"Everything I said is true. Why don't you ask those who spread the rumor? Ask them where they heard it. You will know if I lied to you or not after you find out who spread the rumor."
Rachel managed to restrain her anger. After working for the company's sales for so long, she had learned to solve all problems calmly.
"Rachel, I know that you are good at arguing, but I just want you to tell me the truth. Do you really have a relationship with Mr. Zhang?"
Walter said while holding his tea cup. Then he added, "You have worked in our company for a long time. In fact, you have even made a lot of profits for our company. If you tell me everything honestly, I will defend you in front of our general manager."
When she heard him, Rachel felt disappointed. She realized that he just wanted her to admit that the rumor was true.
"Mr. Wang, I didn't really do it. Why would you ask me to admit a thing that I never did?"
"You..." Walter pointed at Rachel discontentedly and said, "I saw that someone drove you to the company this morning. That car is the same as Mr. Zhang's car. How would you explain that?"
"What?"
Rachel didn't expect that she would be asked to explain that. She immediately shook her head and replied, "It was just a coincidence. I just bought that car. I didn't know that Mr. Zhang also has the same car."
She felt strange. When Hiram drove her to the company with his Maybach before, no one noticed her, except Celine who always paid attention to her. But after the rumor spread, everyone kept an eye on her.
"Coincidence? There is no such thing as coincidence in this world. Besides, would you really buy a car that is worth so much money? You can't afford that car with your current salary, " Walter said while staring at Rachel.
As the sales department manager, he had to save money for two or three years to buy such car. While Rachel was just a sales team leader and just worked for three years. How could she afford such car?
'She was just wishing, ' he thought.
"It is easy to know if it's really true. We can find Mr. Zhang's car and check his plate number. That way, you will know if I really said the truth, "
Rachel suggested systematically. She knew that an evidence was better than a mere explanation.
"Okay. I have a friend who works at the X shopping mall. I will ask him to check Mr. Zhang's plate number." Then, Walter picked his phone and started to call someone.
"Mr. Wang, you can ask your friend about it first. If necessary, I can also ask someone to drive my car here to cooperate with your investigation work. I need to go now. I have some work to do first, " Rachel said as she saw him still trying to contact his friend.
Walter waved his hand and let her leave.
After she left the manager's office, Rachel went to the Team B's area. However, she was told that Sandy was on sick leave for two days and hadn't come to work.
So, Rachel came back to the Team A's office. When she saw Rachel come in, Celine stood up and asked, "Did Mr. Wang put you in an awkward situation? Does he believe you?"
Rachel sat back on her seat depressingly and shook her head. She found that after she was involved in the rumor, she couldn't give a convincing explanation any more. She felt very helpless.
"What? The manager doesn't believe you?" Celine was very angry and patted the documents. After a while, Celine seemed to come up with something, so she rushed to Rachel's desk and said in a low voice, "Rachel, you haven't told him about one thing yet.
You should tell him that you are married already. If he knows that you are Mr. Rong's wife, he will definitely believe that you didn't hook up with Mr. Zhang just to persuade him to accept your proposal. Then no one will believe that you did such desperate action."
Celine thought she should have thought of it earlier.
Hiram was a very powerful and wealthy man. As Hiram's wife, Rachel could do and buy anything she liked, making her impossible to do such thing.
Rachel glanced at Celine, took a folder and said, "If I tell other people about me being Hiram's wife, no company will ever employ me."
Though Hiram hid his identity from others very well, people definitely knew him. People knew that he was the owner of their family business even if they hadn't met him in person.
The Streams Company that belonged to the Rong Group was listed in the top fifty companies of the world. It was known well in H City. If people knew that she was Hiram's wife, no one would dare to hire her.
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