Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
Ellen nodded. “I understand!”
In actual fact, she didn’t.
“Don’t be my assistant. Be my girlfriend instead!” He cut to the chase.
His words took the breath out of her and she almost fainted.
*President Presgrave, how can someone like her be your girlfriend?” an angered Selena demanded.
“You are actually wrong. The relationship between Ellen and me doesn’t stem from her wooing me. Rather, I’m the one who’s after her. It’s just that she’s too dense to even realize what I mean,” Jared explained coldly to Selena.
Ellen suddenly felt that she couldn’t continue with her job and turned to him. “I quit, President Presgrave. I’m doing this job.”
She wanted to return to her previous life where she didn’t have any worries whatsoever. Now that she had a million in her savings, she could do whatever it was that she wanted to do in the past like become a volunteer or work in a pet shop. Heck, I don’t mind returning to my previous job as a barista too!
He suddenly snorted. “Try me! The liquidated damages you have to pay is a million.”
Her hand holding the bag froze. Do you have to be mean? I have a million in savings and you want me to compensate you with it?
Selena was just as shocked because it looked like she was the outsider as he tried to shower Ellen with affection
“You can’t ask me to pay so much” Ellen tried to negotiate. She couldn’t bear to part with one million.
Selena was obviously unaware of the way Jared and Ellen socialized with each other. Apart from an employer-subordinate relationship, they even had a friendship going on.
“Stay here and work. Don’t go anywhere. You can tell anyone that I have a girlfriend. Heck, even if you were to announce to the world that I’m taken, I won’t blame you. If anyone asks me, I’ll just say that you are my girlfriend. I want you to know what it means to reap what you sow.” He punished Ellen for this lie because he wanted her to be his girlfriend.
“I’m in the wrong, okay? I’m apologizing to you, but I don’t want to be your girlfriend,” Ellen rejected. Being Jared’s girlfriend meant enduring the countless pressure from others, so she would much prefer being single.
Selena almost snapped in jealousy because the man she dreamed of was rejected by Ellen.
Jared seemed to expect Ellen’s reaction. He was neither angry nor annoyed, rather, he was merely helpless.
Jared said to Selena, “Had you not been recommended by your father, I’d have fired you right now.”
At this moment, Stanley finally found Jared here after spending a long time looking for the man to no avail. He urged at the door, “President Presgrave, it’s time for the meeting.”
Jared darted a look at Ellen. Then, he warned her, “Stay here,” before leaving.
In the office, Selena’s face was livid one moment and pale the next. Looking somewhat ferocious, she looked daggers at Ellen, asking, “What’s your relationship with President Presgrave?”
Having seen through this cousin of hers, Elen didn’t bother to answer her question. She retorted, “Is that any of your business?”
Selena looked at the young lady before her, who reeked of poverty from her very bones except for her pretty looks. “This can’t be possible! How could you be good enough for President Presgrave? What is it about you that qualifies you to catch his fancy?”
In a rare moment, Ellen’s face hardened, though her expression was already frosty in the first place. She pointed to the door, saying, “Please get out.”
Selena was stunned for a second before she realized she was being chased away-and by Ellen of all people. “J-Just you wait! I’ll make you pay for the humiliation I suffered today!” she threatened. With that, she tossed her head and left.
Exhausted, Ellen slumped into the chair as though she had just fought a war. Resting her head in her hands, she felt an overpowering weariness sweep over her. Her brain was fatigued; her cheeks burned again without her knowing when she looked back on what Jared had said just now. Am I too stupid to notice that he’s been courting me all the time? But has he ever courted me? she asked herself inwardly in hindsight. Nothing of the sort! Ah, my mind’s confused. Let’s not think about this anymore. Just calm down and do some reading instead!
On the other hand, Selena went downstairs and returned to her desk. She looked at her small office, then at Ellen’s large, spacious office.
She had never felt so aggrieved before and reflected on what Jared had said. So, Jared fell in love with Ellen first and has been courting her since then? And he said Ellen was stupid for not noticing that?
Selena bit her lip. How could Ellen be so lucky? This made her feel kind of resentful, as though her life had been wasted before this. It was like no matter how hard she tried to get luck on her side, she could never be as lucky as Ellen, who met Jared. Indeed, her family was rich, but it was simply nothing to speak of compared to the Presgraves.
She was really green with jealousy. The Presgrave Family’s money had never crossed her mind, but she had always dreamed of having Jared to herself ever since she first laid eyes on him. But now, he actually fell in love with Ellen, a poor relative whom she looked down on the most. That’s even more distressing than death, no? Just in what way is Ellen better than me?
She closed her eyes. Just then, her phone rang; she picked it up and took a look. Seeing that it was a phone call from a rich dandy whom she had gotten to know abroad, she immediately composed herself and answered the phone. “Hey, Charlie!”
“Lena, I heard that you’re back in the country. I have a dinner party this Friday that I’d like to invite you to join.”
“A dinner party? What kind of dinner party is that?”
“It’s a charity dinner that’ll absolutely be fun.”
Selena was someone who judged people by their appearances. Charlie Dune’s family was rich, but she turned up her nose at him because he was over 220 pounds. This time, however, she wasn’t going to give up the opportunity to attend such a dinner party. Hence, she replied with a smile, “Well, then, let’s have fun together!”
“Alright. I’ll pick you up then, so dress up for the party!”
“Don’t worry, I won’t make you look bad,” Selena replied with a smile before ending the phone call. As soon as she hung up the phone, though, she had goosebumps all over in disgust.
Still, she was really in a foul mood today and had to look for something that would make her happy. Getting off work earlier than she was supposed to, she first went back to Ellen’s place to pack her belongings.
Ellen had given Selena the key to her place. At this moment, having packed her belongings there, Selena vented her anger by deliberately messing up the place. Not only that, she even smashed one of its ornaments to pieces.
Seeing how the place looked like it had been ransacked, she couldn’t help but laugh gloatingly. However, just when she was about to leave, Ellen pushed the door open a
The two women looked at each other. Then, seeing the chaos all over the place, Ellen clenched her fists and burned with anger, saying, “You’ve gone too far, Selena!”
Selena looked at her disdainfully. She scoffed, “So what if I’m going too far? I haven’t had enough of smashing things yet! Even if I smash everything here, I can afford to pay for it. How’s that?”
Ellen clenched her fists even tighter. Seeing the smashed ornament on the floor, she finally lost the last of her patience. Suddenly coming at Selena, she grabbed her by the hair, pinned her to the floor, and started beating her, yelling, “Why did you have to smash everything here? This place isn’t mine!”
“Ouch! It hurts! Get your hands off me, damn Ellen!” Selena forgot to fight back; she was momentarily preoccupied with the pain of being straddled by Ellen and pulled by the hair.
Ellen held onto a handful of Selena’s hair and refused to let go as she boiled with rage. “So what if you can afford to pay for it? Who let you smash these things?”
Selena had never been treated like this before. She yelled angrily, “Let go of me! Get your hands off me now!”
“Apologize for what you did!” Ellen demanded an apology.
Ellen would rather die than say sorry to her, though. “To hell if I’ll do that!”
“You’re not allowed to leave until you apologize,” Ellen said, pressuring her while continuing to pull her by the hair.
At last, Selena ignored the pain and fought back, pinching Ellen’s waist hard and getting up while the latter was in pain. Then, she struck back by swinging her bag at Ellen, forcing the latter to put up her arms to fend her off. As a result, the metal on her bag instantly cut Ellen’s arm, causing several drops of blood to stain the latter’s shirt red.