Chapter 7
Hearing the sounds coming from the lounge, I just felt extremely disgusted.
I couldn't believe I used to like such a scumbag.
John clearly didn't like me, but to get me, he could do something like this.
I didn't dare think about how serious the consequences would have been if I had drunk that coffee just now, but thankfully, I didn't let him succeed.
"What are you doing? Let go of me, help!"
I stood at the door, listening to the secretary's cries for help, mixed with the sound of clothes being torn.
I wasn't in a hurry to go in - after all, the timing wasn't right yet.
The cries for help inside got louder and louder, which only made John more excited. "Nancy, you'll be my woman soon. Don't be afraid, I'll always be with you."
Fear gradually crept into the secretary's voice as she called for help even harder.
Listening to the cries for help, I knew the time was about right. I pushed the door open with my phone in hand.
Click - I turned on the lounge light.
The harsh light lit up the entire lounge.
At that moment, the secretary was pinned down by John, her jacket torn open, her hair a complete mess.
His fun suddenly interrupted, John angrily got up and looked toward the door. But when he saw clearly that it was me standing there, his eyes showed uncontrollable surprise.
"Nancy, what are you doing here?" John seemed to suddenly snap back to reality and quickly looked at the person beneath him.
After realizing it wasn't me, he quickly got up and pointed at the secretary, cursing at her. "You bitch, you tried to seduce me!"
With just two simple sentences, John shifted all the blame onto the secretary, as if he was the victim in all this.
I watched his performance coldly, feeling nothing inside.
After all, I'm not stupid enough to believe such obviously flawed lies.
Seeing that I remained silent for a long time, John started getting anxious. He hastily buttoned up his shirt and hurried toward me.
John grabbed my hand, his tone humble. "Nancy, it's not what you think. Just give me a chance to explain, okay?"
I coldly pulled my hand away, no emotion showing in my eyes.
Perhaps seeing that I didn't directly refuse, a glimmer of hope flashed in John's eyes, and he quickly made up a lame excuse to fool me. "Nancy, I thought the person in the lounge was you. I just love you too much. I really didn't know she would be in there. I don't even know her. I truly love you."
I was really sick of John constantly saying he loved me. His love, to me, was like a poison-coated knife that would not only kill me but make me suffer terribly. My past life was the perfect example.
I raised my hand and slapped him hard across the face.
John's head turned to the side from my sudden slap, his face full of shock. He clearly hadn't expected me to hit him.
A clear red mark appeared on his face.
I had used all my strength in that slap, so my hand still hurt a bit.
After doing this, I rubbed my palm and replied to John coldly. "John, no matter who was in there, you broke into my office and tried to do something wrong. That's attempted rape."
John clearly didn't expect me to say this. His voice rose a few notches as he questioned me. "Nancy, what do you mean? I already admitted I was wrong. Are you still going to hold onto this?"
John's shamelessness always kept lowering my expectations of him. Hearing his unreasonable words, I couldn't be bothered to argue with him.
I directly took out the hidden camera I had secretly placed in the lounge earlier. "John, this thing recorded everything you did. You wouldn't want me to make what's on here public, would you?"
As soon as I said this, John's face instantly became twisted. He pointed at my nose and cursed. "Nancy, you fucking set me up? How can you be so scheming? You bitch."
While cursing, John snatched the hidden camera from my hand, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it hard.
I said calmly, "The video has already been backed up to the cloud. Even if you destroy the camera, it won't help."
Hearing this, John calmed down and tried to persuade me nicely. "Nancy, I just acted on impulse. Don't do things that hurt our relationship, okay? What do you want? As long as I can do it, I'll agree to anything."
My attitude didn't change as I threatened John. "I can choose not to release the video, but from today on, you're not allowed to harass me anymore. Otherwise, I don't mind letting everyone see this video."
John's face was full of unwillingness, but faced with my threat, he could only choose to compromise. After all, this video concerned the Brown family's reputation.
After threatening John and waiting for him to leave, I turned my attention to the secretary.
I definitely couldn't keep someone who had betrayed me around, but the secretary was still useful to me, so this wasn't the right time to let her go.
Noticing my gaze, panic showed in the secretary's eyes. She messily fixed her hair, looking at me nervously. "Ms. Smith, I did everything according to your instructions. Please forgive me. I really know I was wrong."
The secretary kept begging me. She couldn't figure out how I would deal with her.
I waved my phone, threatening the secretary in the same way. "I can pretend this never happened, but I won't keep you here anymore."
"Of course, you can stay, but I need you to do something for me. After it's done, I won't treat you badly."
Hearing my words, the secretary didn't think much at all and readily agreed. "From now on, I'll do whatever you say, Ms. Smith."
I was very satisfied and took the opportunity to share my plan. "I need you to seduce John. I'll give you the places John often goes to and his preferences."
The secretary was quite attractive. If she deliberately tried to seduce him, the success rate would be pretty high.
After receiving my instructions, the secretary's face showed some difficulty, but after hesitating for a few seconds, she still agreed.
I warned her, "I don't want anyone with divided loyalties around me. If you do well, I'll give you a million dollars after it's done. But if you betray me, I'll not only make public the evidence of your previous conspiracy, including the video from just now, but I'll also report you to the police for attempted poisoning."
The secretary repeatedly assured me.
After handling all this, I sat back in my office chair to deal with today's work.
All day, I looked at the company's business.
Using my memories from my past life, I avoided several risky projects and pulled out several projects that weren't initially favored but later became unexpectedly successful for integration.
After a busy day, it wasn't until darkness fell outside the window that I came back to my senses.
To better handle work, I had unconsciously put my phone on silent.
It wasn't until now, almost time to get off work, that I had time to look at my phone.
But as soon as I unlocked it, I saw quite a few missed calls.
And these calls were all from the same person.
Worried that Michael had something urgent, I quickly called back.
But when the call connected, I didn't hear Michael's voice. Instead, there was noisy, harsh music around him, and even the sound of men and women talking.
Those sounds gave me a headache. I simply hung up and sent Michael a message to ask what was going on.
Michael didn't say much, just sent me an address - it was an entertainment club.
I endured my headache and drove to find Michael.