The company soon issued a punishment for Sally's actions.
Three months’ worth of her salary was withheld from her, and she was demoted from her position as
group leader.
She managed to keep her position in the Planning Department, but she was no longer the group
leader.
Janessa nodded with satisfaction when she saw the notice on the board.
Although the punishment wasn't as harsh as she had hoped for, it was enough to put Sally in her place.
Janessa believed that it was time for Sally to get a taste of her own medicine.
Shelby stared at Janessa in awe and handed the coffee she had prepared for Janessa.
"Good job, Janessa.She needs to pay for everything she's done to us."
"She deserved everything she got.Let's get back to work.
Shelby was keen to ask Janessa more questions, but it was obvious that Janessa didn't want to
continue their conversation.
Until now, Janessa was still a mystery to Shelby.
Sometimes, she felt as though they were good friends, but other times, Janessa seemed too far away
to reach.
It wasn't Janessa's intention to go against the people in the office.
If Sally hadn't done all of those things, the situation wouldn't have escalated this far.
However, Janessa believed that Sally had it coming.
Janessa wouldn't have been able to do this without Shelby's assistance.
The other day, Janessa accidentally ran into Shelby shedding tears alone because Sally had stolen her
plan.
Because of this, Janessa read the final version of the latest plan and found out what Sally had done.
It turned out Sally had been stealing all the plans that her group members created all this time.
As Sally looked at Janessa from across the room, she bit her lip and tried to suppress her anger.
Linda came into the office and approached Janessa's desk with a stern look on her face.
"The CEO wants to see you in his office,"Linda said.
"Did he mention why he wanted to see me?"
"How should I know? It would be best if you asked him yourself,"
Linda replied in a curt tone.
She wasn't satisfied with the punishment Sally had received.
To some degree, Linda felt responsible for what had happened.
She should've known what was happening amongst her staff and stopped Sally sooner.
Thankfully, only Sally received a punishment.
Linda was grateful that the company didn't remove her from her position.
Janessa walked to the CEO's office with her mobile phone in one hand, and a flash drive in the other.
When she reached the top floor, she didn't find anyone around.
Even Corbin was nowhere to be found.
As she was about to walk into Rayan‘'s office, she suddenly heard the sound of someone talking on the
phone.
Her steps halted.
Janessa waited outside the door for almost half an hour.
When she sensed the room quiet down, she walked closer towards the door.
She raised her hand to knock, but before she could, the door suddenly flung open from the inside.
"I wasn't aware that you were fond of eavesdropping."
"Don't misunderstand me.I was just waiting for you outside."
Janessa pushed the door open and walked into the office.
"What did you have to discuss with me?"she asked.
Without saying a word, Rayan sat back down on his chair and looked at Janessa from head to toe.
He never realized how creative she was until now.
Janessa had novel ideas about how to execute the company's plans.
Although the plan wasn't the most feasible at its current state, the content was interesting.
The concept could be developed into something brilliant.
"Mr.Rayan."
Janessa felt uncomfortable under his intense gaze.
She couldn't help but think that it was pathetic for her to be observed like this by her ex-husband.
In Rayan's eyes, it was like he was looking at her for the first time in three years.
"I want to hear your opinions of this plan.Do you have any ideas?"
Rayan assumed that Janessa had done her research and prepared for his probing questions.
Otherwise, how could she be that confident that he would believe what he saw? If she could write a
passable plan on her first try, then with some training, she would be able to create a perfect one.
"This plan needs to be rewrote.I don't think just some simple improvements would be able to bring it
back to life."
"How long do you need to write another plan?"he inquired.
It had been a while since Rayan had spoken to Janessa face-to-face, let alone in such a calm
manner.The silence in the room was deafening.
"Give me one second."
Janessa handed the flash drive she was holding over to Rayan and said, "I think you can decide for
yourself if this plan is up to your standards without consulting the group.
Rayan took the flash drive from her and checked its contents.
After perusing the files, he suddenly realized that the woman in front of him wasn't at all what he
expected.
The two of them had gone through their fair share of unpleasant experiences while married, but he had
to admit that Janessa was a capable woman.
Even a person as fussy as him couldn't find any fault in her new plan.
"Good.You will be responsible for the implementation of this project until its completion."
Rayan placed the flash drive into his drawer.
After that, he looked up at Janessa and said in a serious tone, "Now that we have settled work matters,
there's something else I wanted to discuss with you.What did you mean by the message you sent
earlier?"
Rayan wasn't in the habit of checking or answering his phone messages unless they were from
important persons.
Janessa knew that Rayan would never check her message, so she had messaged Corbin instead.
"This is a matter of great importance.If you miss the chance to see it, I'm certain you will regret it."
Rayan could tell that the message was intended for him.
A shameless woman like Sally was a serious issue in the company, and she would affect the
company's development in the future.
However, Rayan could tell that Janessa wasn't referring to the issue with Sally.
"Haven't you seen it with your own eyes? Sally stole her subordinate's plan and claimed it as her own.I
must help you get rid of a person like that."
Janessa had asked Rayan to go to the corridor so he could hear what Sally was doing in person.
Now, she wasn't sure whether she should inform him that she knew where his beloved woman was.
lf he still thought that she was behind Gracie's disappearance after she informed him of her location,
then she wouldn't know where to go from there.
As Janessa looked around, Rayan was certain that Janessa had another matter to discuss with him.
Sally was just an excuse for them to talk privately.
"Do you know where Gracie is?"
Janessa didn't expect Rayan to figure out what she had to tell him so soon.
Because of that, she decided to tell him everything she knew.
"Your beloved is being kept at your family’s old house.I'm not sure why they're keeping her there,
though."
Janessa didn't want to reveal more information.
To get a higher position in the company someday in the future, she had no choice but to help Rayan
find Gracie.
If none of this happened, Janessa would've been stuck under Sally's leadership for a long time.
Now was her time to make a move.
"In the old house? How did you get that information?"
Rayan realized that house was indeed the perfect choice for them to hide Gracie.
Last time, he had sent people home to look for Gracie, but they didn't find her.
Now, he realized that someone must have messed him up.
His mother had gone against him and forced him to let go of Gracie again.
"That's none of your concern.I told you everything you wanted to know, and you helped me deal with a
person I wasn't fond of.We're even now."
Janessa stood up to leave the office.
When she was about to step out, she took one last look at the man and left decisively.
Rayan drove back to the old house immediately without contacting his parents.
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