The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 79 Leaving The Shaws

"Madam Shaw." The few people that Madam Shaw had asked to come and help Susan move her luggage could not comprehend what had just transpired.

There was a blank expression on their face.

Madam Shaw lifted one of her eyebrows and instructed, "You guys are dismissed now."

Initially, she had prepared an apartment for Susan and Jacob to stay in, but judging from their attitude, she reckoned that they would not accept it so she did not mention it at all.

"Susan Shelby and Jacob Shelby..." Madam Shaw sneered coldly, "I'm sure they will come back crying to me one day."

At that time, she would open their eyes to reality. She would show them how ridiculous their thinking was and tell them that their so-called dignity was nothing i n front of money.

Lanyard Corporation.

When Julian refreshed the page once more, there was nothing at all on Ancient Fox.

He raised his eyebrows and Seth called him.

"We’ve successfully hacked into the website. Both Jacob and I have set up double blockers to forbid people from visiting or accessing the website, so I guess they won't be able to get it back online anytime sooner or later."

"Good job," Julian complimented as he nodded.

"Oh yeah, I also found the IP address and some information about the person who posted it. I have already sent it to your mailbox, so it's up to you now," Seth added.

Julian opened his mailbox and when he saw a detailed address sitting amidst his sea of emails, a glint flitted across his eyes.

He fully knew that the person who posted the thread was merely a puppet, and that somebody must be pulling the strings behind the scenes. He was very certain of the instigator's identity, but before he dealt with him, there was something that he had to do first. Although the person who spread the vicious article on Ancient Fox was not the main culprit, it did not mean that he was not entirely free from blame. He had to make him pay for whatever he did to Susan before settling the score with the Jenkins.

Julian did not want this incident to affect Susan, so h e had to make it fast and settle everything before it got out of hand.

Narrowing his eyes, Julian made a few calls to several people and began exacting his revenge plan. He had n o idea why, but there was a bad feeling that he could not shake off. After a short bout of hesitation, he rose t o his feet and beelined towards the design department.

"Director Shaw," the department head came forward t o greet Julian.

Julian swept a glance at the office, but he could not find Susan. His brows furrowed as he asked the department head, "Is anybody absent today?"

The department head was taken aback by the question, but he soon regained his composure and replied, "Everyone is here today, only Susan took a half -day off and went home."

"She took a half-day off?" Julian felt that something was wrong, "What's wrong with her? Is she feeling not well?"

"I'm not sure about that, Director Shaw," the department head replied carefully.

Julian nodded and just when he was about to leave, he heard somebody call out to him, "Director Shaw, I know why Susan took a half-day leave today."

Julian spun around and saw a woman looking at him with fawning eyes.

"Just keep your mouth shut if you don’t know anything, Chainwest,” Chance looked at the woman disapprovingly.

Recently, Lanyard was going to promote one of them t o become the vice department head. Lily Chainwest had been working at Lanyard for three years. She had a lot of experience and was very capable, hence she was on the top of the candidate list. However, things changed after Susan joined them.

Due to her outstanding performance and likable personality, most of the customers loved to deal with her, not to mention that she was the best performing employee for three months straight. As such, there had been a rumor circling around the staff that she would very likely be promoted as the vice department head. Ever since then, Lily had been treating Susan like a pest, putting up a spoke in her wheel from time t o time.

Right now, the moment Chance saw the expression on Lily's face, he knew that she must be up to no good again.

Lily rolled her eyes at Chance and said, "Can you not interrupt me when I'm talking to Director Shaw? Who do you think you are? Besides, I'm just stating the truth. What's wrong with that?"

"Truth? There is no truth in that post! Everything written in it is fake!” Chance said indignantly.

'Post?'

Julian's eyes turned cold when the word fluttered into his ears. He asked, "What happened?"

"Well, the whole thing is like this," Lily turned away from Chance, fixing her eyes on Julian as she continued, "Susan was a homewrecker. Someone exposed her on the internet, and maybe that's why she went back home because she felt too embarrassed."

A gleeful expression flitted across Lily’s face when she saw Julian’s face darkened.

She had wanted to be the vice department head for a long time, and had it not been for Susan, she would still be the first candidate. Now that she could catch her on the hip, she definitely would not let such a great chance pass by. After all, the Shaw Corporation had made it very clear that they valued the personality of their employees above everything else.

'See, Director Shaw's face has turned black. He must b e very angry now. It's over for you now, Susan Shelby,' Lily thought inwardly.

"You said Susan's a homewrecker? She stole somebody's fiance?" Julian parroted, lifting one of his eyebrows.

"Yes," Lily hastily replied.

"Don't listen to her nonsense, Director Shaw. Susie is not that kind of person," Chance retorted.

"I’m not speaking nonsense, Director Shaw. The rumors have been spreading around the department since this morning. Everybody knows about it.

Chance, you can’t turn a blind eye towards something like this just because you have a thing for Susan," Lily said straightforwardly.

"You, you, you..." Chance was ineloquent. He did not know how to talk back, and he could only just stamp his feet in vexation.

"You, you, you, what? Keep your mouth shut if you don’t have anything constructive to say." After making quick work of Chance, Lily turned over to Julian again and stated, "I swear whatever I said is the truth, Director Shaw. It's a shame that somebody hacked into the website just now, otherwise I could show it to you and prove that I'm not slinging mud at Susan."

Julian narrowed his eyes and then he stole a sidelong glance at Chance. He felt a hint of jealousy bubbling at the depth of his heart.

'Hmph, Susie has already rejected him, but he still has not given up yet. What a jerk who doesn't know when t o quit. Anyway, it’s not the time for this right now.' 1

Just when Lily felt she was in seventh heaven, Julian turned his attention back to her.

"Director Shaw," a grin spread across Lily's face.

Judging from Julian's somber, sulking expression when he was looking at Chance, she was confident that he would certainly punish Susan for tarnishing the Shaw Corporation's reputation. There was also a probability that he would punish, or even better, fire Chance for supporting Susan.

The grin on her face deepened with every passing second, and then it suddenly froze when she heard the thing Julian said.

"Lily Chainwest, I'm now striking off three months of your bonus from your salary as a fine for spreading fake rumors," Julian announced. After that, without looking at Lily anymore, he turned around and left.

'W-What?'

"Director Shaw!" Lily shouted, "I didn't spread false rumors. Everything I said is from the internet!"

"If the internet said that sh*t tastes good, will you go and taste it?" Julian said coolly before leaving the office. NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

"I..." Lily fell back into her chair. She still could not comprehend what had just transpired.

'Is this what they meant by go out for the wool and come home shorn?'

"Will you taste it?" Chance repeated gleefully.

A round of suppressed laughter spread across the office.

Lily's face turned dark as she held her fists tightly.

'This isn't over yet, Susan Shelby and Chance Hamilton.'

After Julian left the office, he fished out his phone. Just when he was about to call Susan, he received a phone call from Mama Jean.

Mama Jean sounded nervous as she said, "Mister Julian, you have to come back right now. Madam Shaw has chased Miss Susan out of the house!"