Married First, Loved Later : A Flash Marriage with My Ex's 'Uncle' novel Chapter 433

Chapter 433: War of Words

[Damn, she’s bold... she even took grapes from Mr. Reid’s office.]

[Come on, she’s Mrs. Reid. You ever heard of married couple fun? You people know nothing.] 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

[And weren’t there rumors Mrs. Reid wasn’t favored, that Miss Nelson was the real future mistress? Look at that announcement Mr. Reid just sent out—he’s clearly calling Riley out for breaking the rules!]

The story of Riley barging up to the sixtieth floor without permission—and getting kicked back down by Selina—had spread through the entire company.

Everyone was guessing: was Mrs. Reid the real winner here, or was the childhood sweetheart more cunning?

Before anyone could decide, Logan sent that announcement.

It was an unmistakable slap in Riley’s face.

...

Selina walked to her desk. She could feel everyone staring. She lifted her head slightly, and in an instant they all looked away.

The group chat was buzzing.

[Pretty sure this is the lady of the house making rounds. We can’t treat Miss Clark like just another employee.]

[Of course...]

That message wasn’t even finished when someone suddenly stood up.

Stone, the assistant, walked straight over, every pair of eyes in the office widening in horror.

Selina was still thinking about that mysterious investor from ten years ago.

Someone who could drop five billion just like that wasn’t an ordinary man—and probably wasn’t young, either. Who could it have been?

She didn’t get far before someone blocked her view.

Selina looked up and recognized the man in his forties.

This was the Stone assistant Jack had warned her about.

She’d already noticed him earlier. When she told Riley to leave, Stone was the only one who’d looked at her with open disdain.

Now he was standing in front of her, eyes filled with scorn and irritation.

Selina’s voice was calm.

"Can I help you?"

BANG!

He dropped a massive stack of documents onto her desk.

"Have these sorted and back to me before you leave today."

Selina lifted an eyebrow.

Everyone could see there was no way this much paperwork could be finished by day’s end.

The office fell completely silent.

"Before I leave?" Selina flipped through the stack without rushing. Her voice was flat.

"Is this urgent?"

Stone sneered.

"Of course it’s urgent."

Selina let out a thoughtful "oh" and plucked one document at random.

"Ten-year-old startup strategy plans for Reid Group. Completely outdated. Assistant Stone, are you making a summary report?"

She picked up another.

"A market survey from five years ago... I’m pretty sure Logan scrapped this himself. What are you doing? Overruling the CEO?"

Stone’s face darkened.

"I told you to print it, so print it. Stop asking questions!"

Selina let out a sharp laugh.

"You’re handing me garbage to print and I’m not even allowed to ask why? Are you deliberately making trouble for me, or just begging to get cursed out?"

The secretary team lead hurried over and whispered nervously.

"Miss Clark, Assistant Stone has been with Mr. Reid for ten years. Maybe just let it go..."

Stone let out a mocking laugh.

"Ha. Some people want to suck up so bad they don’t even care who they’re sucking up to."

The team lead’s face fell.

Selina couldn’t help but be curious.

Why did it feel like this whole department was under Stone’s thumb—even the team lead didn’t dare talk back?

Stone looked down at her, smug and unbothered.

"Yeah, I dumped a pile of garbage on you. So what? You think I’d trust you with anything important? I don’t know why Mr. Reid insisted on hiring you as his assistant, but it sure as hell wasn’t for your skills."

Selina suddenly smiled.

She let the stack fall onto the desk with a sharp smack and stood up slowly, her voice low and ice-cold.

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