"Stop it! You all don't even know what actually happened, yet you all are simply discussing it. Do you guys have nothing else to do?"
Lisa's voice sounded from the pantry.
"Lisa, are you still speaking for Carolie? Look at her. She had been missing for several months after coming here for the first time and this time she got in with her privilege, and now such a thing happened."
"Yes, I think that it's probably true."
Perhaps everyone wanted to believe that this matter was true.
"Whether it is true or not, does it have anything to do with you? President Holland could manage such a big company. How can he not understand his own wife? You're all better than him, aren't you?"
Lisa was reprimanding those colleagues.
When Coralie heard this, she was deeply grateful towards Lisa.
"Okay, okay. We won't talk about it anymore."
One colleague finished brewing her coffee and came out. She happened to see Coralie standing at the door and she was stunned for a while, but she immediately glared at her and left.
After that, several other colleagues also came out from the pantry.
They all saw Coralie and just looked at her angrily and left. Only one of them forced a smile at her.
Coralie was really troubled when she saw them being like this. She didn't know how to speak for herself.
"Come in, what are you doing standing out there?"
Lisa knew that Coralie was outside, and spoke.
"Lisa, thank you for speaking up for me just now."
Coralie held her cup with both hands like a child who had made a mistake.
Lisa helplessly shook her head when she saw her. "I just don't care about those things. Work is work. Private life is private life. It's fine as long as your work is not affected."
"Alright."
Coralie poured the coffee.
Lisa stood next to her, she then thought for a moment, and said, "Coralie, I don't think you are extremely beautiful, but you actually have quite a few admirers."
"I don't!"
Coralie hurriedly explained for herself. Besides, she didn't need those admirers!
"Alas, last time, there was Leonardo Watson, Skylar Holland, and this ex-husband of yours. Apart from your ex-husband, the other two men are quite decent."
Lisa had always been single. Although she was not interested in men, Coralie, who had been chased by a few big shots was still quite a rare thing for her.
"No, I've known Leonardo for quite some time, didn't I tell you about that? Let alone this ex-husband. I caught him in bed having an affair. After the divorce, seeing that I was with Skylar, he then got envious."
Perhaps it was the good impression she had for Lisa as she spoke up for her earlier, so Coralie told her about it unconsciously.
"It wasn't easy for you too." Lisa shook her head. "Marriage is the most important thing in a woman's whole life. You can restart your business. As for marriage, even if you get a divorce, you will still have to face critics for a lifetime. That's why I didn't dare to get married."
Coralie thought about it and realized that Howard wasn't like that in the past.
He had been very nice to her when they were in university. Otherwise, she wouldn't have married him.
"Coralie, the boss is looking for you."
While Coralie and Lisa were chatting in the pantry, a colleague ran over to pass on the message to her.
Hearing this, Coralie could not help but feel a little nervous. She had never seen this boss since she came to Togsom Accounting Firm. She had no rights as well to attend meetings with the boss.
"Go ahead, he won't eat you up." Lisa took the coffee cup from Coralie's hand. "I'll help you bring this back to the office. You should head over."
Coralie knew that she couldn't run away from it. She then nodded and headed towards Mr. Chaplin's office, feeling nervous.
"Knock knock."
"Come in."
Coralie knocked carefully on the door first. When she heard the voice from inside, only then did she dare to push the door open and enter.
Togsom Accounting Firm's boss was called Thomson Chaplin, and he was about 40 years old. Perhaps it was because he had worked in the women-dominated finance industry for quite some time, but he was also quite feminine.
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