novelxo Chapter 1406
Upon receiving Julien's order, Joel waved his hand and several security guards rushed up to surround Levi.
The one thing that Levi had learned since young was not to fight back when the odds were against him. Seeing that Julien was being serious this time, he surrendered in an instant. "Young Master Julien, please let me go. I'll walk out by myself. Ask your men to leave first. At least save me some face, okay?"
However, Julien was not having it. He ordered, "Take him out now!"
Levi shouted, "Don't push my limits, Julien!"
However, Julien ignored him and ordered the security guards to drag him out of the office.
"What happened?" Seeing that Levi was being carried out of the president's office, the people in the secretary's office were all craning their necks.
"It's a misunderstanding! Really! This is just a misunderstanding! You guys can get back to work already. There's nothing to watch!" Even when he was being carried out of the office, Levi still cared about his image. He waved to
the beauties in the office and smiled. Finally, he looked at Vanessa and said, "Vanessa, don't forget to come to the new Japanese restaurant at noon."
Vanessa quickly turned her head away, pretending that she didn't hear anything. Levi didn't give up and shouted, "Vanessa, I will wait for you at the restaurant. I won't leave until you show up."
Vanessa still did not respond, but in fact, she did not dare to answer. She could roughly guess that Julien had something to do with Levi getting dragged out of the president's office. How would Julien ever let other men get their hands on his "little pet"?
However, things did not end there. Joel returned to the office and made an announcement. "Helen Hudson, Wendy Campbell, please pack up and go to the finance department to collect your outstanding salaries."
Helen and Wendy were the women who gossiped in the pantry earlier. When they heard Joel asking them to go to the finance department to collect their salaries, they roughly knew the reason. However, they could not believe it. "Joel, why do we have to go to the finance department to collect our salaries?"
Joel said in a stern voice, "Rovio only welcomes people who work hard. We never tolerate people who fail to produce work and only gossip behind others' backs."
Joel's words were loud and clear. Helen and Wendy had no choice but to face the reality.
Wendy said, "Joel, we got a job at Rovio the formal way. We're both under contractual employment, unlike some people who got in with dirty means. If you dismiss us without any reasonable reason, the company will have to compensate us!"
Joel said, "Go to the finance department. The company will pay you the compensation you deserve.
Knowing that she could no longer stay in the company that she had worked hard to get into, Helen was so furious that she gritted her teeth while she looked at Vanessa, "Well, Vanessa, you really do have a way, huh? Don't think that just because you can climb onto the President's bed, you can do anything as you please. Just wait and see. If you can drive us away with such means, someone will do the same to you in the future."
It was a fact that Helen and Wendy had often hid in the pantry and gossiped. Vanessa thought that it was only a matter of time before Joel would dismiss them. She really did not expect that they would actually put the blame on her.
Vanessa was never a person who would keep quiet in face of humiliation. She stood up and was about to speak out, but suddenly, the entire office fell silent. It was so quiet that everyone's breathing could be heard clearly.
It turned out that Julien had come over to the secretary's office area, looking at them with his solemn gaze.
Julien's appearance made Helen, who was so arrogant that she wanted to tear Vanessa apart, instantly put away her sharp claws and looked at him pitifully. She said, "Director Julien, I'm not talking about you."
"If she couldn't do as she pleases after getting on the president's bed, what else can she do then?" Julien's sharp gaze swept across everyone that was present in the office. After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
Julien's words were simple, yet it had caused a huge commotion in the office. Not only did he admit his relationship with Vanessa, he even explicitly stated the privilege that he had given to Vanessa. At that instant, everyone turned to look at Vanessa. Some were envious of her, some despised her, while some were jealous. There were all kinds of gazes staring at her...
Vanessa tried to explain, but she knew that no one wanted to know the truth, and no one would believe her words too. Julien's words further proved that Helen's and Wendy's departure had something to do with her. She knew that no matter how hard she tried to explain, none of her colleagues would believe her.
After this incident, her colleagues' attitude towards her had changed. In the past, there were rumours that she had something to do with the president, but it was only a rumor and no one could prove it. Hence, everyone treated Vanessa based on their personal preferences.
After what had happened this time, her colleagues, who were usually close to her, started straying away from her, while those colleagues who used to find faults with her were much friendlier towards her. That morning, Vanessa was distracted and made a small mistake at work. If this was In the past, her team leader would have taken the opportunity to satirize her. However, that did not happen this time. Her team leader had not only corrected Vanessa's mistake on her behalf, he had even politely invited her to lunch.
In this day and age, people could be so realistic that it would be too cruel to accept At noon, everyone went out for their lunch break. Vanessa was about to turn off the computer when Joel brought over a set of documents. "Vanessa, can you please do me a favor?"
Joel had always taken good care of Vanessa, so of course, she would help him. "What about it, Joel?"
Joel said in a hurry, "I have a missing document that I have to get it ready for Director Julien's meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon. However, the person who prepared this was on leave today. We'll be in trouble if we don't get it done by two o'clock. Could you please help me sort it out?"
"Sure." Vanessa agreed with alacrity.
"Is it really okay if I take over your lunch time?" Joel asked.
"I've been trying to lose weight anyway, so it would be good to skip lunch." Vanessa smiled. "Joel, you can go do whatever you need to do now. I'll sort out the document and hand it over to you before two." "I'll be right back." Joel returned to his office and came back with a lunchbox. "My wife made this for you."
Looking at Joel's lunch box, Vanessa's mouth was watering. "Joel, I've been eating a lot of Belinda's cooking in the past year. It's so good that I've become a picky eater now. Whenever I go to restaurants, I fee that the food is not as delicious as hers. If you give this to me, I'm afraid that I will have to move into your house and stay there forever."