The cold-blooded and domineering CEO falls in love with an employee and specially drives a luxury car to pick her up. If this were to get out, countless people would envy her! Emily eagerly looked at Sophia, with an indescribable envy.
Sophia thought to herself, 'Victor and I don't even know each other, okay? He likes me? Does Emily know what outrageous things Victor did last night just to humiliate me?' Sophia and Victor couldn't get along. She would dream of strangling him. She believed that he felt the same way.
Emily couldn't understand the situation. She thought Sophia had an affair with the high and mighty Victor, so she was very attentive to Sophia. Sophia explained several times, but it was useless. She decided not to care anymore. No matter how much she explained, they wouldn't believe her. She should just focus on her work and try to earn some extra overtime pay.
A few employees saw Sophia walking away and were very envious. "Sophia was fired and yet she can still come back. How did she manage to seduce Mr. Hastings? She's really amazing!"
"That's nothing. She even got in Mr. Hastings' car last night. I heard they were holding hands when going to upscale banquets!"
"Has Mr. Hastings lost his mind? He actually fell for this factory girl!" The few people felt very jealous.
Emily came out and reprimanded, "Have you finished your tasks? Do you have time to gossip here? Don't you want to work?"
Those employees were scared and quickly went to work. Due to their dissatisfaction with Sophia, they were lazy and left most of the work to her. When Emily was not around, they even stopped working directly. They relied on their seniority to eat snacks and watch Sophia work.
Sophia couldn't get the basic salary, so she had to do more to earn overtime pay. As a result, her lack of competition in the eyes of others seemed like she was pretending!
"She's so fake, putting on a submissive appearance. No wonder Mr. Hastings likes her." One of the employees mocked.
Recently released from the hospital, Jessica approached Sophia with the test results in her hand, only to overhear the conversation between two employees. Her heavily made-up face turned pale instantly. She walked up to them and asked, "Repeat what you just said."
The two employees turned around, startled. They immediately stood up and exclaimed, "Ms. Johnson, why are you here?"
Jessica repeated, "Repeat what you just said!"
The two employees glanced at each other, hurriedly lowering their heads. "We didn't say anything, Ms. Johnson. You must have misheard."
"I clearly heard you talking about Mr. Hastings liking someone. Tell me the truth, or I'll fire all of you!" Jessica ordered with an air of authority. Her voice became sharper.
Unable to hide the truth any longer, the two employees quickly said, "We were talking about Sophia."
"Why is it her again?" Jessica squinted her eyes.
One of the employees said, "Last night, I saw Sophia getting into Mr. Hastings' car with David. Ms. Johnson, Mr. Hastings has never had any contact with other women in these years. We suspect Sophia seduced him..."
Upon hearing this, Jessica gradually held her breath, feeling suffocated.
She tried her best to prevent it. She feared Sophia getting involved with Victor!
Jessica stumbled and leaned against the wall, an overwhelming fear spreading from her feet.
"What's wrong, Ms. Johnson?" The two employees were scared and quickly stepped forward to support her.
Jessica pushed them away and took a deep breath before straightening her body. She said, "Today's events should not be mentioned again. I am Mr. Hastings' fiancée, the future mistress of the Hastings family. He cannot possibly like Sophia. Did you hear me?"
"We know we were wrong," the two apologized.
After sending the two employees away, Jessica walked directly towards Sophia in the distance and interrogated, "Where were you last night?"
"It's none of your business," Sophia glanced at her before looking away.
Jessica said, "Yesterday, my mother came to see you. I don't think you heard a word she said to you. Since you don't want any relationship with us, then please keep your mouth shut from now on. Don't tell anyone that you know me. I don't want to have any connection with poor relatives like you."
Sophia couldn't help but laugh. "Who is the one constantly bothering me these days? If you had any shame, you wouldn't say such things."
"How dare you insult me!" Jessica was angry and waved her hand to hit her.
Sophia quickly grabbed her wrist and used the momentum to push her. Jessica collided with the corner of the table, instantly distorting her delicate face in pain.
Yesterday, Taylor slapped her and I haven't gotten revenge yet. I don't mind if you help her instead," Sophia warned her.
"How dare you!" Jessica fumed. She had been pampered since childhood and couldn't tolerate being humiliated by this despicable Sophia.
She rushed forward and started fighting Sophia directly in the face!
Sophia was not weak. She grabbed Jessica's swinging hand and slapped her back.
Jessica was completely stunned.
"You bitch, I'll kill you!" Jessica went crazy and viciously lunged at Sophia.
Coincidentally, an employee walked in, and Sophia said, "Ms. Jessica, go ahead and hit me. If this incident gets out, how do you think Mr. Hastings at the esteemed Aadelha Group will see you? Will he think you're a shrew or that you're malicious?"
Jessica froze in place, trembling with anger!
"You bitch, I will destroy you sooner or later!" Jessica silently cursed in her mind. She thought it would be best not to cause too much commotion at this time, otherwise, Victor would only despise her even more.
Her current priority was to stabilize her position as the future mistress of the Hastings family. She would easily destroy Sophia later!
"Just you wait!"
Leaving behind a warning, Jessica angrily left. She took the elevator all the way up to the 77th floor. As she was about to enter the CEO's office, she was stopped by David.
Victor didn't want to see Jessica, but she wasn't easy to fool either. She knew that the people of the Hastings family cared about face, so she kept crying until Victor impatiently let her into the office!
"Victor, this is the medical examination report I just got from the hospital. I have never been pregnant or given birth. Look, I didn't lie to you," Jessica carefully said.
Victor couldn't be bothered with her and leaned back in his chair. He was somewhat tired and rubbed his temples with his fair, slender fingers. Seeing this, Jessica hastily approached. She wanted to massage Victor but was scared off by his sharp gaze.
"Are you finished?" His voice was magnetic and extremely seductive.
Jessica nodded. "Our engagement..."
"Cancelled. Leave," Victor decisively said.
Jessica bit her lip and shook her head, her tears unstoppable like a burst dam. "No, I don't want to cancel. Why should our engagement be cancelled? You've seen all the evidence. I didn't lie to you."
"You have gotten all that you deserved over the years. Don't push your luck," Victor heartlessly reminded her.
Jessica was heartbroken and cried painfully, her eyes red. "How could I have been taken advantage of like this? A girl's reputation is the most important thing. It can't be compensated with any amount of money. I gave you my virginity, and yet you want to abandon me. How am I supposed to live from now on?"
Victor was annoyed. The thing he hated the most was Jessica mentioning her virginity. His cold and impatient expression exuded a strong sense of oppression. "Jessica, what else do you want?"
"I want to become the mistress of the Hastings family. That's what I deserve. I gave you everything important. Why don't you marry me?" Jessica questioned hysterically. Her tears ruined her delicate makeup, making her look disheveled as she cried.
Seeing this scene, Victor became even more irritated. This noisy woman was really annoying, nothing like the girl from six years ago!
Impatiently, Victor called for David. "Take her away."
David bowed and said to Jessica, "Ms. Johnson, Mr. Hastings has work to do. Please come with me outside to rest."
Jessica didn't move. She looked pitifully at Victor with teary eyes and choked, "I don't understand why you would believe some stranger's nonsense. That kid is obviously a fraud. He's utterly atrocious! You should deal with him instead of breaking off our engagement!"
"If you don't believe me, then I don't want to live anymore. As a girl who has lost her virginity, I might as well be dead."
Jessica struggled to stand up from the ground, wiping away her tears, and walked out of the CEO's office.
Others couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"Oh my God, Ms. Johnson is so pitiful."
"She was with Mr. Hastings for six years. She was just... terrible! Ms. Johnson fainted!"
Jessica continued crying in pain, almost in despair. She fell to the ground and accidentally hit a water-fed green plant. As the glass container broke, it also cut Jessica's hand, causing blood to flow, which scared the people around her who shouted. David was the first to step forward to help her.
Jessica pushed him away, crying. "Don't touch me. Just let me die."