Just when she entered, she saw a lady at the counter running towards her attentively with ambiguous look and pulling her to the counter.
“What’s the matter?” Esther looked at them surprisingly who seemed to be nice to her.
“Esther, that…” There were three women standing at the counter, the eldest woman among them, Brandy Tyson gritted her teeth and started to ask, “Is CEO strong?”
Esther blinked her eyes, and she was startled, her mind flashed back to the night. Her face was blushing but still she concealed her embarrassment quickly and then she asked them back, “Why do you all ask so?”
Brandy swallowed her saliva. “Please tell us, we are really curious about it. See, it is published on the newspaper. It said that you are his woman. How is his skill of sex?”
“The newspaper published this?” Esther was astounded, “Where is it?”
Soon, someone gave her the newspaper. There was a large part on a page with the picture that Elijah Perry placing his hand on her waist at the car park and that picture was titled as ‘The Woman of Elijah Perry’.
Esther’s head buzzed terribly. She was a little embarrassed. She looked at the newspaper and was stunned completely.
“Esther, you are already his woman. Just tell us, how is his skill of sex?”
Esther blushed and explained immediately, “It is just gossip, this is definitely a rumor. I don't know. Just go and ask him if you want to know. I am going upstairs now!”
The lobby in the morning was a bit noisy. Many people who rushed to work passed by. The sight projected from people around made Esther feel uncomfortable. The news had made her to be famous in the company.
She left in panic and there were a few people watching each other. “Is it really a scandal?”
At Perry Charity.
“Yeah! Esther, finally you reach here. Were you alright yesterday?” Lilah ran over and grabbed Esther’s hand as soon as she saw her. “I was wrong yesterday, it’s all my fault. I shouldn't do such a reckless thing! Ah, your forehead is injured!”
“Lilah, I'm alright and you're too. That’s great!” Esther wrinkled her cute little nose. Her eyebrows and eyes became more active due to that expression.
“You were really reckless yesterday. Hurry up, tell me how you jumped yesterday. I was really startled by your action!”
“This is a long story; I will tell you slowly later!” Esther was now worried about the scandal of her with Elijah. Did that mean that the whole company had known about it? Uh! No! It was the whole country had known it, right?
“By the way, the newspaper, do you read the newspaper? Did you really have something with the president?” Lilah also went gossiping.
“Uh! No, no!” Esther shook her head in a panic.
Lilah rolled her eyes and laughed like a thief. “What are you afraid of? I won't tell others. Is it the truth? Is he good in bed?”
“Lilah!” Why even Lilah asked this! “We are not in that kind of relationship that you are thinking we are! Really!”
“Oh! What do we think?” A man’s voice came suddenly.
Esther and Lilah turned at the same time. Both of them saw Ethel leaning against the door of the office, looking at Esther with a pair of peachy eyes, “Good morning, pretties!”
“Ethel, good morning!” Esther became serious immediately. She didn't forget the thing that Lilah told her which was to stay away from that man. Furthermore, she saw him taking off a woman’s clothes in the hotel last night. If she hadn't jumped down, the woman would have been scammed by him early. Thus, it could be seen that he was really that simply!
“Why are you coming to work? Don't you only come once a week?” Lilah looked at Ethel in surprise.
Ethel smiled treacherously. “I remember that Esther went back with CEO yesterday, right? There is such news published on today's newspapers. It is for sure that I can't miss this good show.”
“I think you just have nothing to do?” Lilah glanced at him. “You are coming at the right time. This fundraising is really too embarrassing. Esther and I were almost ruined. This is obviously not for charity but for sale. Please tell CEO, if Perry Group can't get the funds in the future he could just close the company, I won't bring Esther to raise money anymore!”
“No problem! I'm also looking for him now!” Ethel smiled and talked to the two of them, “What if we go to the top floor together and talk to CEO?”
“I'm not going!” Esther shook her head immediately.
Ethel and Lilah looked at her at the same time. “Don’t tell me that that’s really something between you and CEO?”
“I had already said no!” Esther denied. “Reporting on work is your business, I am just nothing and have not reached that level!”
Ethel smiled faintly with a playful look in his eyes.
“I haven’t reached that level too, just go by yourself!”
“Then you all just wait for the news. It was really thrilling yesterday. She was a super girl who was just like Superman!” Ethel blinked at Esther and turned to go upstairs.
*************
Wearing classic black shirt and black suit trousers and standing in front of the French windows, he looked particularly depressed and lonely. The news in the newspaper made his eyebrows wrinkled.
“CEO, Ethel is here!”
“Come in!” Elijah turned around and he saw Ethel walking in.
“Hey, Elijah, good morning!” Ethel entered his office and simply sat on the sofa.
Elijah Perry glanced at him quietly. “Say your thing!”
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...