Female Novel
Chapter 160
After they sat down, Vera immediately said, "I heard about what happened in the conference room.Kimberly, you're amazing!"
It was the first time that Vera had praised her. She said awkwardly, "It's nothing."
Vera said, "I thought you would just break down, I didn't expect you to defend yourself. Now, I'msure the supervisor and everyone else is probably mad about it."
Kimberly was speechless. She then said worriedly, "There are so many people in the company whowant to see me in humiliation. You may get yourself into trouble if you stay close to me."
"Don't worry! I'm from the finance department, and my father is the supervisor of the department.They will not dare to do anything to me," Vera said casually.
Kimberly asked skeptically, "Are you sure about that?"
Vera grinned and replied, "Yep. I handle everyone's salary, of course, they won't mess with me.Haha!"
Kimberly finally understood. People did not dare to challenge Vera because they were afraid theywould not get their pay.novelbin
"Although I can't deduct their salary, I can hold their pay. Do you know that there are a lot of peoplewho spend their money ruthlessly? They barely save any money and they are always waiting fortheir pay. If I delayed their payment, they would come crawling back to me crying! Haha!" Veracontinued saying while laughing.
Kimberly nodded, "You're awesome."
"So, I'll protect you from now on. You don't need to worry too much," Vera told her confidently.
After lunch, Kimberly returned to her desk and looked at the old computer. She needed some timeto fix it.
Kimberly was still sitting when she heard a set of footsteps behind her.
She frowned slightly and turned around. She saw Lincoln walking towards her with a cup of coffeein his hand, which he placed in front of Kimberly. He asked, "Urn... what's your name?"
Lincoln had realized that he didn't know her name when he wanted to greet her. As Kimberly wasdemoted, she didn't go through any formal procedures and was shoved to their department out ofnowhere. Hence, she didn't have any file record and Lincoln couldn't find her information.
Kimberly looked at him indifferently and did not answer him. She just took a look at the cup ofcoffee.
"What can I do for you, Mr. Maxwell?" Kimberly asked.
Lincoln rubbed his hands together and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me yourname. Since you're new here, I'll call you Miss Nicole." Kimberly was speechless. She didn't knowwhy being new made her 'Miss Nicole'.
She corrected him, "You can call me ‘Miss Shell'."
She didn't want to tell her name to the unkind person in front of her, who had tried to frame her justthat morning.
"Miss Shell? That's a nice name!" Lincoln smiled and took a step forward. He pointed at the cup ofcoffee and said, "I brought this for you. Drink it while it's hot."
Kimberly replied bluntly, "Mr. Maxwell, what can I do for you?"
"Well, it's just a small matter," Lincoln said as he rubbed his hands again and took a few more stepstowards her. Kimberly's expression shifted, feeling uncomfortable, she quickly retreated and kepther distance from him. She saw his creepy, menacing gaze and immediately knew what washappening.
She stood in her place and bellowed, "Don't come any closer!"
Lincoln actually stopped in his tracks upon hearing her, but he wasn't angry. He just stared at herfair arms and slender neck with his squinted eyes.
"Actually, Miss Shell, since you are demoted, I bet you've offended a lot of people in the company.Everyone is waiting for you to make a fool of yourself. Do you know Winna from the designdepartment? Before you came here, she asked me to take good care of you. Do you know what thatmeans?" Lincoln asked.
Kimberly did not answer. Lincoln continued, "But I think they have bad intentions. How could theyhurt an adorable lady like yourself? They're just jealous that they couldn't get close to PresidentYardley. It's really inappropriate for them to think like this."
Kimberly frowned. "What on earth are you trying to say?"
"I just want to protect you. I didn't do what Winna asked me to do. This morning was just anaccident. I promise that it will never happen again," Lincoln answered.
As he spoke, he slowly approached Kimberly. She knew what he was thinking and she sneered, "Idare you to take another step forward."
Lincoln halted and forced a smile while he stood rooted.
He spoke again, "Miss Shell, a wise man will adapt to circumstances. You have been demoted tomy department now. If I protect you, nobody else will dare to bully you anymore. Isn't that great?"
When Kimberly didn't answer him, Lincoln continued, "I'm not the president, but the president hasabandoned you after all. Why don't you follow me instead? Although I'm not as powerful and rich, Ipromise that I will not abandon you. What do you think?"
Kimberly didn't know what to say.
She didn't expect this to be his real intention.
Lincoln added, "Miss Shell, let's think about it carefully. A wise man adapts to his surroundings, but Iwill not force you. Take a few days to think about it." After that, Lincoln turned around and leftwithout giving Kimberly a chance to reply.
Kimberly rolled her eyes. She thought Lincoln was insane. She didn't even want to be Maddox'smistress. What made him think that she would want to be his?
Because he had stayed for long, Lincoln's appearing left an uncomfortable feeling in the air.
She didn't want to stay any longer, so she packed up and left.
Lunchtime was not over yet, and she decided to look for Vera.
However, when she was heading to the finance department, she received a text message fromSylvia. Sylvia wanted Kimberly to head outside the company as she would be passing by with somegifts for Kimberly.
Kimberly went downstairs when she didn't see Vera coming out of her office.
After standing on the roadside for a while, she finally saw Sylvia's car heading towards her.
Sylvia opened the door and handed her a bag.
She said, "Kimberly, I bought this for you. You can open it later tonight."
"Why did you suddenly buy something for me?" Kimberly asked as she looked at the bag inconfusion. It looked very costly, and she didn't know what Sylvia had bought.
Sylvia's gaze averted from hers, she smiled awkwardly and replied, "I thought of you when I wasshopping for myself, so I bought one for you. Don't you like it?"
"No." Kimberly rolled her eyes at Sylvia and said, "How can I not like it? After all, you havepersonally sent it to me."
Sylvia said, "That's not a big deal. I'll try my best to treat you nicely in the future, Kimberly."
Kimberly was puzzled, "... What for? Did you do something bad behind my back?"
Sylvia's face turned pale, and she hurriedly explained, "What are you talking about? I have neverdone anything wrong to you. Kimberly, you're being more and more sarcastic towards me, huh?Humph."
"I'm just kidding. Thank you for your gift," Kimberly smiled as she said.
"Humph, you are welcome. I have to leave now," Sylvia huffed, still pretending to be angry.
"Kimberly!"
Vera's voice suddenly came from behind her. Kimberly turned her head and saw Vera comingtowards her.
"Is she your friend?" Sylvia looked at Vera not far away and asked.
Kimberly nodded and answered, "Yes, she is quite nice to me."
Sylvia then said, "Alright, I'll come and visit you in another two days."
Vera arrived at Kimberly's side just as Sylvia drove away. She leaned forward and looked at Sylvialeaving, saying, "Hey, isn't that the cunning-looking woman I saw on Facebook?"