William’s pitch went up a notch as he grabbed Rachel’s shoulders, shaking them hard. He red at her with red–rimmed eyes.
Rachel could feel her brain shaking in her skull.
She tried to bear the difort.
“William, calm down and hear me out!”
That was when William stopped shaking Rachel. She bit her lips hard, her eyes just as cold.
It had been so long since she returned home, yet William showed her no concern about whether she was injured.
His suspicions about her rtionship with Tyler were most likely due to the photos he saw online.
William knew that something had happened when they were at the barst night, and even Tyler got hurt and was sent to the hospital. Yet, he didn’t bother checking in on her and asking if she was fine.
It was vastly different from how much he overreacted to any slight difort Samantha felt, be it a headache or gastric pains. William took a deep breath before letting go of Rachel. He sat down on a chair and poured himself a ss of wine, which he downed.
“Speak.”
Rachelposed herself and tried to figure out what to say.
“You im that something is going on between me and Tyler. If you believe everything you hear outside, why don’t you take the rumors about you and Samantha seriously?”
William was stunned for a moment.
Then, he said, “I’ve already exined my rtionship with Samantha. I just find her pitiful. Since we used to be schoolmates, I want to help her to the best of my abilities. Now that you’ve quit, she’s the only one I can work with.”
William said it so helplessly, as if he was forced to promote Samantha at work.
Rachel sneered.
What a tear–jerking performance he was putting up!
Who would believe that Samantha was the only one he could work with in that hugepany of his?
She didn’t know if even William believed what he was saying.
Instead of refuting his words, Rachel yed along and said, “Is that so? That makes things difficult. It’s troublesome if you have no one else you can work with in the office.”
The anxiety and worry in William’s eyes faded at the sight of Rachel being so agreeable.
“Rachel<b>, </b>can you considering back to work?”
Rachel forced a smile on her face. She didn’t know if it was William who couldn’t bear for her to leave thepany, or <b>if </b>he simply thought that there would be no one around to cover Samantha in her absence.
At the end of the <b>day</b><b>, </b><b>she </b>was nothing but a useful tool he could keep around and use.
Rachel’s eyes lit up as she switched the subject to talk about Samantha.
“William, you know about the rumors in the office between you and Samantha. Even if <b>I </b>trust you, you can’t block out the <b>nasty </b><b>gossip </b>spreading in the <b>office</b>.
“My resignation <b>is </b><b>a </b>good thing for both you and Samantha. If <b>you </b>really want me <b>back</b><b>, </b><b>you </b>can transfer Samantha to another
department for the time being.
“For example, the marketing and sales department. As long as the three of us are in different departments, no one would be able to spread any rumors.”
Rachel was making it very clear that if William wanted her to stay on in thepany, he had to separate her and Samantha.
The office of the marketing and sales department was located very far away from William’s department. It was akin topletely separating the two of them.
It was up to William whether he was willing to forsake his lover. Rachel was forcing him to choose between the two.