Chapter 12: Mia Fainted Again!

"F-fired?"

Jessica's whole body trembled, and her eyes turned red uncontrollably.

"Mr. Green, I know I was wrong. I promise you, from now on I'll watch my mouth and never talk nonsense again. Please don't fire me, okay? I..."

"Mr. Green's decisions won't be easily changed. You should stop this pointless pleading."

Before Jessica could finish, Kevin stepped out from behind Samuel, grabbed her arm, and dragged her away.

Finally, the room felt quiet again.

But Nora didn't dare relax.

Her head was throbbing. Had Samuel overheard her using his name to intimidate Jessica and the others?

What would Samuel do to her?

Would he fire her too?

No, she hadn't saved enough for Mia's medical expenses yet. She couldn't afford to lose this high-paying job as Samuel's personal assistant.

"Mr. Green..."

After taking a deep breath, Nora gathered her courage , stepped forward, and tried to apologize to Samuel for her earlier behavior.

But Samuel didn't give her a chance to admit her mistake. As soon as she opened her mouth, he simply raised his hand and patted her head.

"You did well just now! But I think next time you can be even tougher—make whoever offends you get down on their knees and apologize. After all... you've got backing, you can walk around the company however you want."

She had backing?

What backing? He couldn't be talking about himself, could he?

Wait, did this jerk realize his words weren't causing enough gossip about them in the company?

Did he know how much of a stir what he just said would cause?

Nora was stunned by Samuel's words and instinctively looked toward the employees standing at the break room entrance.

Sure enough, they were all looking at her with complicated expressions.

"The rumors are true—you really are Mr. Green's mistress."

They might as well have written those words on their faces.

"Mr. Green is joking. I'm just an ordinary employee. What backing could I have?"

Nora clenched her jaw and forced these words out with difficulty.

"Nora's too modest..."

Samuel raised an eyebrow, seemingly about to say more shocking things.

"Mr. Green, it's almost two-thirty. You need to go to the executive meeting."

Nora's expression stiffened, and she quickly changed the subject, cutting off what he was about to say.

"It's indeed time for the meeting. Come with me to the conference room."

Samuel gave her an amused look, slowly turned around, and walked away casually.

Endure it, Nora. For Mia's sake, there's nothing you can't put up with.

Nora frowned at Samuel's retreating back, giving herself several pep talks before forcing out a formal smile and resignedly following him.

"Shit! Did you see that? Mr. Green touched Nora's head. Their relationship is definitely not ordinary."

"Shut up. Can't you tell? That Nora has a temper, and Mr. Green spoils her. If she finds out we're talking about her behind her back again, none of us will have a good ending."

As soon as Nora and Samuel left, the break room entrance became lively again.

And Nora's ears didn't miss any of the gossip.

"Mr. Green, why did you say those misleading things just now?"

Hearing the gossip behind her, Nora held back and held back, but finally couldn't help looking up at Samuel.

"What you did will negatively impact your reputation. I suggest you find an opportunity soon to publicly clarify our relationship."

"How should I clarify it—hold a press conference? I don't want to waste my energy on such trivial matters."

Samuel didn't stop walking, his tone calm and cold.

"But..."

Nora looked reluctant and wanted to say more, but before she knew it, they had arrived at the conference room entrance.

"Shut up."

Samuel glanced at her from the corner of his eye and strode into the conference room with her.

"Mr. Green, what's the meaning of this?"

Seeing Samuel bring Nora to the meeting, Caleb Turner, the Vice President of Bright Capital, tapped the table in front of him with a displeased expression.

"This is an executive meeting. If I remember correctly, Nora is just your personal assistant. She's not qualified to be in this conference room."

"Don't get excited, Mr. Turner. I brought Nora here for a reason."

Samuel smiled slightly and sat down at the head of the conference table.

"The third quarter of this year is about to end. According to our usual practice, the company needs to conduct an internal audit! I plan to assign this task to Nora."

He wanted her to lead the company's audit work?

As soon as Samuel said this, not only the company executives present but even Nora was stunned.

Conducting an internal company audit was work that really tested one's overall abilities.

If Nora could do this job well, she would definitely establish herself in the company, and no one would dare say she lacked ability and only got into Bright Capital because of Samuel.

But... this work also easily offended people.

The company executives had all, to varying degrees, taken company assets. To cover up what they'd done, they would definitely try every means to make things difficult for whoever led the audit work.

"Mr. Green, I just joined the company and don't have enough experience. I'm afraid I can't handle the audit work?"

After hesitating for a while, Nora cleared her throat and proactively declined the task Samuel gave her.

"Are you sure?"

Samuel leaned back in his office chair, casually playing with the pen on the table. "If you can successfully complete the audit work, the company will give you a substantial bonus—at least five hundred thousand dollars. If you..."

"Wait!"

Nora suddenly looked up, and the conflict and worry on her face instantly turned to delight.

"Five hundred thousand? Ahem... Mr. Green, I suddenly see things clearly. Although I haven't been with the company long, I'm confident in my abilities! You can rest assured and leave the audit work to me. I'll definitely do it well and not disappoint you."

"Very good!"

Samuel nodded and looked at the executives present. "You have no objections to my arrangement, do you?"

"None."

Nora was young and new to the company—she should be easy to handle. The company executives were quite satisfied with her leading the audit work.

"Then it's settled."

Samuel slowly sat up straight, preparing to discuss other work with the executives present.

But at that moment, Nora's phone suddenly vibrated.

It was a message from Mia's kindergarten teacher.

[Hi, we have an emergency. Mia fainted again today, and this time she had a bad nosebleed beforehand. I'm at the hospital with her now. Can you get here ASAP?]