Chapter 159
Benedict looked at Kimberly proudly. His eyes smiled, emanating a proud warmth. In his heart, he
couldn''t help but praise her silently.
This girl was not as helpless as he had imagined.
Just then, Benedict interrupted at the right time and said, "Lincoln, I can''t believe this. You used
her of not doing her job, but you didn''t even allow her to exin herself. What if I were as rash as
you and questioned your ability?"
Lincoln began to tremble in fear. He did not know how he should respond to that question of Vice
President Yardley.
Lincoln shifted his gaze to Maddox.
However, Maddox was still staring at Kimberly. He watched her as she printed out the documents
calmly, as though all of this wasn''t affecting her at all.
Maddox then subconsciously nced at Benedict. He saw him smiling at Kimberly, and a ball of fury
was set aze in his heart. He sneered and said, "You are ying tricks on the first day of your
demotion. Surely, there was an opportunity for you to exin yourself. However, you didn''t and you
are only trying to defend yourself now. Your printing has taken extra time out of our meeting. We
have now lost 5 minutes because of your mistakes."
"Maddox, this is an unexpected situation. Let''s..." Benedict tried to defend her, but before he could
finish his sentence to say let the incident slide, Maddox interrupted him.
"I''ll deduct your quarterly bonus," Maddox said.
Maddox''s indifferent gaze fell on both Kimberly and Lincoln as he spoke.
He continued, "Yardley Corporation don''t need people who like to y tricks. If this happens again,
you''ll be fired at once."
Lincoln was so intimidated by Maddox''s fierce gaze that he couldn''t even straighten his bowing
posture. In addition to his warning, Lincoln broke out in a cold sweat.
As for Kimberly who had gotten used to Maddox''s attitude after marrying him, whenpared to
Lincoln''s pallid face, she was much calmer.
In the meantime, Kimberly finished printing the documents. She put them in folders and passed
them out to everyone one by one.
"The documents in your hands are what I have prepared. Please have a look," Kimberly said to
them.
While she was organizing the documents, Kimberly did not understand why the task was passed to
their department. Their department should not have the qualification to deal with this important
information. Nevertheless, she had no right to question that.
Perhaps, Maddox had set all this up on purpose, just to make things difficult for her.
After that, the meeting went on smoothly except for the 10 minutes wasted in the beginning.
Kimberly seemed to be very used to what she was doing. She made coffee for everyone after she
had handed out the documents, and the entire process was natural.
Finally, the meeting ended and everyone started to disperse. However, Kimberly was not in a hurry.
Lincoln lowered his voice and said to her, "Come with me!"
Kimberly did not reply. She was looking at the man in the wheelchair.
Although she was demoted, she still wanted to exin herself to him. She wanted him to know that
the words she had uttered the other day were all unintentional.
"Neer, did you hear me?" Lincoln''s threatening voice sounded from behind her again.
Kimberly suddenly realized that Lincoln was standing very close to her, and the repulse feeling
made her move a few steps away from him. She then said, "Lincoln, you may leave first. I have
something else to do."
Lincoln asked upon hearing this, "What do you want to do? Are you going to stay andin
about me?"
Kimberly replied helplessly, "I will not do such a meaningless thing. I have to attend to a private
matter."
"Private?" Lincoln thought as gritted his teeth. He then hissed, "You''re not allowed to talk about
private matters during work hours. You''re a subordinate under my department, you must listen to
me."
After saying that, he forcefully grabbed Kimberly''s hand and held her arm. At that instant, he noticed
that her skin was as delicate and tender as a baby''s. He was startled for a while and subconsciously
nced at her body.
"Let me go!" Kimberly shook his hand away forcefully. Lincoln was still amazed by her soft skin, and
he coughed lightly and said, "Okay, I''ll wait for you outside. Hurry up."
After that, Lincoln left.
Kimberly waited for everyone to leave before she headed towards Maddox.
"Urn... About yesterday''s incident..." Kimberly murmured.
However, Maddox''s phone rang at the moment. With a calm expression, he answered the phone,
"What''s the matter?"
Kimberly was interrupted abruptly, and she had no choice but to wait for him to end the call.
She then watched on as he hung up the phone after replying to someone on the phone and said to
Sam, "Let''s go."
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Sam looked at Kimberly awkwardly. He made an eye gesture at her before pushing Maddox away
and they left.
Maddox did not once look at Kimberly.
His disregard for Kimberly made her feel like she was a clown.
She waspletely ignored.
Kimberly stood tooted, clenching and unclenching her fists. She repeated that a few times silently.
Suddenly, she heard a gentle voiceing from behind her. She turned around and immediately
saw Benedict.
She was surprised to see him. She thought he had left.
She had been paying attention only to Maddox and didn''t even notice Benedict''s presence.
Benedict saw the surprise in her eyes and guessed what she was thinking. He couldn''t help smiling
bitterly and asked, "Does my existence even mean anything to you?"
"I''m sorry, Brother Yardley. I still have work to do, please excuse me!" Kimberly said and quickly
packed up her stuff, then she left the room.
When she was leaving, she could feel his gaze following her. Kimberly was ufortable and her
emotions were in a mess. She could only leave the tangled thoughts aside and stop herself from
thinking.
When she returned to the department, she met Lydia and Agnes as soon as she entered. They
didn''t look very happy.
The previous gloating on their faces was obviously gone and they looked very disappointed to find
that they hadn''t achieved their goal.
Kimberly calmly walked back to her seat. As she was about to sit, she noticed someone had
sshed water on her chair and she almost missed it.
Lydia said loudly, "She is indeed a woman who has slept with the president. Look at her ying
tricks. She pretended to create an opportunity for us by going to the bathroom, in the end, she
magically pulls out that USB!"
Agnes said along, "I know, right? Those who are non the wiser would''ve thought she was innocent!"
"You did it on purpose, didn''t you?" asked Lydia.
Kimberly took out a tissue paper and wiped the water on her chair before calmly sitting on it. Only
then did she reply, "The USB was connected all the time. Yet, you are ming me for something
you were too blind to see, which resulted in you failing to frame me."
"You!" Agnes''s face fell and she barked. She stepped forward, wanting to fight with her.
Lydia quickly reached out to stop her, "Calm down, Agnes. Last time, Sister Winna suffered a lot
after she had fought with her. Let''s learn from that lesson."
Agnes stood back reluctantly while suppressing her temper. She then said coldly, "Humph, each
day as you stay in this department, I will make you suffer!"
Kimberly''s lips curled up and she challenged, "Sure, I''ll wait and see."
"Humph," Agnes snorted.
Then, she and Lydia left angrily.
During lunchtime, Vera came to her department. Kimberly was surprised to see her and asked
curiously, "Didn''t you tell me to stay away from you? Why..."
Vera blinked her eyes and replied, "I didn''t mean it! I was just simply saying, did you really believe
it? We''re friends, how could I make you stay away from me? Forget it, let''s go for lunch."
Vera hooked her arm around Kimberly''s and pulled her towards the canteen, ignoring everyone''s
stares.
Kimberly was stunned at Vera''s words. But at the same time, she was very touched.