Chapter 252 This Is the Newcomer...
Isabella saw Chase's face change and smiled slightly. "What's wrong, big brother? Why are you so worked up? What I meant just now was that Dad doesn't need to worry about Celestial Jewels. I'll definitely run Celestial Jewels well. I just wanted Dad to feel at ease. If Dad has to worry about the Taylor Group and Celestial Jewels at the same time, it'll be too much for his health."
"Is there something wrong with what I said? Why are you so angry?"
Isabella blinked, looking at Chase with an innocent expression.
Chase: "..."
His face darkened. "Is that really what you meant?"
He had thought Isabella's comment was her claiming ownership.
Although Isabella was indeed the chairman of Celestial Jewels now, if she was claiming ownership, he still felt uncomfortable about it.
He felt that even though Isabella was the chairman of Celestial Jewels, Celestial Jewels actually still belonged to the Taylor family. And if it belonged to the Taylor family, then he had a share in it too.
Isabella laughed lightly. "Of course. What else would I mean?"
Chase frowned slightly, about to say something more, but was interrupted by Hayden. "Alright, Chase, Isabella is just concerned about me and doesn't want me to worry. What are you thinking?"
"Don't always be so harsh with your sister. Isabella is a girl after all. You'll scare her acting like this."
After scolding Chase, Hayden turned to Isabella. "Isabella, you've just taken over Celestial Jewels, and you still need guidance from the company veterans. I heard that after just a few days there, you fired the purchasing department manager and Casey. How can you do that? Those veterans are still quite useful. You can't just fire them."
Isabella listened and sneered inwardly.
Not letting her fire people was really just because he was afraid she'd replace his people in the company, wasn't it?
If she replaced those people close to Hayden, then Hayden would no longer be able to get any inside information about Celestial Jewels, and would be completely cut off from it.
"Don't worry, I won't fire people randomly anymore," Isabella said.
Hayden felt relieved hearing Isabella say this.
Originally, he didn't care about Celestial Jewels, which was why he gave it to Isabella. But unexpectedly, Celestial Jewels' profits were so high. This way, he couldn't completely let go. Celestial Jewels still needed to have his people in it.
That way, when necessary, he could regain control of Celestial Jewels.
"That's good," Hayden said. "From now on, remember to bring me Celestial Jewels' financial reports every month for me to review. I'll help you identify problems."
The obvious purpose, the false words—all of this disgusted Isabella.
Isabella's brow furrowed tightly, and her hands clenched silently.
But it was only for a moment. She quickly returned to her normal expression, smiling without warmth. "Okay."
"Here, eat more."
"Thanks, Dad."
"..."
After dinner, Isabella returned to her room, her face terribly dark.
She called Lila. "Someone told Hayden about the valuation results of this batch of gemstones. By noon tomorrow, I want to know who this person is."
——
Early the next morning, Isabella went to the company.
Celestial Jewels' stores and the company weren't in the same location. Currently, Celestial Jewels had three stores located on different streets in Emerald City, with the main store being the largest.
The company was where company employees and executives worked, in an office building.
Lila knew yesterday that she was coming and was waiting downstairs to meet her. She swiped her card to get into the elevator and went upstairs together.
Isabella narrowed her eyes and spoke coolly. "The person I asked you to investigate—did you find them?"
"It's Doyle Cunningham from the marketing department," Lila said. "I checked his office phone records. Yesterday morning, when you were still in Veridian, he called Hayden directly from his office landline. The company can directly access the call content."
As she spoke, Lila pulled up the call content on her phone:
"Mr. Taylor, the valuation results are in for the rough stones purchased in Veridian this time. The figure is..."
"I understand. Keep sending me a copy of the meeting documents and materials on time."
"Yes."
"..."
Isabella listened to the recording and laughed. "He used the office landline? How brazen is that? He's not afraid of me finding out at all, is he?" Doyle didn't even think he needed to use a separate private number to communicate with Hayden privately—he just used the office landline directly.
Lila pressed her lips together, not daring to say anything.
But after thinking about it, she still said, "Mr. Taylor, there's also Lowell Warren from the production department. He also had a call with Chase the day before yesterday, and the content also involved matters from executive meetings. But I only overheard it by chance when I passed by his office."
The elevator doors opened. Isabella stepped out and stopped right at the entrance to the marketing department's office area.
Looking inside, at the innermost desk sat a middle-aged man on the phone.
"Baby, sorry, I'll spend time with you tonight, definitely."
"Okay, the usual place. See you there."
"..."
An assistant carried over a cup of coffee and placed it on the desk in front of the man. "Mr. Cunningham, your coffee."
Doyle picked up the coffee and took a sip, then flew into a rage. "What is this? Are you trying to burn me?"
With that, he threw the coffee directly on the assistant.
"Go get me another cup!"
The assistant was clearly frightened and quickly took the cup toward the coffee machine, only to see Lila standing at the door with a young woman.
He paused. "Lila? Who's this?"
"This is the new..."
"New hire? Lila, you're so thoughtful. You knew our department was short-staffed and sent someone right over?" Doyle looked Isabella up and down with a smile. "And she's a beauty too."
Lila's face immediately changed. "Mr. Cunningham, don't be rude! This is the new..."
"No need," Isabella said calmly before Lila could say "chairman."
Isabella took the coffee cup from the assistant's hand, refilled it with coffee, and walked toward Doyle.
Doyle didn't expect the new person to be so cooperative, even personally bringing him coffee.
Looking at Isabella, he was quite pleased. "Not bad. Work hard with me, and I'll make sure you get hired permanently!"
Isabella said nothing. With a calm expression, she walked over with the coffee and threw it in Doyle's face.
Doyle froze.
Doyle's assistant froze too.
It all happened so suddenly. Doyle jumped up from his chair and glared at Isabella furiously. "You dare throw coffee at me? Do you have a death wish?"
This new employee actually dared to treat him like this—what was she thinking?