That one line of Nora’s immediately went under analysis by everyone, who then posted it on the Internet.
Some people’s interpretations were:
“She’ll give us an answer in two days? Gold prices will probably hit a new low in two days! When that
happens and the Smiths become the most profitable company of the year, she’ll then announce her
break with the Hunts?”
“Friend, are you kidding? Her children can already inherit the Hunts’ property. What will remain of Ms.
Smith if she breaks off ties with them? That bit of dividends from the Smiths?”
“Now that you’ve mentioned the dividends, won’t the Smiths give Ms. Smith the position of successor?
After all, everyone knows that the current head of the Smiths is the previous head’s nephew!”
“Haha, I am a Smith Corporation employee. I can tell you very clearly that Ian Smith has already
transferred the company shares to Joel Smith, so he now has 51% of the shares, which gives him
absolute control over the company. The previous head only gave Ms. Smith 10 of the shares, so all your
speculations are nonsense!”
“You’re from the Smith Corporation? Then can you tell me if your company and the Hunt Corporation
have really been in a competitive relationship all these years?”
“Of course we are! We are not only competing with them on the outside but also internally. Every project
always has two teams studying and developing it. Only competition can motivate a person’s most
primitive passion, but as far as I know, the Smith Corporation does not care about things like being first
or second. The Smith Corporation’s annual turnover is not much less than that of the Hunt Corporation!”
“Even if it’s not much less, it’s still less than theirs. Even if they don’t care about who’s first or second,
they are still in second place. Who wouldn’t want to get rid of their fate of being in second place forever?
Besides, Mr. Hunt only has one son. Even if Ms. Smith plays a few small tricks and makes the Hunt
Corporation lose 80 million dollars, all that will happen is that they’ll become the second in terms of
annual turnover this year. The Hunts won’t be too concerned. But by doing so, the Smiths can take first
place for once, so why not? It’s just 80 million dollars, the Smiths probably don’t even think anything of it,
right?”
Some believed it while some didn’t. Everyone gloated over others’ misfortune while they chatted about
the gossip and waited quietly for the results that would come in two days.
Nora wasn’t one to bother listening to what outsiders said. Instead, she was dealing with the Hunt
Corporation’s affairs as well as looking for an overseas project so that she could find an excuse to go to
Switzerland.
In the company, she approached Celine, a female staff member who was temporarily taking Lawrence’s
place in the secretarial department, and asked, “Does the company have any projects in Switzerland?”
With her head lowered, Celine answered stiffly, “No. If you have the time to be looking at overseas
projects, then why don’t you settle the company’s domestic affairs first? Regarding the gold futures, what
exactly are you thinking?”
After Justin’s accident and in Lawrence’s absence, Celine had temporarily taken over the latter’s position
as the leader of the secretarial department.
However, she had always been supportive of Nora. Her current attitude, though… Something wasn’t
right.
Nora looked up to see the woman, who was usually mild and gentle, staring at her with her clear and
attractive eyes. Her voice was obviously very gentle, yet the way she spoke was very stiff. She said,
“Gold prices have dropped again today. Why aren’t you doing any trading in the market? With the way
you’re behaving, don’t you think you’re letting down Mr. Hunt?”
Nora: “?”
She raised her brows. Suddenly, she asked, “Do you also think that I am not doing my best for the Hunt
Corporation?”
Celine bit her lip. “Isn’t that right? If you really were doing your best for the Hunt Corporation, then why
would you fire Lawrence?”
Nora was taken aback. “What did you just say?”
sneered, “I’ve already found out about everything that happened, so you can drop your act! Lawrence is
very familiar with the company and he is also Mr. Hunt’s right-hand man. You fired him because you want
to bypass him and do things unfavorable to the company, right? Ms. Smith, when Mr. Hunt was still
around, we could all see for ourselves just how well he’d treated you. Don’t you think your actions have
really let him down? Lawrence is very loyal to Mr. Hunt, how can you fire someone like him just like
that?”
Nora: “?”
She countered with a question of her own. “When did I fire Lawrence?”
Celine sneered and said, “You don’t have to pretend anymore, I already know all about it. You fired
Lawrence the day Mr. Hunt died. His resignation letter is right there in the company’s email inbox. I’ve
already seen it!”
Nora: “!”
She went through the email inbox at once. Sure enough, she saw Lawrence’s resignation letter, which
was sent on the day that Justin died.
Lawrence’s resignation letter was written very clearly. To sum it up roughly, he wrote that Mr. Hunt had
been very kind to him, so he needed some time to get over what had happened. He also told them not to
look for him. After that, he left…
Nora: “…”
To think she had been wondering why no one noticed that Lawrence had disappeared just like that after
Justin faked his death. As it turned out, it was because he had already made all the necessary
preparations in advance.
So, he had left together with Justin?
Where had they gone, though? Switzerland?
They must have done that and concealed their identities just so they could go to Switzerland to look for
the V16, right?
But when she thought of the man in black who was still alive, and how he’d forced her and Justin to
retreat all by himself, as well as how Justin had also been forced into faking his death as a
countermeasure; deep worry arose at the bottom of Nora’s heart.
No, this wouldn’t work. She must go to Switzerland right away.
Nora made up her mind. Suddenly, she looked up at Celine and asked, “Who told you that I was the one
who fired Lawrence?”
Celine had already seen Lawrence’s resignation letter a long time ago, yet her attitude towards her a few
days ago had still been very good. However, this had suddenly changed today. Someone must have said
something to her.
Sure enough, the next moment, the look in Celine’s eyes changed. She lowered her head and replied
evasively, “I promised that person that I wouldn’t tell you their identity. Don’t bother trying to find out who
told me the truth. That person is someone you trust, otherwise I wouldn’t have believed them so easily.”
Someone she trusted?
How many people did Nora trust?
Her friends were all absolutely worthy of her trust. It was impossible for any of them to betray her.
Nora didn’t think any deeper into it. Instead, she said, “I didn’t fire Lawrence.”
However, Celine yelled agitatedly, “Are you still denying it at a time like this? Lawrence was in such a bad
mood after he was fired that he has been keeping his cell phone switched off all this time! He doesn’t
answer my phone calls at all! You don’t understand Lawrence’s feelings for the Hunt Corporation! If he
does anything silly, I won’t let you off!”
Her behavior…
Nora raised her eyebrows. “You’re in love with him?”
Her words made Celine choke. Then, she said, “Yes, I’m in love with him, I’ve had a crush on him for five
years. Ms. Smith, I can tell you this very clearly—if you cannot handle the matter about the gold futures
well, then please forgive me for not being able to cooperate with you!”
After speaking, she turned and walked towards the door. However, when she reached the door, she
turned her head to the back, looked at her with determination, and said, “Feel free to fire me. With the
Smiths’ abilities, I believe that you’ll be able to find someone to take over my duties in no time. However,
I didn’t stay in the Hunt Corporation for so many years for nothing. If you fire me, everyone in the
secretarial department will also leave with me! I am not Lawrence. He may allow himself to be driven
away by you, but I won’t!”
After saying that, Celine went out the door.
Nora: “…”
She looked at Celine. The woman was highly efficient and extremely capable. When Nora first took over
the Hunt Corporation, she had helped her a lot.
Celine was not like Mr. Livingstone. She was loyal to the company. Even now, she was still protecting the
Hunt Corporation in her own way.
Such people were relatively prone to becoming loyal to a fault.
Unfortunately, such people were also extremely easy to make use of!
Nora wasn’t going to fire her. How could she fire someone who did their best and gave their all for the
company’s interests?
She just needed to wait one more day to pass. Once Celine understood her efforts, she would surely
regain trust in her character. Going by how loyal Celine was to the company, she would definitely tell her
who the one sowing discord behind the scenes was.
Thus, when the next day came…!
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