His Housewife Had Secret Identities novel Chapter 45

The conference room gradually filled as people trickled in, every seat soon occupied.

The attendees were all senior executives from FY's various departments, along with the whole team from the PO division.

Jonathan, technically a guest, had been assigned a seat in the front row by Peter. But when Jonathan spotted Marina already seated in the crowd, he immediately chose the seat next to her instead, prompting Genevieve and Melanie to start whispering and gossiping behind their hands.

Marina pretended she didn't care, but inside she was absolutely thrilled.

She couldn't wait for the entire company to know that Jonathan was her boyfriend.

Peter pulled the blinds shut, plunging the room into darkness, save for the soft glow of the projector.

Niamh stood at the front, facing a sea of faces. Even in the dim light, Jonathan and Marina, leaning together and whispering, stood out.

This meeting had been organized by Peter specifically for Niamh. Her ten new designs were being projected onscreen for the whole company's leadership to review and score.

At first, Jonathan had scoffed at the mention of Niamh's designs. He'd heard from Marina that none of Niamh's drafts had ever made it through the review process. In a company filled with high achievers, he thought, keeping someone like that around was just embarrassing.

But as the slides flicked by, one after another, Marina noticed Jonathan had stopped talking to her. His eyes were glued to the screen, so focused that he didn't even notice when she tugged his suit sleeve several times.

When the last design had been shown, Peter reopened the blinds, flooding the room with light once more.

"All right, let's move on to scoring. A score of ninety or above counts as a pass."

The moment Peter spoke, the designers from the PO department erupted in disbelief.

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