Chapter 234

I nodded lightly and opened my computer to prepare for work.

“Hey, Melany, did you finish yesterday’s sales report? Mr. Humphrey is pushing for it.”

“Is it time to send it in now, after it’s been done?”

“Yes, hurry up, Mr. Humphrey is pushing.”

Melany stood up slowly, holding the report. I thought she was going to send me to the president’s office, but she suddenly approached me. I furrowed my brows and looked at her. “What’s wrong?”

“Take this report and deliver it to Mr. Humphrey,” Melany casually tossed the report onto my desk.

My face darkened. “You can go yourself; I have other things to attend to.”

“Oh really?” Melany’s anger flared. “You, a janitor, dare to act high and mighty? I asked you to deliver a report, and you’re making excuses. Are you trying to get paid without working?”

“Yeah, bring me the information. I’ll make this form myself.” The secretary who’d previously asked me to make a form snatched the documents back and commanded, “You, deliver the report to Melany first!”

“Yeah, you, a handyman, shouldn’t just do whatever we tell you to do, right?”

I sneered inwardly. Everyone knew Reynaldo was in a foul mood, like an angry lion, and no one dared approach him. Why should I take that risk?

I pushed the report to Melany and said coldly, “You can deliver it yourself!”

“Oh my!” Melany exclaimed, her eyes wide with anger. “Are you going to give it or not?”

“No way!” I said expressionlessly.

At that moment, the secretary near the president’s office urged, “Hey, what are you guys doing? Mr. Humphrey is urging for the report; send it in quickly, why are you dawdling?”

Melany was extremely anxious, pulling on my shoulder. “If you don’t get me in there, don’t expect to have a good time in this office ever again!”

I laughed angrily. Are they trying to bully me?

I pushed away her hand and sneered, “Since you’re so afraid of Mr. Humphrey, why don’t you ask Kimberly to deliver it? She’s his favorite.”

“Are you not afraid that Mr. Humphrey will see me and be even angrier if I deliver it?”

“What if Kimberly were in the company, what would you say?!”

“Yeah, don’t you know? Mr. Humphrey gave Kimberly a privilege. She can come to the company whenever she wants. She usually arrives more than two hours later than us.”

I listened quietly; a touch of self-mockery flashed through my heart. It seemed Reynaldo truly favored Kimberly. Thinking back to the humiliation he subjected me to last night, bitterness flooded me again. I was so annoyed; I wanted to escape to a world without Reynaldo.

“Hey, are you going to take me in or not?” Melany shook my shoulder again.

She softened her approach. “Esmeralda, why don’t you help me? You are Mr. Humphrey’s ex-wife, and he personally gave you this job. But I’m different, you know.”

I’d worked hard to get into the company. I’m a divorced mother with two children; I couldn’t afford to lose this job. Mr. Humphrey was clearly in a bad mood. If I bumped into him and lost my job, how would I support my children?

She was crying and sniffling, as if issuing a death sentence. However, her mention of being a divorced mother with two children made me contemplate my future. In the future, I too will live alone with two children. Will I face similar problems? I hope someone will help me too.

“Melany, why did you have to ask her? Who else could you have asked?”

“Who is she? The once arrogant young lady who looked down on everyone. If you tell her these things, it’s hard to imagine her being empathetic!”

“Yeah, she was probably secretly mocking you in her heart.”

A few colleagues gossiped nearby.

I picked up the report and stood up, saying to Melany lightly, “Okay, I’ll help you take it in.”