Fatal Love：CEO, please let me go

“I don’t know,” Shirley shook her head. “But Corine doesn’t look too good. You should hurry over.”

When Adele heard this, her face became a little serious. She immediately got up and walked out of the office, heading directly to the supervisor’s office.

Pushing open the door of the office, Adele walked in and saw three or four colleagues standing in a row, all of them lowering their heads.

Sitting in the office chair, Corine glanced at Adele with a gloomy face and asked coldly, “Are you the one who is doing the quarterly summary documents?”

“Yes.” Adele hesitated for a moment and nodded.

Last night, Grace stopped her when she got off work and asked her to work overtime to do the documents. She got off work directly yesterday and only started working this morning when she arrived at the company.

“I heard that the documents were handed over to you yesterday, but you haven’t handed them in today.” Corine suppressed her anger, but her eyes were sharp as she stared at Adele.

“Yes, but I…” Adele said, her scalp tightening.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“No buts! Where did you get so many excuses? Do you know how many people are waiting to use the documents? If you don’t do it on time, you will be a burden to the whole team!” Corine slapped the table and interrupted her.

Corine usually treated everything with tolerance, but she was absolutely strict and meticulous with her work.

Adele lowered her head, unable to say a word.

The task of compiling the documents had indeed been issued yesterday, but it was already time to get off work, even if she had started to do it at that time and put some documents into a file, it would probably be too late to do the quarterly summary.

“Let me remind you, don’t find excuses at all times! It is your own problem if you don’t do well, understand?”

The several department employees standing in a row next to her all responded, and Corine’s expression eased a little.

She turned to look at Adele and ordered in a low voice, “Adele, you are now an administrative assistant. You have to have a bigger picture in your mind no matter what you do. Don’t be proud just because you have achieved a little achievement, understand?”

In front of so many employees in the room, what Corine said was really unpleasant to hear.

Adele bit her lips and nodded. “Okay, Corine. I will keep it in mind.”

As she spoke, she inadvertently looked up and saw Grace standing next to Corine. There was a hint of joy and pride in her eyes. In an instant, she understood.

No wonder Grace had to wait until after work to send her the documents. It turned out that she had done it on purpose, deliberately making her unable to hand in the documents so as to drag the progress of the group.

Adele looked deeply at Grace and slowly suppressed the anger in her heart.

Corine glanced at her and ordered, “Go back and finish the quarterly assembly as soon as possible.”

“Okay.”

Adele responded and turned to walk out of the office.

The few people who had been instructed at the office could not help but complain.

“It’s all because of her! If not for the fact that she didn’t finish the documents properly, we would have completed our respective tasks!”

“That’s right. How unlucky!”

“…”

The few of them chimed in one after another, not intending to avoid her at all. Adele heard everything clearly, but she couldn’t say a word.

They were right. It was because of her that the progress had been delayed.

She quickly walked back to the office and looked at the documents on the table. She could not help but sigh.

Her eyes swept to the phone beside her. Her original excitement was gone. She picked up the phone and replied to Damon, “I have to work overtime tonight. You go home first. Don’t wait for me.”

If she could not finish her work as soon as possible and drag down the progress, she was afraid that her situation in the Administration Department would be more complicated.

An hour later, Adele raised her head and pinched her sore back neck. Then, she continued working. Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps approaching slowly.

Adele was stunned. It was a little strange. At this time, almost all the colleagues in the department had left. The lights outside had been turned off. How could there be footsteps?

The footsteps were very steady, and they were indeed approaching her. Adele clenched the mouse and unconsciously became nervous.

Now that she was left alone in this huge office area, she was more or less scared.

Suddenly, the footsteps stopped at the door. After a few seconds of silence, someone suddenly pushed it open.

Adele widened her eyes. When she saw the man standing at the door, she suddenly heaved a sigh of relief.

“You… Why are you here?”

Seeing the woman looking like she had seen a ghost, Damon raised his eyebrows slightly. “Can’t I come here?”

“That’s not what I meant.” Adele secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Her original fear had also disappeared. “I thought you had already returned home.”

Damon strode towards her with his long legs. When he reached the desk, he stopped and glanced at the large pile of documents on the table. His eyes suddenly darkened.

“Why didn’t I know that you loved work so much?” he asked, looking at Adele with one hand on the table.

When these words came out, Adele did not know whether he was praising or disparaging her. Her face turned red. “I did not finish my work on time and dragged down the progress of the department.”

When Damon heard this, he paused and casually placed the paper bag in his hand on the table. “Let’s eat first.”

When Adele raised her head and saw the takeaway porridge and side dishes, her eyes immediately flashed.

A few moments ago, she had already been so hungry that her chest was stuck to her back, but because she had to work overtime, she could only endure it.

Adele’s heart warmed and she looked at Damon excitedly. “Have you eaten?”

Damon nodded slightly and ordered, “Yes, this is for you. Eat up.”

Adele did not say anything and immediately started eating. Damon sat at the side and casually picked up a document to read.

After eating, Adele continued to work. With Damon accompanying her, she felt inexplicably at ease. Her work efficiency also improved a lot. After more than an hour, all the summarization work was completed.

On the way home, Adele turned around and looked at the man who was driving. The corners of her mouth unconsciously rose. After a long pause, she finally could not help but say, “Thank you for working overtime with me today.”

Coincidentally, the car arrived at an intersection and was waiting for the green light. Damon turned around and stared at Adele seriously. “Adele, there is no need to thank me.”

Adele’s heart warmed. She smiled and nodded.

Soon, the car arrived at the courtyard. Adele followed Damon into the house. As soon as she changed her shoes, Mary came up to them. “Young Master, Madam, Assistant Johnson came over just now and presented two invitations.”

When Damon heard this, he took the invitation cards from Mary and glanced at them. “Got it.”

It was a jewelry exhibition event on Saturday. It invited people from River City’s business and entertainment circle to attend the event. It was mainly for the release and display of some new jewelry. For Damon, it was just a reception for business opportunities.

He casually put the invitation card on the cabinet at the entrance. When he turned around, he saw Adele staring at the invitation card with a focused and curious expression.

After a pause, he asked, “You want to go?”

Adele did not expect him to discover her thoughts. She smiled embarrassedly. “It seems to be quite fun…”

She had never participated in such activities before. The biggest event she had ever been to was Yusuf Group’s year-end annual meeting.

Hearing this, Damon picked up an invitation and handed it to her. “If you want to go, go take a look.”

“Aren’t you going with me?” Adele hesitantly reached out to take it. She blinked and asked.