Cheat with my boyfriend best friend by Jane E.L.

Chapter 516 I Was a Merchant

My expression slightly stiffened as I realized that 1t seemed like I had been tricked by July again

The owner of the voice was Mr. Charlie Marilyn, the big boss of Meiling Company. We only met once during the week after I joined, and then he went on a business trip to the Tokyo headquarters. He only just returned two days ago

July must have just seen Mr. Marilyn from her perspective, which is why she didn't interrupt me while I was speaking and continued to play the role of a new employee suffering from workplace bullying!

As I was thinking about this, I awkwardly responded to Mr. Marilyn's earlier words, speculating in my mind what he wanted to say to me privately

Did he just come back and hear about my not-so-good reputation, so he wants to talk to me?

Is it possible that what I had previously imagined, losing my job because of rumors, is about to happen now?

And Mr. Marilyn called my name directly, even though we didn't have a very familiar relationship. This surprised me and even sounded a bit like giving someone a final dignity before dismissing them

But whatever the truth may be, in any case, I am going upstairs with him now to hear what he wants to tell me

With such a nervous feeling, although I appeared calm on the surface, I didn't speak a word all the way until I entered the spacious top-floor office. It was only then that I started pondering how to politely defend myself later

Just as I was feeling a bit conflicted about how

to explain the scene that had just happened, Mr

Marilyn asked me to sit down and then handed

me a document from his desk

"Olive, I apologize for being busy with headquarters research during your time of joining, neglecting to communicate with you, resulting in our first formal conversation being rushed and serious like this. However, time is really pressing, and this task can only be completed by you."

When he first spoke, I thought he was laying the groundwork to fire me, but it wasn't until Mr

Marilyn's last sentence that I realized the stack of documents in my hands were a project proposal and business information from potential partners

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"I was very interested in your experience of collaborating with a jewelry merchant to develop health jewelry when I was reviewing your resume. Although I don't know why your research was interrupted at that time, it did give me an opportunity. In my opinion, this project is very forward-looking, so I recently wrote a proposal and decided to hand it over to you and your research and development team to complete this matter."

I blinked my eyes, as if my brain suddenly short-circuited, and blurted out, "So Mr. Marilyn, you didn't come to ask me about what happened in the office area just now?"

Mr. Marilyn leaned back in his chair and smiled at me, asking, "What's the matter?"

I swore that he was deliberately asking a question he already knew the answer to, but I had no choice but to answer seriously

"Just now in the office area, I believe you also heard about... about my colleagues from other departments accusing me of workplace bullying towards the interns. I thought you called me in separately to inquire about that matter."

"Olive, I was a businessman."

Mr. Marilyn remained silent for a few seconds after I finished speaking, and then he threw out a meaningless sentence

I looked at him with some confusion, only to see a deeper smile on his face, but there was a

sincere look in his eyes as he looked at me

"I mean, do you think it is more important for a businessman to verify a baseless rumor when they come across a highly promising project, or is 1t more important for them to quickly arrange this project that can bring me huge profits to you?"

I realized that he was using self-deprecating humor as a businessman, which made me feel a little more relaxed sitting here

This touched me deeply, so I couldn't help but want to make my words clearer: "Mr. Marilyn, I am very grateful for your trust, but if you have even the slightest doubt, please don't give up on investigating this matter for the sake of my feelings. I believe you can give me justice."

Mr. Marilyn's expression changed slightly, but

he did not interrupt me. Instead, he patiently listened to me until I finished speaking. Then, his brow relaxed and he answered me very seriously

"I know what you're worried about, Olive, and I can assure you right now that no matter how those people outside try to slander you, I won't let your work be affected by rumors. This 1s not for any personal reasons, but... I want you to know that before selecting you as the head of my research department, I conducted a very detailed background check on your experience."

I'm sure you have heard that Meiling Company is of great significance to me. I would not allow anyone with questionable conduct to hold a leadership position in my company