"What do you mean?"
"Does anyone in your company know me? So you arrange these special treatments for me on
purpose?"
Director Walker shakes his head and says, "I told you the truth before. You are a talent who has studied
abroad, so you can have better treatment in our company."
"Don't lie to me. In recent years, overseas talents have not been so attractive in the talent market.
Although this is my first job after returning to my country, I am also aware of the work treatment of my
predecessors. Their companies will not provide them with special treatments such as high-end
apartments and special meals."
"There are differences among different companies. They are not as lucky as you, so they don't have
such treatments. This is good for you. Don't think too much. And the best way to repay the company is
to work hard."
Karin doesn't believe the like of destiny or luck.
"Is there anyone called William in our company?"
After hesitating for a long time, she asks the director. If there is someone who wants to help her
secretly, that must be William. Because she only knows William and Billie in Edinburgh, and Billie lives
in Zurich now. So it must be William.
Director Walker shakes his head again and says, "No. " he answers her firmly, without any hesitation.
So Karin doesn't know whether he tells a lie.
She feels confused because he looks so calm.
After lunch, she comes back to the office and thinks about it twice. And then she decides to investigate
whether the company offers the special treatments to her just because she is a talent who has studied
abroad.
Another three colleagues come into the office, and she says hi to them with a smile. Among them,
there is a middle-aged woman who is over 30 years old.
"Do you want a cup of coffee?"
The middle-aged woman asks her. She wants to say no, but she changes her mind at last. She
answers, "Yes."
And then she walks to the tea room together with her. The middle-aged woman takes a cup of coffee to
her and asks, "Do you like working here?"
"Yes, of course."
"Do you come from Edinburgh?"
"No, I come from British."
"Then why do you work in Edinburgh?"
Karin doesn't want to tell her the reason why she works in Edinburgh. The middle-aged woman gets it
and then says with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to talk about it. I would like to introduce
myself. I am Isobel Flores. You can call me Isobel."
"OK."
Karin nods and pretends to ask her casually, "Have you worked in the company for many years?"
"Yes, I have worked here for about 7 or 8 years."
"Do you know anyone called William in our company?"
She holds her breath and waits for her answer. However, she says, "No. I never knew one in here."
"Is there any other staff who has studied abroad in our company?"
"I don't know. I seldom communicate with other staff in other departments."
Karin feels upset and signs. It seems that she is lucky, so she can have so many special treatments in
the company...
A week later, she feels more and more anxious because she doesn't know why she can have so many
special treatments. One day, there are two staff members of another department who are gossiping in
the restroom. After she hears what they say, she figures out why she can have so many special
treatments.
She has a stomachache, so she goes to the restroom 7 to 8 times in the afternoon. When she is
answering the call of nature in a cubicle, she hears that there are some people complaining outside the
restroom. Unexpectedly, they are talking about her.
"Do you know the Karin in the Financial Department? She is a newcomer. But she never has lunch
together with us. Why? We also have studied abroad, and we even graduated from famous
universities. Why don't we have any special treatments like her?"
"Well, I don't care if we can have special meals like her. The key is that she can live in an apartment in
Star River Community, which is provided by our company. Forget it, we have no support from the
senior staff of our company."
"Who supports her?"
"I don't know, either."
"I got it. She must be the mistress of Mr. Walker, so he wants to take good care of her."
"Really? He is almost 50 years old. I think he looks like her father if he gets a bit older."
"So what? There are so many men who are 50 or 60 years old and have mistresses outside. I think she
must be his mistress, otherwise, why does he only provide special treatments to her?"
After they leave, Karin is shocked. But she knows that there is someone who helps her secretly.
When she thinks about what they talked about just now, she is angry. She comes out of the restroom
and then goes to the Personnel Department. Because she wants to ask Director Walker about it so that
she can know who helps her secretly.
When she wants to knock at the door outside the office of the Personnel Department, she hesitates.
She thinks about what happened in the restaurant that day. Director Walker looked so calm that day.
So she doesn't think that she can get the answer from him.
Therefore, she turns back and returns to the office of the Financial Department. She has to take time to
handle it.
In the evening, she lies on the bed and wonders who can order Director Walker to work for him and
even provide her with such a high-end apartment in Star River Community and special meals which are
exclusively accessible for managers. It seems that this guy should be a senior staff member in the
company.
Thinking about it, she decides to pay much more attention to the senior staff of the company later.
On Friday afternoon, Karin stays in the company and works overtime. It is originally the job of Isobel,
but she has something to do temporarily, so Karin kindly helps her complete the work.
She works until 10:00 pm, and then she is going to go back home. She goes downstairs by taking the
elevator and then she sees a man who seems to be familiar. The man is talking on the phone. She rubs
her eyes and feels confused. At this time, the man gets in a car and leaves.
She chases the car, however, he drives far away. When she is angry, someone pats her shoulder and
says, "Hi. Are you just getting off work now?"
She turns back and sees that it is Taisen Chao from the Planning Department of their company. He
came to the Financial Department last week and said that they had miscalculated his salary, and then
Karin helped him recalculate his salary and replenished him with the money. After chatting, she learned
that he was also from Shanghai.
"Did you see that car just now?"
Taisen looks forward and asks with puzzlement, "You mean the black car?"
"Yes."
"It looks like our General Manager's car."
"General Manager?"
"I am not so sure about that. What's wrong?"
She shakes her head in panic and says, "Nothing special. I am just curious about it."
"How about eating some night snacks together?"
"No, thanks. I feel tired today."
And then she takes a taxi and comes back to Star River Community. She thinks that the man really
looks like William.
She works in the company for a short time, so she doesn't know all of the staff here. But she asked 7 or
8 colleagues and they said that they didn't know William. Did they lie to her? Is the General Manager
William?
She can't figure it out after thinking about it for a long time. So she decides to go to the office of the
General Manager tomorrow and see if he is William.
The next day, after lunch at noon, she doesn't come back to the office at once. On the contrary, she
goes upstairs to the F7 by taking the elevator, because she wants to see if he is William.
Standing outside the office of the General Manager, she takes a deep breath and then knocks at the
door.
"Come in, please."
She feels nervous when she hears someone answer inside the office. But she can't tell if he is William
from his voice.
Her hand trembles when she holds the door handle. How does she explain to him if he isn't William?
At last, she goes into the office. When she sees the man who is sitting in the office, she is shocked,
and she stands still.
The man is also very surprised when he sees her. He stands up at once and wants to say something.
However, he doesn't know what to say.
Karin tries to calm herself down and then steps forward. When she looks at the position card on the
desk, she feels shocked again.
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