Chapter 156


    Vera looked at Kimberly hesitatingly for a while before asking,


    "Since you''ve been demoted, what will you do now?"


    Kimberly thought to herself, "What will I do? What else can I do?"


    "Do I have a choice?" Kimberly replied as she smiled bitterly.


    Vera nodded and said, "You certainly have a choice!"


    Kimberly raised her eyebrows slightly, indicating Vera to continue.


    Vera snorted softly and said, "You can choose to be a cleaner or an ordinary employee. I think


    Young Master Yardley is very nice to give you a choice."


    Kimberly was rendered speechless.


    She thought that Vera was being the worst friend right now.


    Vera spoke again, "I''m serious. I think you''d better be a cleaner. Although it''s a little tough, it''s better


    compared to working in the office. You will definitely have a lot of conflicts with the female


    employees because of all the rumors between Young Master Yardley and you."


    Kimberly could imagine that without needing her to mention it.


    If people dared to mess with her even when she was his assistant, she couldn''t imagine what they


    would do to her now that she was demoted.


    Kimberly shut her eyes helplessly as she thought about her hopeless future.


    "But don''t be too pessimistic. Who knows, maybe they will not hate you once they get to know you,"


    Vera said yfully.


    If she had the choice, Kimberly would choose to resign.


    However, there was no other way. ording to Sam, she still owed thepany''s sry and


    bonus.


    Finally, Kimberly thought about it and chose to work in the office.


    When Vera knew her decision, she got very agitated. "What''s wrong with you? Didn''t I say that they


    will definitely mess with you?" Vera asked.


    "You''re right, but everyone knows that I was demoted. Even if I work as a cleaner, do you think they


    will let me go lightly? They will definitely find a way to mess with me anyway. I''d rather confront


    them directly," Kimberly said bravely.


    Vera looked at her nkly for a long time and suddenly apuded, "I didn''t expect you to be so


    brave. From now on, let''s pretend that we don''t know each other. I don''t want them to mess with


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    me.


    Kimberly smiled and said, "Okay."


    She was used to it.


    Maddox also said that before. She was only his subordinate at work, not his wife. In fact, he never


    acknowledged her as his wife, whether at work or privately.


    Therefore, Kimberly wasn''t offended by Vera. No one liked trouble.


    Kimberly packed up her stuff and got ready to report herself to work. As expected, the supervisor


    warned her as soon as she arrived.


    The supervisor casually took her to a desk and said, "This is where you are going to work. A


    neer should know the rules. You should pay more attention to what your seniors ask you to


    do. Do you understand?"


    Listening to these words, Kimberly felt that this supervisor was not so bad, but... very strict.


    Kimberly nodded in response.


    As soon as the supervisor left, a group of people sitting next to her began to gossip loudly about


    her.


    "I wonder what''s wrong with people nowadays. She thinks she is so great because she can be the


    president''s assistant. Look at how unfortunate she is now. She got demoted to such a low position."


    "I heard that the president gave her a choice whether to be a cleaner or work in the office. She


    chose to work in the office."


    "Seriously, she looks like she was born to be a cleaner. Who does she think she is? A b*tch like her


    is only skillful in bed. It''s better for her to be a cleaner."


    "Hey, aren''t you ashamed? We have more than enough people here. Can''t you go and be a cleaner


    instead?" Halfway through the gossips, someone roared behind Kimberly.


    Kimberly decided not to argue with them and ignored them.


    Unexpectedly, when the person saw that Kimberly did not reply, she went over and grabbed


    Kimberly''s hair. "I''m talking to you yet you ignored me. Where are your manners?"


    Kimberly felt the pain from the person''s grip. Hence, she stood up and looked at the culprit fiercely.


    She refuted, "When did you talk to me? Did you greet me? Of course, I have manners, but I think


    you can improve yourself by not simply touching someone else."


    Everyone had thought that Kimberly was easy to bully. They didn''t expect her to stand up for


    herself.


    The person scoffed, "What are you talking about? You''re just a neer, how dare you talk back


    to me? Do you understand what situation you are in right now? Are you looking for trouble? You


    don''t want to stay and keep your job, do you?"


    Kimberly red at everyone coldly.


    The crowd continued to criticize her.


    "That''s right, if you want to stay, you''d better listen to us. We''ve seen many women like you who


    slept their way to the top, and we have got rid of them all."


    "If you want us to forgive you, you should bring us coffee and cakes. Then, we may consider not


    making things difficult for you in the future."


    Kimberly sneered silently. She would never spend her money on these annoying people who bully


    her.


    Did they think she was that stupid?


    Kimberly snorted and sat back in her seat. She didn''t talk to them anymore.


    She proceeded to switch on theputer.


    "Hey, what''s with your attitude? How dare you ignore us?" One of them yelled.


    Kimberly replied nonchntly, "I''m really sorry, but you guys are not my superiors, and I am not


    your personal assistant. You have no right to give me instructions."


    Theputer took a while to start. Then, Kimberly quickly ran a virus scan on theputer.


    Someone said sarcastically, "Tsk. Fine, we can''t give you instructions and only the supervisor has


    the say, right? Just you wait and see!"


    Kimberly ignored them and continued to check on herputer.


    She knew that these people despised her. Even if she bought the things for them, they would not


    change and simply resume mocking her.


    Therefore, she might as well ignore them and there was no need to retreat norpromise.


    As she had already ended up at this point, she could only approach the problems head-on and


    stand up for herself.


    After a while, the supervisor called her to the office and handed her several documents.


    "This is for a meetingter. The meeting will be held in an hour. I need you to sort all this out."


    Kimberly looked through the documents and frowned slightly, asking, "Isn''t this a bit much to sort


    out in an hour?"


    The supervisor looked up and nced at her, then said, "Is it difficult? You used to be the


    president''s assistant. It should not be difficult for you. Are you really not capable as they say?"


    Kimberly had no choice but to say,"... No, I''ll sort it out."


    Then, Kimberly took the folder out of the office.


    Several women surrounded her table and looked at her, gloating.


    They jeered, "Didn''t she say that we can''t order her around? Yet she''s now being instructed by the


    supervisor. There are so many documents, let''s see how she sort them all out before the meeting. If


    she can''t do it well, can we drive her out of this department? After all, Yardley Corporation doesn''t


    need useless people!"


    Kimberly did not pay attention to their words. Instead, she sat in front of theputer and started


    her work solemnly.