Just as Zachary wanted to say something, Charles had already hurried back into his office. Although he was walking, he was moving so fast that it was as if there was a man-eating beast behind him.


    Zachary rubbed his nose speechlessly.


    After packing his things up, he entered the elevator.


    Then, he arrived at the marketing department on the 12th floor. There were way more people in this department. He could already spot at least a hundred people


    in the general area. Most importantly, there were several offices.


    Zachary found his way to the manager''s office. After stating his identity, the manager, Yasmine Lane, led him to his office.


    At that moment, there were two employees cleaning the office. When they saw Yasmine and Zachary entering the office, they greeted them passionately.


    "This will be your office from now on. I''ll ask someone to send you the files for the departmentter. If you have any questions, feel free to approach me anytime."


    Yasmine was almost 40 years old and looked ordinary. She was wearing ck professional attire and seemed to have taken care of herself well. In fact, she didn''t even look like she was in her thirties.


    "Thank you!" Zachary smiled and nodded.


    After Yasmine had left, he started putting his belongings in ce. Shortly after he was done, an employee from the marketing department knocked on his door. Then, he entered the office with a tall stack of documents.


    "Mr. Lloyd, here are the documents for the marketing department."


    "Alright. Thank you. Just leave them on the table," Zachary said with a smile.


    He thought he was being friendly and wasn''t acting high and mighty like a stereotypical manager. However, that employee was cold toward him. In fact, when he looked at Zachary, there was obvious disdain in his eyes.


    Zachary didn''t take it to heart at all. After he opened one of the files, he started reading it. Since there were more documents for him to read, he would need at least a day or two to go through everything.


    Soon, it was time to get off work. However, he was still going through the documents in his office. Suddenly, he remembered Molly. Thinking that she was still at home waiting to have dinner with him, he left thepany with some documents.


    When he left, he heard some gossip from his colleagues. The gossip was all about him, and they were more or less saying the same thing. Everyone was saying how he pulled some strings to get promoted.


    Zachary was toozy to exin himself. After all, he did pull some strings and took a shortcut. However, the strings he pulled were his own, and the shortcut was his as well!


    When he walked out of the building, he suddenly heard a different discussion.


    "Shawn, this is so unfair! The deputy manager position was already as good as yours. Now, it''s all gone. The intern from the business department has stolen it from you. Isn''t this ridiculous?"


    "Exactly! Who does that guy think he is? Does he even know anything about marketing or what we do? Did he seriously just join us just like that?"


    "All he did was pull some strings! From what I can tell, he''s just here to waste some time. Let''s just ignore him."


    "Don''t be sad, Shawn. Let''s mess with him a few times during work, and he''ll know when to quit!"


    "What if he doesn''t quit?"


    "It''s simple! We''ll


    mess with him


    I''


    more and tell Ms. Lane about it. With Ms. Lane''s personality, she''ll definitely bring this to Ms. Anya After all, she''s a senior employee here, and I''m sure Ms. Anya would have to consider her feelings!"


    "Great idea. I''m in!"


    "Me too!"


    Zayden looked toward the source of the voices and saw seven employees from the marketing department. They were surrounding a young man in his thirties and yapping nonstop.


    At first, the man looked gloomy. But after he heard what his colleagues had said, he instantly smiled.


    Zachary had seen the man before. He was the person who helped Yasmine deliver documents to Zachary with an upset look.


    That man, Shawn Zimmer, said with a smile, "Actually, I don''t really care about being the deputy manager. After all, a gem will always shine, no matter what! By the way, since the weekends are here, let''s have a meal and sing after that. It''ll be my treat tonight!"


    Right after saying that, the colleagues around him started cheering.


    Soon, Zachary returned to his rented house.


    At first, he thought Molly had already prepared dinner. However, when he entered the house, there was no one inside. He frowned. Zachary believed his judgment, and he didn''t think Molly was a scammer.


    Just as he entered the kitchen and was about to prepare dinner, someone rang


    the doorbell. He opened the door and was surprised to see the person in front of


    him.