Too Much to Bear, My Love novel Chapter 723

Chapter 723 Critically Ill

Meanwhile, Oscar did not care about how Isabella felt. He refocused his attention on the documents. Despite being initially calm, he blew up in an explosive rage while flipping through the pages. “Linda, get the director of our Sales Department in here!”

After receiving that order, Linda hurriedly phoned one of the assistants in the Sales Department. She instructed the latter to get Jerry over at once.

In no time, Jerry arrived outside the office and knocked for permission to enter. She nervously asked, “You wanted to see me, Mr. Clinton?”

Oscar tossed the document over to her feet before thundering, “You’ve worked in this company for many years, Jerry. One can even say you’ve worked here the longest. So, tell me this. Why does the project I entrusted you to come up with an investment budget for require so much money?”

Startled by those words, Jerry instantly picked up the document and noticed an extra zero in the total budget. The original budget of only five hundred million became five billion, which was ten times more. If they were to proceed with that budget, the company would undoubtedly suffer massive losses.

All color drained from Jerry’s face. Never had she expected to commit such a grave mistake. In fact, it was her worst error since joining the company.

“I’m so sorry, Mr. Clinton, I didn’t realize there was another zero. I swear there was no mistake when I checked the documents before printing them. I have no idea how this happened,” she explained.

“Jerry, I have always thought that you would never make excuses for your mistakes, especially after working here for so many years. Yet, you’re now surprising me with such a weak excuse. I can’t believe someone of your capability can make such a basic mistake. Take it away and revise it at once. Don’t let me catch you doing this again; otherwise, I’ll consider revoking your position as director.” With that, Oscar waved her off dismissively.

Jerry nodded. “I’ll be off then, Mr. Clinton.”

Oscar no longer bothered to look at her.

Following that, Jerry exited the office and walked toward the elevator. There, the elevator doors opened to reveal a smiling Amelia, who said, “Jerry, what a coincidence.”

Despite feeling aggrieved, Jerry forced a smile. “Hey, Mrs. Clinton. Are you here to see Mr. Clinton?”

Amelia instantly sensed something was wrong with the former and asked, “Did Oscar tell you off about something?”

“I made a mistake during work, so it’s only normal for Mr. Clinton to tell me off.” Jerry did not want to dwell on the matter, so she turned aside and added, “Go on in, Mrs. Clinton. I’ll head back to work now. We can chat later on when we’re free.”

Just then, Amelia grabbed Jerry’s hand and said, “I’ll go and look for you in a bit. Let’s go have some coffee.”

“Sure.”

Once Jerry entered the elevator, Amelia headed into the office with a half smile.

She questioned with an ambiguous tone, “Oscar, did you snap at Jerry?”

Oscar put down his pen, waved her over, and spoke. “Come here.”

In response, Amelia approached to sit on his lap. “Jerry has worked in this company for many years, and she’s a senior employee. Moreover, no one is perfect. You shouldn’t hold her to such a high standard or you might scare her off. If that happens, no one would dare to work for you after that.”

Oscar pursed his lips, feigning anger as he replied, “Did she complain to you?”

“Nope. Jerry is not someone who would do that. I merely saw her at the elevator earlier. Her grim expression gave me an idea about what happened. Oh well, I’ll have to go and comfort your employee later on; if not, she might sell you out to your competitors. We wouldn’t want that, would we?” While joking, Amelia pinched his cheeks.

“There’s no need for that. Jerry is a smart woman. She knows she’ll have a bigger chance of taking revenge on me if she stays here. Besides, she can never achieve what she has now, having a salary worth millions at the mere age of thirty if she joins another company,” said an utterly confident Oscar.

“You seem pretty sure of yourself.”

“One should have such a level of confidence when managing a big company. Otherwise, it’ll be hard to have authority over others.”

Airy laughter came from Amelia upon hearing those words.

She then planted feather-like kisses on Oscar’s lips before saying, “Can I at least know what Jerry did wrong? Was it really worth you snapping at her?”

To that, Oscar compliantly relayed a summary of what happened.

Amelia’s brows drew close as she spoke. “Based on Jerry’s usual attentiveness, she would never make such a careless error. Could there be a misunderstanding? It doesn’t make sense for a director to mistakenly write five hundred million as five billion. After all, she could get imprisoned if things were to go wrong.”

“No matter what, the undeniable truth is that she made a mistake. There’s no excuse for her actions,” Oscar icily declared.