- 6.
The moment Frank walked into the office,
Jessica was right behind him.
“Mr. Frank, here’s that contract from
09
yesterday.”
Jessica put the file on the desk, then walked
right up to Frank and put a hand on his
shoulder.
It used to be an unspoken thing between
them.
Now, Frank suddenly felt uncomfortable.
He sat up straight, opened the file, and
frowned.
The basics were just common sense, and
there was nothing special about her
professionally.
Not to mention all the loopholes that could
cost the company millions.
It was a disaster.
I used to check every contract three times
before I let him see it, making sure there were
no risks to the company.
But this…
He slammed the file on the desk, his voice
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“Who the hell did this? Do they even have
basic skills?”
“Get Ashley in here, I want to ask her if she
even wants to be the head of legal anymore!”
Jessica turned pale.
“Mr. Frank, I did it.”
All of his anger died down.
Frank looked at Jessica, who was about to
cry, and felt helpless for the first time.
She wiped her eyes, looking pitiful.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Frank, it’s all my fault…”
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“Maybe I’m just like Ms. Ashley said, I can’t
handle this job, and I’m just making trouble
for you…”
She turned to leave.
Frank instinctively grabbed her, but then froze
when he saw the look on Jessica’s face.
Ashley never looked like that.
She was proud.
No matter what happened, she would figure
out how to fix it, not like Jessica…
Even when he was yelling at her, she would
calmly tell him, “Jessica’s careless, she’s not
fit to be your assistant.”
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So every time Jessica screwed up, Ashley
was the one who had to fix it.
So later, whenever Jessica had a problem, he
automatically pushed Ashley out there.
So…
Frank stopped mid–sentence, and slowly let
go of her hand.
“Just… go back to work.”
Jessica’s face flushed red, she hadn’t gotten
the reassurance she wanted, and almost burst
into tears.
Frank saw it and rubbed his temples
impatiently.
Г
“Redo this contract and make sure it’s right
this time.”
Jessica bit her lip and reluctantly left.
A coworker who was good friends with
Jessica took a picture of this scene and sent
it to my phone.
[Ms. Ashley, that secretary who always steals
our work got yelled at today, haha, serves her
right!]
In his office, Frank was dialing my number
over and over again, but still couldn’t get
through.
Even though he was trying to convince
himself that it was fine, seeing my empty
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He couldn’t focus on work.
He finally caved and called the HR director.
“Is there anything I need to take care of, Mr.
Frank?”
“Did Ashley take the day off?”
The man asked casually, looking at the files.
The HR director paused, giving him a
confused look.
“Ms. Ashley resigned.”
“What?!”
Frank froze, tearing the paper with the pen.
“When did this happen? Who approved it? I
don’t remember.”
The HR director said in confusion.
“It was submitted last night, and you
approved it this morning!”
Frank felt like he’d been struck by lightning.
He opened his computer and quickly scanned
his emails. He found the only resignation
letter, opening it with shaking hands.
Finally, seeing my name at the bottom, he
was overcome with panic.
“Cancel the application right now! Now!”
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The HR director wiped the sweat from his
forehead, trembling.
“Mr. Frank, the process is already
complete…”
Outside the office, Jessica walked in with a
file, looking anything but upset, even a little
happy.
“Mr. Frank, here’s your fax.”
His eyes swept over the paper, landing on the
words “divorce agreement,” and he slumped
back into his chair.
It took him a long time to recover.
He pulled out his phone and called his best
friend bie vais
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“Find out where this fax came from.”
