Female Novel
Chapter 444
He suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Nothing left of her body? Could it be there's a shocking secret behind this tragedy?
“She switched me with her daughter back then and kept me with the Jefferson family, whereas herdaughter was with the Shurmer family. Now that I've ruined Zoey's reputation, do you think that womanhas returned to deal with me on Zoey's behalf if she is truly Sophia?”
Artemis fell silent for a brief moment and nodded in response. “We can't rule out that possibility. Don'tworry. I'll try to dig more information about that woman before we come back to this.”
“Okay.”
At the same time, in the Gezmond residence, Lionel called Holden over the phone and told him tocome and pick Wendy up.
Holden hung up the phone right away. Lionel thought he would not come, but he still showed up in theend.
At the main entrance, Holden stood by the stairs. Wendy looked down at him and saidexpressionlessly, “I'll bring Sebastian away with me once he's rescued. We will not disrupt your life andbring you any trouble.”
Holden did not say anything in response. Instead, he opened the door to the passenger seat andgestured for her to get inside.
Wendy tilted her head and glanced at Lionel next to her. Then, she forced a smile and said, “Nell, sorryfor troubling you so many years. I hope you and Victoria will get your happy ending.”
Lionel reached out and patted her back. He seemed like he wanted to say something else but gave upin the end. “Sure, I wish you the same.”
In the car, Holden held the steering wheel as he drove ahead and said calmly, “I'm sorry for how Italked to you a couple of days ago. I don't know what happened six years ago, and I have no idea if Igenuinely liked you or if I was only using you. Please give me more time to investigate what happenedback then.”
Wendy pursed her lips and turned slightly away, fixing her gaze on the scenery outside the window.
It doesn't matter if you like me or if you're only using me. That does not change the fact that youapproached me with a fake identity and took advantage of my feelings for you back then. It also doesn'tchange the fact that you left me without saying goodbye when I needed you the most. Moreover, youhave stolen the most important intel from the Hoffman family by using my trust.
“Don't bother about it. It's been so many years. Whatever we had back then has already faded withtime. You're only a stranger to me now, not the man I love. You guys don't even have the same name.”
Holden frowned a little at that. He was never good at coaxing women.
In fact, he never interacted with the opposite gender over the years, let alone coaxed them. novelbin
“Don't worry. That kid is fine. You'll see him in two days. If you don't want me to be responsible for you
two, I won't force it either. I'll make the arrangements so that you two can live a comfortable life after wesave him.”
A hint of anger flashed across Wendy's eyes. She was about to lose her temper, but she thought ofsomething and suppressed it. “Sure. Thanks in advance, the vice president of Tarragon.”
He remained silent.
The next day, at the headquarters of Luther Group, Bailey was surprised to see the mayor's daughtershowing up at work so soon.
Staring at the elegant and beautiful young lady standing before her, she couldn't help frowning. “Ms.West, what are you doing here? Since you've passed the interview, you should head to yourdepartment and start work there. What are you doing here at the executive assistant's office?”
Chloe smiled faintly and answered in a somewhat joyful tone, “The HR department director, Ms.Saunders, told me to come to the executive assistant's office and learn from you to ease the processfor me to take over your position later.”
Bailey raised a brow. “Take over my position? I don't remember tendering my resignation.”
“You are pregnant, aren't you? So that means you will soon be on maternity leave. I'll take over yourposition during that time.”
Ha! How considerate. Should I thank the HR director for assigning an innocent beautiful young lady towork in the CEO's office once I'm away? Doesn't this make things easier for this woman to seduce myman?
“Sure. You can stay on the highest floor. There's a mini office out there. You can claim it as your own.”
Chloe smiled confidently when she heard that. She had expected to hear this from Bailey.
The HR department director personally assigned this position to me, so it's pointless for you todisagree with that arrangement.
Bailey stood up from her seat and scooped the pile of documents on her desk in her arms beforeheading to the CEO's office.
Seeing that, Chloe immediately took the documents away from her. “Let me do this instead.”
Right after saying that, Chloe seemed to realize she sounded a little odd, so she immediatelyexplained, “Ms. Bailey, since you're pregnant, you shouldn't exhaust yourself. You can let me run someerrands for you from now on.”
That way, Chloe could access the CEO's office more often and see more of Artemis every day at work.
She was delighted at that thought.
Bailey frowned and seemed somewhat pissed off at that suggestion. However, before she could react,Chloe took the documents from her and quickly left the executive assistant's office.
Seeing that, she was speechless.
Then, the chief secretary walked into the office from outside and put several documents onto the desk
before whispering, “Bailey, is that young lady the mayor's daughter? She has such a seductive look.You should be more careful about her.”
At that, Bailey raised a brow.
It seems that I'm not the only person feeling the same about her. I'm not being unreasonable or hostileto a new employee. It's just that I don't know what the mayor's daughter wants. Do I want to satisfy herdemands?
Ring... Ring... Ring...
The internal phone rang, and the number on the screen suggested it was from a landline.
Seeing that, the chief secretary pointed at the door before leaving the office quietly.
Bailey picked up the phone.
The other party said something, and she subconsciously furrowed her brows.
The Cultural Relics Bureau?
“All right. I understand. I'll pass the message to Mr. Luther that you wish to invite him to become theambassador of cultural relics.”
The party at the end of the line was the deputy chief of the Cultural Relics Bureau. He wished to inviteArtemis as a special guest and visit the bureau once the cultural relics arrived at Hallsbay.
To put it simply, the bureau intended to get Artemis to invest some money by being the specialambassador.
The higher authorities must have spent too much money on getting the batch of cultural relics shippedback to the country. Now that they were short of funding, Artemis appeared to be the best candidatethey could aim for.
After the phone call, Bailey stood up and walked toward the door.
She walked past the secretary's office and pushed open the door to the CEO's office. However, thescene before her eyes startled her a little.
In front of her, Chloe squatted down while picking up several documents scattered around the floor,whereas Artemis leaned against the couch with a neutral expression.
The look in his eyes was cold, exceptionally cold. Bailey had never seen him looking so angry.
She did not have to guess to know the mayor's daughter must have done something to offend him.
Bailey slowly walked over to her and stepped on the paper Chloe was about to pick up. She staredcondescendingly at Chloe and said, “Ms. West, given your prominent family background as apolitician's daughter, countless people are already envious of you. However, you should know thatsome men are way out of your league, so please control your feelings and desire for them while youstill can. There is only one wife to Luther Group's CEO, and that is me. Those women who covet myhusband can only become his mistresses if he ever falls for them. I guess, given your status, you won'tbe willing to live your life as a mistress and allow the whole world to criticize you for doing that, willyou?”
Thud!
A crystal teardrop rolled down from the corner of Chloe's eye.
Bailey ignored that and walked over to the man sitting on the couch.
Artemis stood up and hugged her waist, asking softly, “It's three o'clock now. Do you feel hungry?”