Chapter 22 Touched the Switch


    E already knew something had happened on her way to Catherine''s office. She knocked on the door


    three times. Catherine looked up and her face became even gloomier.


    "E, where are the files I told you to print out yesterday? Why there are only two copies of them?"


    She knew it wasing. E took a deep breath and confronted with Catherine''s usation. She


    exined: "I worked till 10 o''clockst evening..."


    "So what, your workingte has nothing to do with me! Ineed to see results from you! Don''t you know


    that I am going to need all these files for a contract signingter?" Catherine angrily threw the A4 paper


    on the desk and red at E.


    Somehow, E couldn''t shake the feeling that Catherine was deliberately picking on her.


    "Excuse me, Ms. Gu, sorry for causing you inconvenience." E apologized to her in an indifferent


    tone.


    Catherine loathed her so much that she had to stop herself from scratching E every time she saw


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    her.. "What''s the use of you being sorry? Now go and print out all the documents I need. If you can''t


    E saw her raging face, and she simply said "alright" and left her office.


    She now knew for sure that this Catherine had a huge grudge against her. But she did not know where


    the grudge came from.


    As soon as she sat back at her desk, E turned on herputer and began working.


    10 o''clock in the morning, E felt thirsty. So she saved the document on herputer and walked to


    the break room with her mug.


    At the door of the break room, she heard someone talking in a low voice: "E, that mistress is so


    unlucky. She got bullied by Ms.Gu the first day at work. Did you actually see that Ms.Gu herself


    touched the power switch?"


    "Of course. I would not tell you this if I did not see it myself!"


    "Mistress? Touched the switch?" At that moment, all E could feel was a rage building up inside her.


    "Catherine, I got you!" thought E.


    She quietly moved into the break room. The gossiping employees gathered there stopped talking


    immediately. They all went back to the office area with a guilty conscience.


    E eventuallypleted the task and handed over thest piece of the file to Catherine before noon.


    However, Catherine just responded with a cold voice, "There are now useless. You should now


    trante all the documents and hand them to me by EOD."


    "Useless?" E gazed at Catherine who acted like nothing was going on, then she asked: "Do you


    have something against me?"


    ''Why does she bully me like this and waste all my time and effort.''


    Catherine threw the folder in front of her. She crossed her arms, parted her ruby lips and said: "You are


    the wife of Mr. Shao, why would I hold anything against you?" Her tone was full of nothing but mockery.


    E did not reach for the folder but confronted her directly: "So you unplugged the power and made all


    my work in vain. What was that all about?"


    ''Plus, there is rumor about me being a mistress. Though I don''t know yet who started it.'' thought E.


    Catherine''s face looked a bit twisted. How on earth did she find out? "E, using someone without


    evidence will end up in awsuit."


    "Lawsuit?" E didn''t want to argue with her further. She came here to work, not to cause trouble for


    Samuel. E picked up the folder of documents that needed to be tranted. On her way out, she said:


    "You know what you have done. If I catch you doing it next time, don''t me me for making it all


    personal!"


    Having worked in the entertainment industry for several years, E had learned a lot of lessons One of


    the lessons was: A tamed horse is often ridden and a weak person is likely to be bullied.


    If she gave in now, she would only end up getting bullied more often. In order to avoid getting bullied,


    she must stand her ground firmly and defend herself.


    However, Catherine followed her out. She stood by the office door, shouting at her in a very angry


    voice, "You think you can abuse your power as Mrs. Shao and bully the rest?" Her voice was so loud


    that people in the whole office area could clearly hear her.


    All of a sudden, the whole floor went quiet.


    E felt awkward, but she still turned around calmly and said: "Abusing my power? Sure, I bullied you,


    so what?" Since Catherine used her of being a bully first, there was no need for her to exin


    anymore. No one would believer her anyway.


    These were a bunch of easily-influenced and unfriendly colleagues. There was no need for her to


    pretend to be "nice".


    Then, all the people present were shocked to see that Catherine, who boasted of being tough and


    professional, was now weeping out of anger because of E.


    This instantly made E a horrible person. Many people avoided her as if she was some kind of


    poisonous snake.


    E couldn''t care less about their opinions. She was only feeling a little bit sorry for Samuel.


    She sat back to her seat and clicked open the file. On seeing all these tedious terms and conditions,


    E felt instantly fatigue.


    How on earth was she going to trante all these? She barely passed the primary English test. For


    E, tranting was 1000 times more difficult than typing.


    She took a deep breath and turned on the software on herputer. She started tranting sentence


    by sentence, even word by word.


    When her colleagues finished their jobs and gradually left the office one by one, E was only half way


    done.


    Soon it was ten in the evening again, E''s phone started buzzing. E saw the caller''s name and


    thought about what happenedst night. She still felt hurt deep down. But still, she pressed the answer


    button and replied: "Hello?"


    Samuel heard her voice and sensed her sadness. He stopped loosening his tie, thinking. ''Was she still


    upset aboutst night?''


    "Where are you?"


    E browsed through thew files and uttered indifferently: "The firm."


    ''Maybe I am over-reacting and pushing it too far. Sam is so nice to me and yet I am still mad at him...''


    thought E.


    On hearing that she was still in the office, Samuel frowned his eyebrows. ''Howe she is still at the


    firm at this hour?''


    "What''s going on?" He knew it very well that sometimes Catherine could be as much a workaholic as


    Emma. But still he never saw Catherine making her staff work thiste.


    E signed silently and exined: "I have not finished the work assigned by Ms. Gu." In order to avoid


    further conflict with Ms. Gu, it would be wise for her to finish the work first and then go home.


    Samuel did not say anything anymore and hung up the phone. E gazed at the phone and felt a little


    bit down as the call was cut off abruptly by Samuel. She then concentrated her attention on tranting.


    Twenty minutester, someone showed up in the office quietly.


    The file in her hands was taken away all of a sudden, which startled E a lot. She looked up and saw


    Samuel standing next to her. Her heart began beating faster and faster.


    All her fatigue was driven way and her heart was full of joy. Sam was here for her...


    Samuel examined her trantion. The content of this document was too difficult for ayman. No


    wonder E worked sote.


    But why would Catherine give such difficult files to E to trante? One peculiar thought crossed his


    mind but he shook his head and denied it.


    He tidied up the desk and gathered all the files and the A4 paper together. He put them all in a folder


    and said to her, "Let''s go home."