My Husband’s “Work Wife” Is Just a SISTER? Let Me Teach Her How Family Trees Work novel Chapter 8

Chapter 8

The first thing Lacey did after waking up in the hospital was call Marco.

She could not reach him, and after asking around with relatives, she learned the whole

story.

Her precious son, because of an intern, had not only ruined his reputation, he was now facing a lawsuit and possible jail time.

The old woman broke down. She rushed out of the hospital, got in a cab, and went straight to Marco’s company.

At that point, Marco and Jolene were both under internal investigation, separated into

two conference rooms.

Lacey stormed past the front desk like an enraged lioness and charged straight into the

room where Jolene was.

Right in front of the investigators, she rushed over and slapped Jolene across the face

several times, loud and hard.

“You little homewrecker! You jinx! You ruined my son! Give my son back!” She yanked

Jolene by the hair and hit her while screaming.

Jolene shrieked under the blows, all of her old helpless little act gone. All that was left

was panic and venom. “It wasn’t me! He wanted to help me himself! How is this my

fault?!”

“You old hag, let go of me!”

It took the investigators everything they had o pull the two of them apart. In the lobby,

every employee in the building had stretched their necks out to watch the show.

Marco, in the conference room next door, heard the commotion outside. And for the sake of self-preservation, he made the most predictable choice possible.

He rushed out, pointed at Jolene, and roared, It was her! She seduced me! I never intended to help her, but she kept saying she knew people at the competitor and could help me get their bidding floor price!”

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“She also said she’d stay under me after I made VP, and that’s why I got tricked!”

“All those project files, she kept hounding me for them. I was stupid for a moment,

that’s all! This is all her fault!”

Jolene stared at him in disbelief. Just the night before, he had been wrapped around her

like he could not breathe without her.

“Marco Aldrich, you scum! You were the one who wanted the promotion, and now you’re dumping everything on me?”

“You’re lying! You were the one who seduced me because you wanted a full-time offer!”

Right there in the lobby, in front of coworkers and senior management, they turned on each other like rabid dogs.

Biting and clawing, spilling every dirty detail into the open.

Senior management announced their decision on the spot.

Marco Aldrich and Jolene Gardner, for serious violations of company policy, leaking trade secrets, and causing major financial losses, were both terminated immediately.

At the same time, the company’s legal department would file suit against both of them and pursue full compensation for the damages.

The farce ended with both of them destroyed.

Marco lost everything. His house, his car, his savings, all of it was frozen or seized because of the company’s lawsuit.

He was left facing crushing debt he might spend the rest of his life paying off. One minute he was the golden boy, the next he was face-down in the mud.

He came to me, knelt outside my door, and begged for forgiveness.

I did not see him right away. A few days later, agreed to meet him at the coffee shop

where we had first met.

He looked haggard. The second he saw me, he dropped to his knees with a thud. “Lola, I

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was wrong. Please give me one more chance. Can we start over?”

People in the café all turned to look.

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