Emma Johnson pushed the door open, then closed it with one hand. She bent over, resting her hand on her knee, gasping for air.
The room was silent.
She looked up and saw Christopher Martin standing opposite Liam Williams. Liam's gaze was calm and steady. Emma realized that since Christopher was here at this hour, Liam must already know about the Weibo post.
As expected, Liam spoke next.
"I'm already aware of it. I've just briefed Christopher."
Emma thought to herself that people who achieve great things truly were different. Someone had practically put a green hat on his head, yet the CEO looked perfectly composed. His tone when speaking to her was as ordinary as discussing whether it would rain in an hour.
"Now then, I want to understand what happened yesterday."
"What do you want to understand? What exactly?"
Emma asked Liam, confusion written all over her face. Her worry was obvious.
"You didn't mention there was someone hiding behind the trees and bushes yesterday."
Liam looked at Emma and stated clearly.
"Wasn't it a squirrel? Ah! You mean it wasn't just that? There was a person behind the tree."
Reminded by Liam, Emma finally understood. That would explain how there were photos of the three of them.
Liam nodded. Then he stopped looking at Emma and turned to give orders to Christopher.
"Go stabilize the shareholders first. Tell them this matter won't affect Pinnacle Corporation's stock price. Short-term fluctuations won't shake the whole company."
Emma's eyes widened when she heard Liam's words. Could a single piece of news cause such a huge fluctuation? Would it even affect Pinnacle Corporation's stock price?
After Christopher left, Emma looked at Liam uneasily.
"Liam, do you have any countermeasures?"
"Countermeasures? What countermeasures?"
Liam looked back at Emma, raising an eyebrow slightly. Though his expression was calm and relaxed, his deep eyes quietly studied her face.
"We should hold a press conference to clarify the truth. Otherwise, the misunderstanding will only grow worse."
Emma looked at Liam and spoke anxiously.
"A press conference? Do you think Elijah Clark will stand with me and tell them I was just bored and doing exercises when I fought with him?"
Liam gave a cold laugh, his eyes filled with sarcasm. Emma was choked by his words and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"I'll handle these matters. You don't need to worry about them. Make me a cup of coffee and bring it here."
With those words, Liam busied himself with his work. Emma saw that he didn't want to say anything more and sighed. Then she walked to the coffee machine to make him a cup.
But how could she not worry? Such a huge piece of news, even though it was only two photos and one headline, was enough to severely damage the reputations of her, Liam, and Elijah.
Especially since Liam was the president of Pinnacle Corporation. His affairs affected the entire company. Right now, others must be cursing her for being unfaithful and fickle. But Liam would be ridiculed by others.
The堂堂 president was wearing a green hat. That is to say, Liam knew the whole story. Otherwise, with his temper, how could he stay so calm?
No, it seemed she needed to go see Elijah. Persuade him to attend the press conference and clarify the truth. It was just a misunderstanding. Only then could the news media stop reporting.
Having made up her mind, at noon, Emma asked Liam for leave.
"Olivia was worried about me. She made an appointment with me at noon."
Although Emma had promised to learn how to make wonton noodles for Liam. However, after the danger and injury in Silverdale, and with today's sudden incident, she naturally put that matter on hold.
Liam didn't think much of it. He nodded and agreed.
Just to be safe, Emma specially sent a WeChat message to Olivia, asking her to have a good talk with her. If Liam inquired, she wouldn't reveal the truth.
"How lucky she is to be able to marry our president. She even dares to cheat in marriage. It's a pity that our president still takes her to work in the company. If I were him, I would have no face to see anyone."
When Emma left the company, she was passing the front desk when she heard two girls gossiping about her.
"No way. But who makes our president like her? If she didn't have that charming face, the president would have ignored her long ago."
"What's the use of being good-looking? Even if she can fascinate him for a while, she can't fascinate him for a lifetime. Wait until she's old and pale. She'll be rejected."
The two women were full of gossip. They didn't know that Emma was standing behind them.
"Oh really? I didn't expect you two to have the ability to prophesy. Why not become fortune tellers? Just being small front desk clerks in the company is really an injustice to both of you."
Emma's abrupt voice startled the two young receptionists. It was like slow motion in a movie. When they turned around and saw Emma, their hope turned to despair.
Despite their vicious discussion behind her back, Emma was still the president's wife of Pinnacle Corporation. She wasn't someone they could offend in person.
"Madam President, we were just gossiping about other people, not about you."
"Yes, we weren't talking about you."
The two girls were so scared that the cheerful expressions they had just worn disappeared long ago.
"Did I say you were talking about me?"
Emma asked them, which made their desire to deny it even more obvious. Emma wasn't interested in going around in circles with them anymore. She called the manager of the Human Resources department and asked him to come down.
The HR manager rushed to the downstairs lobby and saw Emma standing leisurely at the front desk. On the contrary, the two front desk ladies were so nervous they looked like they were about to cry.
"What's the matter, Madam?"
The manager didn't understand and asked.
"These two people are too inferior for our company. You'd better replace them."
This was the first time Emma had directly bypassed Liam to exercise the power of the president's wife. Although it was unreasonable, who dared to say no? In addition to the previous lessons, the manager guessed that the two women must have said something to offend his wife, which made her angry and want to fire them.
Before the front desk, although the wife hadn't said anything, the president knew about it and was equally unforgiving. So this time he hastily agreed. Without looking at the sad faces of the two front desk clerks, Emma finally left the company.