Chapter 145: Chapter 145

Annie gave the man an almost helpless look. Without a word, she closed the document in front of her and stood up. “Sure, Mr. Lim. I’ll be glad to escort you.”

The man walked away and she followed him into the elevator.

The other secretaries stared at her back in pity. Well, they also thought Ms. Lin was unlucky. She spoke just at the time the CEO stepped into their area.

And because they had also been making noise before the CEO appeared, they couldn’t help but thank their stars.

“Assistant Jiang, this is not fair.” Layla couldn’t blame anyone but the assistant who didn’t even intercede for her friend. “You know Annie is not the kind to make noise.”

“Why do you blame me, Ms. Ju’an?” Assistant Jiang stared at her. “Even if Ms. Lin is in the right, can I tell the CEO to go back on his words?”

“And I thought you were friends with Annie.”

Layla was really mad. Annie was punished two times already, while the girl had nothing to do with those punishments.

The first time, she was the one who distracted her friend with the scandal on the forum. And the second time, Annie was only trying to separate a fight.

“It is all my fault, Assistant Jiang. I want you to take me to the CEO so I can explain.”

“Erm, Ms. Ju’an.” Assistant Jiang approached her and reasoned with her. “I don’t think that is a good idea.”

Even he didn’t dare approach the couple when they were alone. Assistant Jiang found it funny that his boss wanted Mrs. Lim to come with him.

Simply escorting someone to an emergency meeting wasn’t completely a punishment. Besides, Mrs. Lim was a fearless person. Assistant Jiang didn’t think she would feel intimidated in the presence of those higher-ups.

“Don’t worry, Ms. Ju’an. Ms. Lin will be alright.”

“Urgh! I don’t believe you. You seem to hold a grudge against us, Assistant Jiang.”

“You can think whatever you want. I’m out of here.” Assistant Jiang turned around and went back to the CEO’s office.

He was beyond happy that someone was going to attend the meeting with the CEO in his place. Because he would have a lot of time to relax and also read the gossip on the forum.

The CEO had instructed someone to take down the video, but the employees were still gossiping about it.

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HR Department.

Inside the Manager’s office, Mr. Yang paced around with a frantic look on his face. The man who would always remain calm in such situations now looked as if he had been electrocuted a thousand times.

“*Sob*. *Sob*. Who dared do that to us?” His secretary was sitting on the chair, covering her face and crying her eyes out. “Mr. Yang, are our days over in MystiArt Productions?”

Mr. Yang’s heart twisted, looking at the girl crying. “Dear, it is all my fault. I shouldn’t have dragged you into this.” He knelt in front of her and held her hands.

“Stop saying it is your fault. Whoever did this has something against both of us. *Sob* Mr. Yang, that video is not even true… How could they frame us? Did we offend anyone?”

That morning, Mr. Yang and his assistant had already arrived when someone posted a video of them on the forum.

Since then, they couldn’t even leave the Manager’s office, fearing what the employees would say and how they would look at them.

By this time, they were convinced everyone in MystiArt Productions had already seen the video. So they remained stuck in the office with no way to escape the backlash and gossipy eyes of the employees.

“Mr. Yang, come out!”

Someone knocked hard on the door and called out.

“Mr. Yang. You can’t hide in there forever.” More knocks came from the door.

“Aren’t you shameless, Mr. Yang? In MystiArt Productions, everyone thought you were an upright Manager. But you proved us wrong. How can you secretly date your own assistant?”

“I wonder how Mr. Yang’s wife will react to this news. Mr. Yang, you are truly a despicable man.”

“Why did you lock yourselves inside the office? You truly are shameless. Who knows what dirty things you’re doing inside there?”

Mr. Yang was convinced that those voices didn’t belong to the employees from his department. It was the other employees from the nearby departments who had come to taunt him.

The IT Department’s employees looked as if they were mourning someone’s death. They were very shocked by the video, and that was why they couldn’t even stop the other employees from barging into their department.

“Mr. Yang, you must come out. Don’t worry, we won’t beat your little slut to death. We will let the authorities do their jobs.”

“A two-faced cheating man and a husband snatcher. You two both deserve to live in hell!”

Each of their words pierced the assistant’s heart, making her sob harder. Mr. Yang felt helpless that he couldn’t cajole her. He was even more helpless by the employees’ words.

“Dear-“

“You never told me you had a wife, Mr. Yang.” The pitiful assistant looked up with reddened eyes. “Didn’t you say you had a divorce?”

The matter between Mr. Yang and his wife was complicated. He never even spoke about that woman.

“Please relax, Dear. We will find a way out.”

“How are we going to find a way out?” The assistant continued sobbing. “This is not fair, Mr. Yang. It’s not fair.”

“Mr. Yang!” A hard voice came from the door and the man’s eyes widened more. “We are from the security department. Please open this door.”

“It’s not fair!” The girl’s cries increased and Mr. Yang held his head with both hands.

“We will count to three.” The hard voice came again. “If you don’t open this door, Mr. Yang, we will break it down and you will pay for the damages.”

Mr. Yang wanted to cry. After a long time of hesitating, he finally made up his mind and headed to the door.

“We are not at fault, Dear. Whatever happens today, let’s just take it as a test from the heavens.”