Who would’ve thought that this woman can be so cool?
At that moment, Evan found himself a little lost with anxiety slowly creeping up in him as he stared at her walking away.
Evan instinctively tightened his fist. Nicole Lane got off easy. She deserved the treatment she received compared to all the vile things she had done. What I did was nothing!
The glint in Evan’s eyes became less bright when he walked into his office. He hadn’t even sat down before his door was knocked.
“Come in.”
John rushed over as soon as Evan finished speaking.
“Ms. Tussaud refused to translate the document from A Nation and is leaving, Mr. Seet. Maybe…”
“She has resigned. Have someone else translate the document.”
“What? Uh… Um…” said John, who looked surprised when he heard what Evan said. He seemed to be at a loss for words after that.
Evan shifted his gaze to John and barked, “What? Why are you acting like the company can’t survive without her?”
John seemed troubled when he replied, “We regularly receive sizable orders from A Nation, but the company never accepted them because no one is fluent in that language. After Ms. Tussaud joined us, we finally had the skill needed, so yesterday afternoon, we accepted our clients’ orders from A Nation. Every single one of those business transactions is over a hundred million in value, and we need the related documents translated immediately.”
Evan glared at John, “So?”
John answered nervously, “The translator before Ms. Tussaud, Jimmy, used to translate documents from A Nation, but Jimmy doesn’t fully understand that language. Hence, we can’t get him to work on those documents. Uhm… So, uh, t-the company needs Ms. Tussaud. She’s the only one who can do it.”
She’s the only one? Huh, that is ridiculous! Those documents aren’t holy scriptures, and there is no way that only she can translate them!
Evan scoffed and ordered, “Get HR to recruit someone else. Offer a great salary. I refuse to believe that we can’t find anyone else.”
“We’re in a rush, and only a few people know that nation’s language, so it might be difficult…”
“Then you better f*cking hurry! Get out now!” scolded Evan before John even finished speaking. John was frightened, and he quickly turned around to get out of the office.
Holy! What is up with Mr. Seet today? Why is he so angry suddenly?
John sighed before he hurried over to the HR department.
……
Nicole hadn’t left the office for long before her phone suddenly rang.
She checked the screen and saw that it was an unknown number. That got her to hesitate a little before answering it.
“Hi, who is this?”
“Ms. Tussaud, it’s me, Evan’s mom.”
“Hi, Mrs. Seet. What’s up?”
“I have heard all about it. Why didn’t you tell me that Evan has been bullying you? I’ll help you out.”
“It’s fine. I’ve already resigned.”
“Resign? That stupid kid. Don’t you worry, I will have him beg you to go back!”
“Actually, I…”
Sophia was truly impatient. Nicole hadn’t even finished speaking but the call was hung up.
Get Evan to beg me? That’s not going to be easy… Wait, something’s off. How did Sophia know that Evan had been bullying me? Evan certainly won’t tell her, and those close to him won’t either. They wouldn’t dare to. Is there a whistleblower who simply can’t stand how he bullied me? That’s not likely. Who would risk offending the boss just for me?
Nicole simply couldn’t figure it out.
Sophia sighed in front of her grandson after hanging up the phone.
“Your dad really needs a good whooping!”
“Grandma, you gotta help Ms. Tussaud. Daddy refused to let her take care of me and forced her to work overtime during lunch. She even had to stay up all night just to finish work. He is such a big bully.”
Sophia looked at “Kyle” and sighed, “Don’t worry, grandma will talk to your dad and settle scores with him!”
“Thanks grandma.”
Juan, who was impersonating Kyle, went to look for Sophia early in the morning to complain and seek justice for his mom.
He was satisfied after getting Sophia’s promise that she would support his mom. Soon, it was time for him to go to school in Kyle’s place. The boy looked at Sophia miserably and said, “Grandma, it’s time for me to go to school, see you later.”
“I’ll get the maids to send you there!”
Juan had wanted to reject the offer but agreed after remembering that he was going to Kyle’s school.
When they arrived at Grant Kindergarten, Juan got out of the car and texted Kyle immediately.
Kyle raised his hand immediately after reading the message. “Teacher, my tummy is aching. May I go to the toilet?”
“Sure.”
The teachers knew that Kyle was from an influential family as the Head of Kindergarten and a few other teachers got fired because of him. As such, the current staff members of the school took note to pay special attention to Kyle.
However, as Evan had previously instructed the school not to give his son any privileged treatment and to treat him just like one of the other kids, they did not dare to show concern for Kyle too blatantly.
That being said, Kyle was still the heir of the Seet Group. As such, his teachers made sure that the boy was well taken care of in school.
A few minutes later, “Kyle” returned to the classroom.
The teacher approached him and asked with concern, “Is your stomach feeling better?”
Stomach?
Juan was stunned for a moment but quickly realized what was going on. He nodded vigorously and replied, “Yes, I’m fine now.”
“That’s a relief then. If you’re not feeling well again, inform me immediately, okay?”
Juan was pleasantly surprised by the treatment Kyle was receiving and was truly happy for him.
After school, Juan took the initiative to mingle with the rest of the students, joking around and joining them for games.
Kyle’s such an introvert and had always kept to himself, why is he suddenly so active?
The teacher was secretly observing “Kyle” as she was worried about his stomachache. That was when she saw the strange scene and found it puzzling.
Because of that, she decided to pay even more attention to him.
Meanwhile, Sophia had just arrived at the office in a huff. Dressed in warm colors matched with a purple jacket and with her hair neatly tied up into a bun, the woman looked extremely smart, professional, and elegant.
The office employees took turns to greet Sophia as she walked past them.
As Sophia was in a rush, she merely waved at them as a form of acknowledgment. With a clear goal of settling scores with her son in mind, she headed straight towards the president’s office.
Slam!
The door to the president’s office was suddenly swung open. The moment Evan looked up, he saw his mother charging in with a murderous look on her face.
“Mom, what brought you here?”
“What do you think?”
Evan cradled his forehead. For some unknown reason, images of Nicole feigning ignorance suddenly flashed in his mind. He seemed to have had an idea.
I should feign ignorance!
“Are you here for the board meeting?”
Sophia looked at her son in bewilderment. There’s still a long way to go until the next board meeting. Didn’t we just have one a few days ago?
As Evan was someone who always had a good sense of time, it was hard for Sophia to believe that he had remembered the date of the board meeting wrongly.
Is he…
Trying to feign ignorance?
Ha! I’m ready to take you on, my dear son!
“That’s right, I’m here for the board meeting!”
Sophia plopped herself down on the sofa after saying that and fixed her gaze on Evan.
Evan, feeling uneasy being stared at, said, “Let me go and take a look to see if the directors have arrived.”
“Sure, I’ll go with you,” Sophia stood up and walked towards her son.
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