Chapter 55 -55
Kiera Olsen and Lewis Horton rode in a Bentley to Horton Group.
As they got out of the car, Lewis Horton suddenly asked, “Can Samuel Morgan make it on time?”
Kiera Olsen said, “He should.”
Lewis Horton pursed his lips and spoke again, “I actually have some information about Samuel here, I’ll tell you after today’s events are over.”
He planned to tell her about Samuel’s philandering ways.
After all, a short pain is better than a long one.
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Kiera Olsen gave him a surprised glance, “Okay.”
She got off the car and walked toward the elevator.
Just as she approached the elevator entrance, she heard some colleagues whispering in front:
“Have you heard? There was a case of stealing someone else’s project in the R&D department!”
“Who? So unscrupulous? That’s quite audacious!”
“It’s said to be a new intern, there must be some backing in the company for them to dare do such things.”
“What backing?”
Someone gestured upward, “I heard it’s related to that person, so they are arranged in Jalen Riley’s team…”
“That person is domineering and assertive, the executives have been on edge this month, he wouldn’t blatantly protect this intern, right? Isn’t he afraid of being accused of mixing public with private matters?”
“I heard, he was spoiled by old Mrs. Horton back home, was a little tyrant in Oceanion as a child, and after so many years, protecting an intern is nothing for him, right?”
“The company has its rules and regulations. If that person messes up like this, wouldn’t he be afraid of causing public outrage?”
“Young, doesn’t care about these…”
“Isn’t Jake Horton even younger as Vice President? But look at the people he’s arranged in the company, Dr. South, who is top in the new energy industry! Compare that to his intern, and you can see that Jake Horton is more reliable…”
“Definitely, like father like son, his father, Senior Mr. Horton, has always been strict with himself and lenient towards others. Speaking of which, our Senior Mr. Horton was down-to-earth, climbed up from the grassroots…”
“That position, how come it’s not Senior Mr. Horton’s, but was taken by that person?”
“…”
Kiera Olsen originally did not intend to pay attention to these people, as she was now in the midst of it and it was impossible not to be talked about behind her back.
However, she never expected that the group’s topic would suddenly shift to Lewis Horton.
She narrowed her eyes.
Having been mingling in society since middle school, she was no real newcomer to the workplace, so she immediately deduced that someone was behind this, intending to drag Lewis Horton down!
She looked towards the person who started the topic… indeed, she knew him.
This person was Arian O’neil, a developer from Team 2 and indeed one of Jake Horton’s lackeys.
Kiera Olsen recalled the information Samuel Morgan had helped her investigate…
The first branch of the Horton family wanted to snatch back the authority.
During her last visit to the Horton family, she could feel the direct confrontation between the first branch and Lewis Horton.
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Jake was trying to use this incident to create public opinion. Even if it couldn’t actually harm Lewis Horton, it could lessen his reputation in the company.
Kiera Olsen scoffed.
She took a step forward and spoke indifferently, “Talking about my gossip is one thing, but perhaps you should check for surveillance before discussing the boss’s gossip?”
At these words, the group immediately looked around in fright.
Seeing there were no surveillance cameras, they sighed in relief, then realized they had been played.
Everyone then turned towards Kiera Olsen, “Who are you?”
Keira Olsen hadn’t spoken yet when Arian O’neil began, “Let me introduce everyone, this is the new intern in our R&D team.”
Arian O’neil said with a smirk, “Miss Olsen truly is Mr. Horton’s connection. With such a serious issue as stealing schemes, and now that we have all the evidence, you still come to work and manage to keep a straight face…”
As soon as these words were out, everyone looked at her, each frowning.
All were office workers, and if one day, someone else stole the fruit of their hard labor, they would definitely be furious.
Yet Keira Olsen wasn’t the least bit intimidated by those looks and simply furrowed her brow, “Mr. Horton’s connection?”
Arian O’neil immediately responded, “You aren’t planning to deny it, are you? It was Mr. Morgan himself who personally escorted you to the R&D department, and our second group saw it all very clearly…”
He sighed and continued in a seemingly consoling tone, “But even if Mr. Horton backs you, you shouldn’t steal Dr. South’s scheme. Do you understand the significance of Dr. South to the company’s R&D department? It took a lot of connections and favors for Vice President Jake Horton to bring him in. He’s made remarkable contributions to the R&D department. If you scare him away, even Mr. Horton might not be able to handle the anger of everyone in the R&D department, could he?”
The surrounding people immediately nodded in agreement.
But Keira Olsen suddenly laughed, “You’re wrong, I’m just a connection of Mr. Horton. Mr. Horton always keeps a low profile. When he hired me for the company, he didn’t make a fuss about it…”
Jalen Riley was taken aback, “Where did I go wrong…”
Just then, the elevator arrived, and a crowd stepped in.
Nobody noticed that Lewis Horton, accompanied by Tom Davis, just happened to walk by and accidentally overheard this conversation.
Lewis Horton showed no change in expression, but Tom Davis’s face immediately darkened!
Someone indeed was manipulating the situation involving Keira Olsen to scheme against the boss!
Yet there was Keira Olsen, not knowing to avoid suspicions, dare to implicate the boss!
It was totally outrageous!
Unable to hold back his anger, Tom Davis blurted out, “Boss, did you hear that? Now everyone knows she’s your connection! What good does this do her! It’s truly foolish!”
Then he advised, “Boss, I think you really should not get involved in this matter anymore. Now that everyone knows about her relationship with you, if you still choose to protect her, in everyone’s eyes, you would truly become a ruler who does not distinguish between right and wrong, public and private!”
Lewis Horton narrowed his eyes.
The man’s stern face remained unchanged, his piercing eyes gazing forward, he said indifferently, “Only the weak are swayed by rumors.”
Leaving that remark behind, he adjusted his clothes and strode into the CEO’s exclusive elevator.
Tom Davis followed him inside, only to hear him decisively say, “Go to the Administrative Department.”
“…”
He knew the boss’s decision was unchangeable!
Reluctantly, he pressed the floor for the Administrative Department, and then sighed quietly.
No wonder everyone made comparisons.
The R&D department was the core of the company, watched by many.
Over the past month, two people had joined the R&D department.
One was Dr. South, a connection of Vice President Jake Horton.
The other was Keira Olsen, a connection of the boss.
Compared with each other, the difference was too great!
He took a deep breath!
If only Dr. South had been a connection of the boss, then in this battle, the boss would definitely win beautifully!!
“Ding”
The elevator arrived.
The lawsuit over the theft of the scheme officially began!