It was very late at night when Monique succeeded in coaxing Angel to sleep. Monique tried to get up but her hand was tightly grasped by Angel. A slight movement and Angel would wake up. Monique quietly freed her hand and patted Angel on the back."Angel, I would always love to keep you company but for the sake of providing you a better future, I've got to work harder." Monique said faintly as she patted Angel's back.Angel continued sleeping soundly, as though she understood what Monique said. Later, Monique cautiously stepped out of the room.It was perhaps because Angel was still new to the kindergarten and Monique was late to pick her up. Which was why Angel felt like she was being left out. Monique sighed as she exited the room.Monique stepped into the chairman's study room and it was her first time being there. Henry's study room was very tidy and neat. It was equipped with a huge shelf full of books, giving off a faintish aroma of literature. On the other corner of the r
Monique nodded her head vigorously, "Understood, Mrs. Lawson, you better get some rest too."Mrs. Lawson felt that Monique would be distracted by her presence. She nodded her head while staring at Monique with a gentle expression and said , "Then please go to bed once you finish your meal." Mrs. Lawson reminded Monique once again.It sounded like she was nagging, but to Monique, it was more of a blessing.After Mrs. Lawson made her leave, Monique obediently brought her food to the front of her computer and started eating. The temperature of the food was just nice. It was neither too hot nor too cold, but Monique's eyes reddened as she ate.After she was done eating, she could not help but look at the information on the monitor once again. Her proposal was almost half completed and it should be done by the next day.Jacob mentioned that the proposal was not needed in a hurry, which was why Monique decided to do it the next day.Monique placed her bowl aside and started beaming thr
"Really?" Tears stopped flowing down Monique's face as her long eyelashes blinked.Mrs. Lawson nodded. "Go get some rest, you still have to work tomorrow. It’ll be bad if your work is affected tomorrow."This time, Monique heeded Mrs. Lawson’s advice and went to bed.Monique rolled on her bed, as she felt uneasy. She kept thinking if Henry would let this matter slide. Finally, later into the night, Monique managed to fall asleep.The next day, Mrs. Lawson woke Monique up for work."Monique, Monique, get up, it's almost time to go to work." Mrs. Lawson alarmed.Mrs. Lawson planned to wake Monique up earlier. However, knowing that she went to bed quite late last night, she thought it would be better to let Monique sleep a little longer. While she was feeding Angel her breakfast, she did not notice the time passing by and it was already very late for Monique.Monique gradually opened her eyes and woke up from her sleep. She was immediately alert when Mrs. Lawson mentioned that it w
Assistant Manager Walt came over and stopped beside Monique.Monique's head remained lowered. She desperately hoped that he would turn around and leave."Mrs. Xander." Jacob greeted her politely.Monique greeted him embarrassedly as she raised her head, "Good morning, Assistant Manager Walt!""I see that you were early to work today, Mrs. Xander. I'm on my way to the break room, is there anything you would like to drink? I can get it for you." Jacob let out a smile.Amelia's jaw dropped as she turned her head around. 'Monique was late to work on her second day. This just shows that she has no sense of punctuality. Shouldn't Monique be let go? Or at least be given a warning or lecture?.'Nonetheless, Assistant Manager Walt did not sound mad at all and he had a gentle facial expression.Assistant Manager Walt never treated any of the workers that well.Monique felt awkward as she let out a charming smile and said, "It's alright, Assistant Manager Walt. I brought my own water bott
Amelia frowned, as she was unwilling to do so. In the end, she forced out a smile out of the respect she had for Assistant Manager Walt. "Alright, sure thing."Assistant Manager Walt faintly nodded, “Meet me in my office after getting Monique her water."Amelia and Assistant Manager Walt then faded from her view. Monique turned back to face the computer that she just rebooted to continue with her workThe clicking sound of Amelia's 10-centimeter tall high-heels were heard, as she made her way to the water dispenser in the break room. She grasped tightly onto Monique’s pink bottle. The force was so hard that she nearly broke the bottle.The area where the water dispenser was located was an ideal spot where the usual gossiping took place in the morning. There were already a few colleagues lingering around that area. Hannah from the public relations department was there too. She was there because she had business to settle with the planning department. Amelia saw Hannah and Jackson di
"Yeah, she just joined yesterday. The worst part is that there is a big festival that is coming up in half a month. I assigned her to write a press release on it and she just photostated last year's press release. She did not even bother to change the details of the event" Hannah flipped a blind eye.After hearing what Hannah said, the rage within Amelia slowly faded away. She teased, "I never expected that there’ll be someone even more absurd than our newcomer. Ours also joined us yesterday. She doesn't seem to know how to operate a computer or even surf the net. I noticed that her typing speed was absolutely slow, she types letter by letter and needs to look at the keyboard while typing. I'm curious about her identity. How was she able to get herself a job at Marriott International with her knowledge?”."The newcomer in your department is just having a technical problem but her attitude seems fine to me. As long as she's willing to learn, I'm sure she’ll overcome it in no time. Unl
"What should I do?" After walking quite a distance away, Hannah's wailing was heard coming from the break room.Amelia smirked. After discussing with Hannah and Jackson, Amelia thought that perhaps Monique was not as bad as she thought.Amelia placed the bottle filled with water on Monique's table. Although she was discontent, she dared not go against Monique, thinking that there had to be someone strong backing her up. She smiled, with an attitude much better than before. "Monique, I refilled your water for you. I'll place it right here."Amelia placed the bottle right next to the computer.Monique lifted her head. "Thank you so much." Then, continued typing out her proposal.As Monique was typing, she wrote down all the important points in a notebook--in case something happened to the computer again and she lost all of her data once again.Amelia did not back away immediately. Instead, she asked, "How's the proposal coming along?"Embarrassed, Monique looked up and shyly smile
Amelia’s expression was terrible. She went back to her desk, sat down, swigged some water, and slowly calmed herself.Taking a deep breath, she bounced up and paced to Monique, putting on an elegant smile on her face. "Monique, how's your proposal going? Is there anything that you don't understand?"Monique looked as though she saw the Messiah to see Amelia coming up to her. Amelia told Monique to express all her queries. Monique had been searching high and low for information, but there were still some technical queries she could not comprehend. "I did not get much out today. I got some done at home, but I blew up the computer and all the data’s gone. I'm going to retype everything. I don’t think it’ll take as long as yesterday. I think I can hand in my work if I just get these few points clear."Monique briefly explained what had happened to Amelia.Amelia smiled, nodding. "I was busy yesterday and neglected you. I have some spare time this morning, so let me see what I can do to