Bye, My Ex-husband

Chapter 25: What A Coincidence

On the day Janessa started work at the Lu Group, the receptionist greeted her respectfully when she arrived.

"Miss Qiu, what can I do for you?"

"Where is the personnel department?"

This morning, Janessa had received an email from Corbin, informing her to head directly to the personnel department.

According to the email, someone would assign a position for her there.

In such a large building like the Lu Group headquarters, she had no idea where the personnel department was.

"Let me lead you there," the receptionist volunteered, leaving the items in her arms to another colleague and ushering Janessa toward the elevators.

Looking at this woman, Janessa remembered how she treated her when she did not know her and could only sigh at people's snobbery. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

"The human resources department is on the twentieth floor, and the department manager is a man named Hayes Chen.He has a strange temper, that guy.Why are you going to see him?"

The receptionist was being chatty, but seeing Janessa's lack of response, she shut her mouth wisely.

When they arrived at the door of the personnel department, the receptionist stopped and pointed inside.

"The innermost office belongs to the HR Manager, Hayes Chen.You can head right in and find him."

"Thank you."

As Janessa approached the HR manager's office, the door swung open, and a crying woman who had a fist pressed to her mouth ran out of the room.

Was Hayes Chen really that cruel? Did he scold a young employee so harshly that she ran out crying? Janessa shrugged and cheered herself up as she knocked on the door.

"Excuse me, are you Mr.Chen? Corbin asked me to come to you."

After Janessa finished her words, no one spoke for a long time.

If she didn't know that there was someone in the room, she would have thought that the office was empty.

Janessa looked up at the person behind the desk.

He was too busy playing games on his mobile phone that he had no time to entertain her.

Playing games during working hours? Yet he was still the HR Manager? Janessa walked to the desk and knocked on the manager's desk.

"Mr.Chen, are you busy?"

Hayes Chen's eyelids flashed up, and he took a long, hard look at Janessa.

With a disdainful sneer, he commented, "For a woman who traded something to get ahead, you seem awfully proud.There is a form on the table.Read it and fill it out."

Traded something to get a job? Corbin must have told Hayes Chen to assign her to a position.

He had a low opinion of her because he knew that she didn't get in through normal channels.

However, her circumstances may have been forced her to work in the Lu Group, and she would prove that she was far from being a useless vase.

His random comment was misplaced when he was not wholly aware of the facts.

Sure enough, an arbitrary boss would have arbitrary employees.

Janessa filled in the information, picked up the office supplies allocated for her, and prepared to leave the HR manager's office.

As expected, Rayan assigned to her to the lowest paid job apart from that of the interns.

He really meant for her to start from the bottom, did he?

It was no big deal.As long as she could enter the Lu Group, nothing else mattered.

"Manager, I am assigned to which department?"

Hayes Chen didn't even look up as he continued playing.

He pressed a number on the internal line and said, "Marry, come in."

Marry Ma seemed to be a smart and capable girl.

Her simple hairstyle and makeup made her look energetic.

"Take her to the Planning Department and find a department leader to teach her."

Marry then led her to the Planning Department, but all of the team members were busy with their own work.

They were so serious that they didn't even notice the arrival of a newcomer.

Their dedication to work blew Janessa's mind.

"Linda, this is a new colleague of your department.Her name is Janessa Qiu.Please tell her what she should do."

After seeing Marry off, Linda looked Janessa up and down with great interest.

The name was a little familiar, but she didn't know where she had heard it from.

"Your name is Janessa Qiu?"

"Yes, that is correct."

"You don't look like an ordinary person.Why did you join our company?"

"You're mistaken. I'm no one special. Where should I sit?"

There were several vacant seats on the floor of the department, and Janessa didn't know which one was hers.

"From now on, you can take that seat.Sally, she will join your group beginning today.Okay, let's start working!"

Linda gave her instructions and went back to work.

Everyone in this department was very busy, and almost no one spoke.

They were all in a hurry to finish the plans that they were working on.

Sally Yu took a stack of folders from her desk and dumped them on Janessa's desk.

"I need an organized E- copy of these files before I get off work today."

It seemed like she had to deal with two people's workloads on her own.

This Sally was bullying the newcomer! Gritting her teeth, Janessa reined in her temper.

She opened one of the folders and began to work, The task only involved organizing a few file folders, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

Janessa was a new employee.

Many people passed by her, but nobody dared to help her blatantly.

Janessa didn't finish her work until eleven o'clock in the evening.

She sorted out the documents and stored them in separate files in her computer according to category.

Even though she was exhausted, she did not get off work until she had annotated the documents in detail.

Her eyes looking at the floor, Janessa waited for the elevator to come.

When the doors slid open, she felt torn whether she would step in or not.

With Rayan’s hand resting on her back, Gracie looked like an elegant young woman—the CEO's perfect lover.

As soon as her eyes landed on Janessa, her smile froze on her face.

On the other hand, Rayan's expression did not change.

It was as if he did not see Janessa at all.

"Mrs.Lu...Ah, no, I meant Miss Qiu, let's go together.You are the only woman left on your floor.You must be scared!"

Gracie called Janessa ‘Mrs.Lu,’ and then her hand flew up to cover her mouth at her mistake as she looked up at Rayan apprehensively.

Rayan pulled Gracie into his arms, and his voice was cooler than the elevator's interiors.

"Just get in.Don't waste time."

Of all people, Gracie knew perfectly well that their divorce was final.

How could she make such a stupid mistake and address Janessa in such a manner in front of the two of them? Besides, wasn't this the scene she wanted to see the most? "It's okay.I'll wait for another one,"

Janessa refused, unwilling to stay within close quarter with the two.

"Miss Qiu, don't be silly.The security guards downstairs know that Rayan always works until midnight.Once they see him, they will lock the doors."

To other people, it might appear that Gracie was reminding her out of concern.

However, Janessa knew better Gracie was showing off that she was the one who stayed with Rayan at nights like this.

She was emphasizing that she, Gracie, spent more time with Rayan than Janessa ever did.

It was one reason why their divorce should be finalized.

The elevator was about to close, so Janessa slipped inside at the last moment.

She stood in a corner, trying make herself as small as possible.

There were only a dozen floors to go, but Janessa felt like each second passed as slowly as a year.

When she saw this couple, Janessa could only think of her failed marriage and her position being usurped by this mistress.

Finally, the elevator stopped on the first floor.

Janessa walked out first.

She took a deep breath of the outside air, which was much fresher than that in the elevator.

She left the company building as fast as she could.

Angry and flustered, she took a taxi back home.