President's Naughty Sweetheart

Chapter 37: Enemies on All Sides

Her answer, apparently, displeased Aiden.

"Why haven't you divorced yet? Ella, you didn't consider my advice seriously, did you?" Aiden questioned, keeping looking ahead. Although he did not glare at her, Ella still could feel his anger fulling the car.

The atmosphere became oppressive, plus Aiden's wrath, Ella got gooseflesh. She did not want to annoy him, so she weakly explained, "My husband…"

Aiden glared at her and wrathfully questioned, "How can you still call him husband!"

Frightened, Ella immediately changed, "Benjamin! Benjamin didn't agree to divorce unless I have a baby with him."

"What?"

Her words startled Aiden so much that he asked in a foreign language.

"'I thought he was crazy too! So I didn't agree with him! He's a fickle and devious man, but I don't have strength to get rid of him! When I returned the five million back to him, he almost…"

With his deep dark eyes slightly squinted, Aiden asked very calmly but in grim tone, "He forced you?"

"No! He didn't succeed!" Ella hurriedly explained. She faintly thought if Benjamin did succeed, Aiden would be extreme angry with both Benjamin and her.

Ella has completely affirmed that Aiden was an extremely autocratic man!

The information previously revealed by Arthur also illustrated it.

But Aiden did not satisfy with Ella's explanation nor speak to her again.

The atmosphere in the car turned stifling, and he kept silent for the rest of the journey.

When Aiden drove to the underground parking lot of the company building, he just got off indifferently, without a word to nor a glance at Ella.

Staring after him and watching him disappearing in the exclusive elevator entrance, Ella's back has been covered by a layer of cold sweat.

When Aiden did not say anything, she became so scared that she was at loss for words.

After she got on the employee elevator, Ella felt incredible that how could she be so afraid of Aiden?

If she was a timid mouse, then Aiden was a grim tiger. Just looking at him would make her feel a little scared.

The time working in the design department passed very quickly, Ella was very busy dealing with her work. Last night when she returned home from Arthur's house, she began to prepare the design draft for design department competition and quickly finished it.

As soon as she sent the design draft to Daniel's mailbox, she received Leo's call.

Ella planned to ask two other female designers that how she was taken away last night at lunch.

Soon it was lunchtime, Anne and Bella came to find Ella to eat lunch together.

Five minutes ago, Ella failed to find the two women designers who were at the bar last night, so she decided to go to the staff restaurant with Bella.

After finding a vacant small private room and putting her plate on the table, Anne waved to Ella and Bella.

They two also carried their plates into the private room.

After all the three people were seated, Bella mysteriously said, "Ella, did you hear the news that Leo and two female designers were dismissed by Daniel in the morning?"

Astonished, Ella almost dropped her chopsticks.

"So what was the reason they were expelled?" Ella asked, wondering that if they were expelled for drinking with clients, however, she also joined them…

Bella sneered, "Their dismissal is reasonable. The design order they recently signed broke the bottom line of just business, which disgraced the corporate image of the Hill Group! I heard from other designers that Leo compelled female designers to drink with clients in order to sign the design order! Gosh, I can't believe such a big company needs to talk about business in such a squalid way!"

Anne shook her head as she ate salmon, "Only Leo! Other people never act like her. She wants to improve her performance to draw the director's attention. It's not the first time for her to do such a thing. This time she was revealed and punished only out of her bad luck. I heard the director was so wrathful that dismissed them immediately. But considering Leo has worded in this company for such a long time and the achievements she made in the past, the director did not ask them to pay for the company's losses, otherwise they would go bankrupt."

Ella silently ate her lunch. 'If it was not me, Leo would not be noticed. In order to prevent other female colleagues from getting trouble like me, it is reasonable to expel staff like Leo.'

'Anyway, they can go to work in other companies, since they don't be banned by the design industry. However, their reputation will be greatly damaged.'

They returned to work at the office after lunch.

Before Ella getting off work, Alice called the company landline on her desk.

"Ella, Benjamin called me this afternoon, and he returned your bag and phone. He asked you to give back his suit, for his wallet and bank card were in it."

"Well, I see. Alice, tell him to wait for me at his company, and I'll return those things…"

Alice interrupted her, "He required you not to go to his company, just returning his suit at home. Otherwise, he wouldn't give back your ID card."

" Gosh, he's such a rogue!" Ella couldn't help but complain, then the designers next to her all suddenly rise their heads to look at her.

Ella awkwardly bowed her head and softly said, "I have to hang up the phone now. I will call you when I come back home."

As soon as Ella put down the phone, Sofia's voice rang from behind her. Sofia deliberately speaking loudly, "Ella, who was you calling? Is it your husband?"

Ella was startled, then she turned her chair, seeing Sofia and Daniel who was not far away.

At the moment, Daniel was gazing at her meditatively.

While Ella kept silent, Sofia continued, "Ella, why don't you answer me? Are you shy? Actually, it doesn't matter, since it's not work time now. Using the company landline to call your husband is not a big deal, after all, as a giant the Hill Group won't mind the phone charge."

Ella retracted her gaze from Daniel, then looked at Sofia. Somehow she felt that Sofia seemed to be arguing against her today.

Sofia's expression was casual, even smiling to her, but Ella still felt hostility in her words.

Ella dared not look at the Daniel's eyes, for she felt like she was deceiving him, although she would divorce with Benjamin sooner or later.

But by the definition of law, she was indeed not single but married.

Sofia stood still, and Ella couldn't drive her away. So Ella had to turn the computer off, casually saying, "The person on the phone is not my husband."

As soon as she said it, Daniel moved forward without any pause, as if he could not stay here any longer.

Sofia felt unspeakably happy when staring at Daniel disappearing quickly.

She said to Ella, "Oh, it's not your husband! Well, I should go back to turn off the computer now."

After Sofia left, Ella stood up and prepared to leave the company.

When she left, she felt a lot of contemptuous glances floating behind her.

After all, all the staff in design department knew that she once rode with Daniel. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

They also thought she had feelings about Daniel even though she had already married.

After Sofia's unfriendly question, Ella's image in the design department became even worse.

Five minutes later, Ella walked out of the company, and felt a little guilty at the thought of Daniel's eyes.

She couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Ella reminded of Daniel's questions to her in the office, so she took a deep breath and decided to go to the parking lot to see if she could meet him. If she was lucky enough, she could encounter him and talk it clearly.

Finding Daniel just standing in front of her, Ella stunned on the spot.

At the moment, Daniel looked very grim, as cold as marble, while his tone was abnormally calm. He said to Ella, "I want to hear your explanation in person."