly. “I don’t feel like rating our
“Then conse over tamy place. I’m actually a pretty good cook,” Grace blurtedimi,
lah passed, biwaking up with an untradable expression
face heated under his pars like lie thought alır had some kindut uketea motive. “I juni.
de led spoken too fast. Sure, she could cook, but would some like him really want to go to an employer’s home? Belver the could take it back, Lthan asked. “What’s on the menu?“
“j dan’t like anything for sjungia merpowering
He pertubdy namaid things liberiladi man u allikais, tatate jet sui a qpitet sighat tehet.
“What ade your free?” she asked
Grace hadne crason to turn it been, so she started plansing
still lost in thought when she got back to her desk
father mooditted aduen de spotted the adficial transfer notice. Finally, she was free ipon that walking duster, Yamay “That abans was months veleta ating Grace jotted dosti a lempiiniple dishes, all tani tlan miliki sil
It suddenly struck her that farinight have a lot of a pridefull
