Janessa's life in the company was still stressful.
Thankfully, everyone had found a new rumor to discuss and had stopped talking about her.
Every once in a while, however, she still got the odd glance or two from other employees when they
encounter her.
In the past two days, Janessa had been wondering how she could enter the core of the Lu Group and
get what she needed.
She couldn't afford to get barred from participating in small projects, not to mention her major work now
was just sorting files and making coffee.
However, she could hardly come up to Rayan and demand to be assigned to a project.
How could she prove her credibility in the eyes of her colleagues in the Planning Department if she
used that route? Janessa looked up at the ceiling irritably, thinking about how to get out of her current
predicament.
Suddenly, an upside-down face hovered above her.
"Ah!"
Janessa immediately sat up with shock.
Then, she rearranged her face into a blank expression and faced Sally.
The team leader announced, ""Janessa, you've been spacing out during work hours.
This month's performance bonus will not be credit to your account."
"Okay,"she responded indifferently.
"You..."Sally pointed a threatening finger at her.
Don't think that you are superior to others just because you have a backer.Mark my words your high
and mighty attitude won't last.
"Sally chucked the files onto her desk and marched away arrogantly.Janessa looked at the computer
indifferently.
Did Sally think she cared whether she got that bonus or not? However, that was just the
beginning.Janessa didn't expect that Sally would play such an underhanded trick.Everyone O-went to
have lunch at noon.Then, Sally walked over to Janessa’s desk while reading a document in her hand,
and then glared at Janessa.
"Didn't you say that I've been assigning useless tasks to you? Fine, deliver this document to Mr.Lin on
the nineteenth floor of International Trade building before one o'clock this afternoon.This document is
very important, and it should be in his hands by one PM sharp."
"Deliver documents at noon?"
Janessa eyed the sealed kraft paper bag suspiciously.
"What? You don't want to? If you don't want to go, just forget it.After all, I can't order around person
sent down by special assistant, Corbin."
As she spoke, she took back the document and walked back to her station.
Sally thought Janessa would stop her, but she didn't.
When Janessa wasn't looking, a triumphant smile appeared on Sally's face.
‘Janessa, just wait and see!’ There would be a discussion of work matters with the whole team every
day, and none of them referred her delivering papers.
Besides, why would she send Janessa to deliver documents during lunch hour? With the office
grapevine buzzing with so many rumors, how could she still ask Janessa to send an important
documents to an important client? It would be safer for another team member to deliver it.
Not thinking too much about it, Janessa went out of the office to have lunch.
However, when she came back to her desk afterward, she found the document lying on her desk.
When she caught sight of Janessa standing there, Sally walked over and asked, "Why are you still
here? Didn't you promise me that you would drop off these documents to Mr.Lin at noon? If I didn't
have a sudden stomachache, you know that I would have done it myself.How could you promise to do
it and then go back on your word?"
Janessa stared at the documents on her desk.
She was sure that they were the same ones that Sally gave her earlier.She had taken them with her at
that time...
As it turned out, she was waiting for the chance to play such a mean trick on her.
"I know that you were personally hired by the CEO.If you are not satisfied with the work I had assigned
to you, you could just tell me directly.This paperwork is crucial to one of the company's projects, so how
could you let me down like this?"
"Sally, I'll deliver these documents to Mr.Lin.I can run very fast, so he should receive it in half an hour."
A young man stood up, swiped the kraft bag from Janessa's desk, and ran out of the office without a
word to either Janessa or Sally.
He didn't even give the team leader any time to react.Obviously, she meant to frame Janessa.
However...
Shocked out of her anger, Sally turned toward the rest of the team and declared, "This is the working
attitude you should have while here in the Lu Group.If you have any complaints, just tell me.Don't
follow the examples set by some people in our department."
Janessa didn't say anything during her speech.
She had absolutely nothing to say to these small-minded folks.
Even if this thing reached Rayan's ears, she wouldn't get fired.
Janessa had been solely focused on work all afternoon.
During this period, Sally surprisingly didn't bother her.
She was about to get off work when Shelby told her that Sally had been summoned for a talk the whole
afternoon.Janessa was almost at her apartment when she received a call from Aydin, whom she hadn't
seen for a long time.
"Come to the Qiu Group tomorrow morning for a meeting of the board of directors."
"Board of directors? Didn't you say before that there was no need for me to participate in such
meetings? You've gotten old, Uncle.Your memory's deteriorating."
On the other end, Aydin's face turned pale with anger.
Even so, he needed things to go smoothly tomorrow, so he replied in an even voice, "I only said that I
would be temporary filling in the CEO position for you for the time being.
I didn't think you would misunderstand your uncle's intentions.I had no choice but to do those things.
Aydin was the only one who would dare say something so shameless.
It was not the right time to deal with them.
One day, she would make her uncle's family give back what they had taken away from her.
In a saccharine voice, she replied, "Then I really must have wronged you, Uncle Aydin."
"Yeah, yeah.Do you have time tomorrow? By the way, your aunt has a friend your age.Would you like
to meet him?"
Everything clicked when Janessa heard that last bit.
Aydin really had to take a lot of detours when all he wanted was for her to attend a blind date.
The ink had yet to dry on her divorce papers, but they're already eyeing a new target for her. "I don't
have time for that, Aydin.I'm warning you : don't go too far. First, you want to steal the Qiu Group-now,
you want to marry me off? If you actually knew such a good man, would you really think about me? You
daughter Imani is also of a marriageable age.If you have the time to mind my business, why don't you
bother with your daughter's affairs first?"
Furious, Janessa immediately cut the call short.
She was perfectly aware of how her little cousin's mind worked.
When Janessa's mother died, Imani had immediately set her sights on Rayan.
She kept trying to attract his attention, doing things like pulling down her collar to reveal more skin, but
Rayan never even looked at her.
Aydin had allegedly spent a considerable sum to further Imani’s ambitions of landing Rayan Lu, the ‘the
big fish.’ He paid for her micro plastic surgery to have her face touched up and pulled strings to get her
to meet Rayan through his various social connections.
Unfortunately, they had tried so hard for weeks, but they didn't even see a single strand of Rayan's hair.
Aydin looked desperate to get Janessa married off to someone else.
Was he afraid that she would rekindle the relationship with Rayan? Besides, Imani would definitely
suffer because Gracie was never a generous woman.
As soon as she ended the call, Aydin called her up again.
"Janessa, you have become so rude these days.Was that how your mother raised you? No wonder
Rayan wanted nothing more to do with you."
"Do you think you're much better than me, Aydin? Let me tell you—if the performance of the Qiu Group
suffers in your hands, don't blame me for being rude, then!"
Her parents had been too tolerant to Aydin's family.
The way they cleaned his mess did him a disservice—he only became greedier as time passed by.
"Do you think I need a little girl like you to tell me how to do things? I'm doing this for your own good,
but you're not appreciative of my efforts.What an ill-bred girl.The board meeting will be held at nine
o'clock tomorrow morning in the Qiu Group office.If you don't want to attend, then don't!"
This time, it was Aydin who cut the call.
His words made Janessa so angry that it took a long time for her to finally calm down.
What wrong did her family do in their previous life that landed them with such a relative?
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