Drowning Him In Regret novel Chapter 21

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Vivian ran out crying, and everyone was staring at me, shocked.

I smiled at the onlookers, joking, “You guys don’t have a backer, yet you still dare to slack off here?”

I could tell they were all shocked, shocked that I, a pushover, had finally stood up for myself once.

But I really didn’t mean to make things difficult for Vivian. If she hadn’t come at me, I would’ve been fine with peace between us.

Apparently, she didn’t want to.

When I got back to the design department, everyone’s eyes on me had changed.

The company might look big, but there were just as many gossip groups.

Sure enough, as soon as I opened Whatsapp, I saw a bunch of people ranting about what just happened.

[What’s got into Ada? I think she’s been looking awfully, thin lately. Maybe something really is wrong with her?]

[Maybe she just couldn’t take it anymore? Being cheated on for three years, anyone would go crazy, right?]

[Vivian just ran crying to Mr. Carson’s office. I bet a hundred bucks Ada’s gonna get scolded!]

[I bet twenty Ada will be fine.]

There were actually people starting to bet in the group, but most thought Jude would definitely side with his little lover.

It seemed everyone had a pretty consistent view of him.

All these years, he seemed to be protecting me. But whenever I clashed with his lover, he would always criticize me first.

However, I didn’t get scolded this time. Everything seemed fine.

It wasn’t until close to the end of the workday that Ellen stood before me, clutching a stack of documents, her expression a mix of grievance and dejection.

“Ada, the secretary’s office said Mr. Carson is busy and won’t let me see him. These documents haven’t been signed yet,” she said.

“The supplier just called and said the money hadn’t arrived. They want to raise the price. What do we do?”

I took the documents from her, frowning. “Why so many copies?”

“Vivian said the format was wrong, the font was wrong, and kept making us revise. Finally, we finished revising, but she told us Mr. Carson couldn’t sign them. Now what?”

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Ellen was about to cry.

I totally got how she felt. If there was a loss in the company, there would be accountability.

The supplier raised prices now, and though the unit price increase might seem insignificant, it actually cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Without hesitation, I grabbed the documents and stormed straight into Jude’s office.

Vivian was sitting next to him, taking bites of a little cake.

“Mr. Carson, you are really busy and don’t even have time to sign documents?” I pushed the document right in front of Jude.

“You didn’t sign it, so the finance department hasn’t made the payment. The supplier is now raising prices. This isn’t our department’s responsibility, so please be clear when assigning blame,” I said coldly.

Vivian immediately stood up, looking at me with a tense expression. “Isn’t it time to leave work now? Can’t Mr. Carson just be unavailable? Does he have to keep working non–stop?”

“Whatever you say. Ellen and the others have been looking for you for hours. You guys figure it out.” After saying my piece, I was about to leave, cause I really didn’t want to watch them feed each other cake anymore.

I knew this started because of me, but I couldn’t let Ellen and the others take the

blame.

No one should take the blame.

Jude looked at me coldly, then glanced at the document, his brows furrowing slightly.

He was not stupid; he became the heir for a reason.

I knew he could see the issue; now it was about what he’d do.

But I overestimated him.

He sneered and pushed the documents back to me. “Problems in your department are your responsibility.”

“Sorry, I’m from design. And we keep records of everything–Ellen and others sent documents to Vivian with proof.

“I think we should just go through the internal investigation process. Let’s make it public in the board meeting. How about that?” I smiled at him and then glanced at Vivian, who was now ghastly pale.

She probably just wanted to make things difficult for me but didn’t expect such a disaster.

This supplier wasn’t originally our long–term partner; we only worked with them due to a temporary shortage of materials.

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They already offered a low price, and it was not their fault to raise prices since the Carson Group didn’t pay on time.

Jude looked at the document again, asking, “How much did they raise by?”

*0.5%, which means construction costs will go up by around 1%,” I replied.

Hearing this, Jude couldn’t sit still any longer; he sat up straight and stared intently at

1. me.

I wouldn’t lie to him about work stuff, so I just pulled out the budget document right. away from the bottom.