CHAPTER 101: CHAPTER 101: YVETTE ASTON WAS NEVER A LITTLE LAMB

Company, employee break area.

Yvette Aston hugged her soy milk, sitting in the break area, nervously holding her phone.

It must be alright...

Holly Ziegler, you have to hold on.

In Yvette’s eyes, Holly is the kind of woman who can bloom even when thrown into the mud.

She is very strong.

While in prison, she said she lost a child because she didn’t know the man she was involved with had a wife, so she ended up pregnant with his child.

Once she found out, she confronted the man for money, threatening that if he didn’t pay up, she’d abort the child.

In truth, she had already gone through with the abortion.

Originally, it was just to get back at a scumbag, but unexpectedly, he and his wife got together and sent her to prison for extortion...

Ha, what a joke.

In prison, Holly said no man was good, and she’d never trust a man easily again.

After being released, she decided to use men as stepping stones, climbing upwards, step by step.

But who knows how she got tricked by a man again this time.

Watching her get beaten without daring to step out and protect her.

A man like that is even more disgusting than a conman.

"No food allowed here, disgusting, what’s that smell, so unpleasant."

An employee said cynically.

Yvette looked down at her soy milk, it was just a cup of soy milk, they all drank coffee here.

Is there such a big difference between coffee and soy milk?

"It’s probably the smell on her, too many men, and she reeks of sluttiness."

Yvette’s fingers holding the phone stiffened for a moment, turned out they were talking about her.

"Yvette, come over here." In the office area, the HR manager called out.

Yvette got up, finished her soy milk, threw it into the trash, and quickly went into the office.

"Yvette, the education we found only shows a high school diploma? Our Grant Group has strict requirements for education, yours is somewhat lacking," Lilith Larson said sternly. "I suggest you talk to Christopher Carter, resign voluntarily, it’ll save face for everyone."

Yvette didn’t speak.

"Or I can transfer you to another position, with your education, positions in the cafeteria cleaning or sanitation area are doable." Lilith was humiliating Yvette.

Yvette, however, didn’t feel anything particularly about these positions, as long as it was earning money, it was her own labor in exchange.

"I want to try the assessment in three days."

Yvette looked at Lilith without compromising.

The assessment was handled by Christopher Carter, after all, he’s Ethan Grant’s personal assistant.

Lilith frowned, thinking Yvette was impervious to reason. "You see the state of the company, everyone is at least from 985, 211, at worst, graduates from ordinary universities, special positions even have PhDs, are you sure you want to cause a public outrage just for this job?"

"I’m a student from Meridia A University’s Business Management program, ranking first in my major for three consecutive semesters. I am fluent in four languages, proficient in psychology, management psychology, marketing, and joint enterprise management... Before leaving school, I had already completed all my credits in advance, the school just didn’t retain my student status, but I don’t think I’m inferior to those you’ve mentioned."

Yvette quietly looked at Lilith and spoke again. "You are the HR manager, the position of personal assistant is predetermined priority by the CEO. You understand this, yet you still push me to the opposing side, which is unwise."

The HR manager position could face major troubles in the future if not aligned with Ethan Grant.

Lilith is an old employee, making her hard to deal with, and if she’s not careful, Yvette could easily face backlash, becoming a bigger hidden threat.

The only way is to win her over, grab her weakness.

Of course, now is not the time.

What Yvette needs to do now is just remind Lilith to be wary of being used as a pawn.

Lilith looked at Yvette intently, squinted slightly, deep in thought.

After a long silence, Lilith smiled and spoke. "Since you think you’re capable of handling this post, I’m looking forward to your performance."

If Christopher Carter dares to appoint a life assistant, it must be Ethan Grant’s instructions.

Melody Crowe is so resistant, doing whatever she can to drive Yvette out...

If Lilith does that, she’d be openly opposing Ethan Grant.

Currently, the situation at Grant Group is still unclear, Lilith naturally has to consider her options carefully.

"I won’t disappoint you." Yvette bowed and walked out of the office.

Lilith watched Yvette leave with interest, it seemed that Melody Crowe’s apprehensions about her were not completely unfounded.

Appearing harmless, soft, and easy to bully, but unexpectedly quite assertive.

...

Work area.

Yvette carefully reviewed Ethan Grant’s past work schedule, noting down some details the former life assistants had missed in her notebook.

"Here." Christopher entered, Yvette didn’t even hear him knock.

Seeing a box of sandwiches added to the table, Yvette quickly raised her head. "Assistant Carter..."

"Didn’t have lunch, did you? Mr. Grant asked me to bring it to you." Christopher looked around, ensuring no one was nearby, then spoke quietly. "Don’t hold out for less than three days and disgrace me at that time."

"I won’t." Yvette shook her head.

"The people in the work group are all talking about you, you’re causing a public outrage, some want you out, can you handle it? If not, speak up in advance." Christopher thought Yvette wasn’t the type who could handle things.

Looking at her soft and weak appearance, as if a strong breeze could knock her over.

"Mr. Grant is going to Coronet City, he’ll be back the day after tomorrow. He’s at the underground parking lot, asks you to go there." Christopher tapped the desk. "Come with me."

Yvette paused for a moment, Ethan Grant is on a business trip?

Quickly standing up, Yvette packed her things, carrying them without leaving her side, and followed Christopher.

On the way, some employees whispered, but due to Christopher’s presence, they dared not speak openly.

Christopher was clearly intentionally taking Yvette on this route, to warn these people, Yvette was under his protection, they shouldn’t go too far.

This was also Ethan Grant’s intention.

Christopher was actually a bit unhappy, they agreed to gamble, Ethan Grant promised not to intervene, letting Yvette handle things on her own, but here he was secretly helping Yvette.

Getting into the elevator with indignation, Christopher glanced at Yvette, what’s special about this woman? Why is Mr. Grant treating her differently?

At the underground parking lot, Yvette cautiously got into Ethan Grant’s car. "Mr. Grant going on a business trip?"

"Yes, the babysitter will stay overnight, you don’t have to be afraid," Ethan Grant nodded.

"I..." Yvette hesitated, not mentioning she planned to go to Montville.

After work, she wanted to visit Montville to see Holly Ziegler, then find a way to rush back overnight.

It wouldn’t delay work the next day.

But considering she and Ethan Grant were just in a cooperative relationship, Yvette didn’t say more, fearing she’d cause him trouble.

"First day, have you adapted?" Ethan Grant asked proactively.

Yvette saw Christopher didn’t get in the car, then whispered, "Does Mr. Grant know the HR manager is Melody Crowe’s person?"

Ethan Grant raised an eyebrow, not answering.

He certainly knew.

Not only did he know, but he also knew Lilith Larsen was very tricky, hard to handle, after all, she’d been in the company over twenty years, with Arthur Grant for over ten.

"Mr. Grant thinking of winning her over?" Yvette wanted to know Ethan Grant’s intentions. "Or directly eliminating..."

Ethan Grant raised the corner of his mouth. "After all, she’s an old employee of the company, directly eliminating her would be a loss for the company."

Ensuring the company’s interests, naturally one should seek to win over.

"I can... do it." Yvette looked at Ethan Grant with determined eyes.

Clearly, she already had an idea.

Ethan Grant was taken aback for a moment, looking at Yvette with increasingly profound eyes.

If it were someone else, Ethan Grant would think they were bluffing.

But when Yvette said this, he found it credible.

"How do you plan to do it?" Ethan Grant asked with a smile.

"What happens when Mr. Grant eats peanuts?" Yvette looked at Ethan Grant with nervousness.

"I’ll have respiratory allergies, difficulty breathing, seriously, it’ll cause shock."

Unexpectedly, Ethan Grant unhesitatingly revealed his weakness to Yvette.

Yvette opened her mouth, speaking quietly, "Need Mr. Grant to sacrifice a bit..."

Ethan Grant chuckled. "Alright, wait until I come back from my trip."

He himself didn’t realize that his tone carried a hint of indulgence...