Oliver's Substitute Bride (Oliver and Jessica) novel Chapter 20

After Jessica began to dress up, her life in the office began to be a little peaceful.

As long as Catherine didn't take the initiative to offend her, everything could be fine.

She needed to put on a hard shell to protect herself. Recently, she felt she had a disruption in taste, and she went to the pantry more often. Occasionally, when she went in, she felt her colleagues looking at her strangely.

At first, she didn't know why but just thought that she was too sensitive and thinking too much.

Until one night, several departments worked overtime. She didn't want to go out to eat, so she sat alone in the corner of the pantry and ate bread. A few women from the planning department came in laughing and talking.

"I heard that there's a new woman in the secretarial department. There must be someone supporting her."

"I wonder who she has hooked up with? When she first came here, she just wore ordinary clothes. Now she's wearing the latest brand clothes."

"Who knows if it's real or fake?"

"Nowadays, as long as you have a beautiful face and know how to flirt with men, that's okay."

A group of women were busy gossiping and did not see Darcy and Catherine passing by the door of the pantry.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Catherine raised her voice and the sound in the pantry suddenly stopped.

They turned to see Darcy and asked in unison, "Hello, Darcy."

"Don't gossip behind others' back."

When the women left, they were still making eye contact with Catherine behind Darcy's back.

It was only then that Catherine realized that Jessica was also in the pantry. It seemed that she had heard what her friends had just said. But that was good. Gossip could drown people. She wondered how long Jessica could hold on.

Darcy saw Jessica sitting in the corner, went into the pantry, and walked to the coffee machine to make coffee.

Seeing this, Catherine quickly stepped forward. "Darcy, let me do it."

Darcy nodded and sat down at the table next to Jessica.

"Hello, Darcy." Jessica immediately sat up straight and greeted her.

"Miss White, why didn't you go out for dinner with your colleagues?"

"I'm too lazy to go out tonight."

Catherine came over with two cups of coffee.

"Can you get used to your work?" Darcy asked with concern.

Jessica remembered the first time she talked to Darcy, she was a little frightened by her serious tone. She didn't expect that Darcy would care about her in private.

"I'll try my best to keep up with you."

"Don't worry. Take your time."

Catherine, who was sitting by the side, had never heard of Darcy being so concerned about her subordinates. Catherine looked at Jessica in a new light. She was afraid that Jessica would soon outmatch her.

"Catherine, you've been in our office for a long time. Help Miss White more in the future."

Catherine looked at Darcy and said, "I will. Miss White and I know each other best."

Jessica showed a half-smile. "Thank you, Catherine."

She wouldn't believe that Catherine would help her. Every time Catherine was present, something bad would happen. Even the gossip in the pantry was probably a rumor spread by her.

It was a late shift today.

There was already a long queue of taxis in front of the Williams Group, waiting for the people working overtime in the building to come out.

Jessica was the last one to get off work in the office. By the time she came out, it was already difficult to get a taxi. She continued to walk to the road, trying to catch an available taxi.

Simon drove out of the Williams Group building in a black Bentley and turned into the road. He saw Jessica trying to get a taxi.

"Mr. Williams, madam is ahead."

Oliver knew that many departments were working overtime today. It was not safe for a woman to take a taxi in the middle of the night. After all, she was also his employee. "Tell her to get in the car."

Simon got out of the car. "Madam, Mr. Williams wants you to get in the car and go home together."

As he spoke, Simon opened the door on the left side of the back seat. Jessica no longer pretended to be polite and got into the car directly. "Thank you."

Oliver just gave her a cold look.

Simon had always been confused about the relationship between the two of them. If this was the attitude of the boss towards his subordinates, it didn't make sense because they were not in the company. If it was the care between a couple, it still didn't make sense because the conversation between the two of them was too distant.

Just now, when Oliver was in the car, he asked Simon about the company. Ever since Jessica got in the car, the atmosphere in the car became a little tense.

Jessica was so tired that she didn't care so much and fell asleep.

In a daze, she felt a warm hug. When she woke up, she found herself in bed.

'So it was Oliver that carried me to bed?" Since Jessica woke up, she has been thinking about this question.

Jessica went to Fox Mountain Residence again. She was in charge of the reception for tonight's opening ceremony of the art exhibition.

She found Sam, who was on duty that day and checked the monitoring room for safety at night. After chatting with Sam for a while, she asked about that day when she was in the storage room. "Sam, can you help me find the surveillance that day?"

"Miss White, I'm sorry to tell you that there was no record of that day. It might have been because of the strong wind that day. The wind blew something over and covered the camera. That night, Mr. Williams came to me to check the surveillance, only to find that the camera was abnormal. But it is working now."

"All right, thank you."

'Mr. Williams? Lambert? Could it be that Lambert didn't go back to the residence of the Williams Family that night and went straight back to Fox Mountain Residence?'

Many celebrities in Birmingham were invited to tonight's art exhibition because it was a great opportunity to talk about art in an art exhibition, but also because it could help build momentum for the trial operation of the hotel tomorrow.

Fox Mountain Residence was the first of the Williams Group's attempts to build niche and exclusive high-end hotels. In the future, they aimed to build a global hotel chain similar to Aman Resorts.

Oliver paid special attention to the opening ceremony. In the past, he would only come for a while then quickly leave the company's activities. Today, he was the host of this place and he would welcome all the guests.

The news of Oliver's legs recovering had already spread throughout Birmingham's upper-class society. When the socialites heard that Oliver would appear at the opening ceremony of the art exhibition tonight, they expressed their support and all came here. They knew that Oliver was forced to marry Tina's sister, but they had never seen him and his wife appear in public together. Naturally, they knew that their relationship was not good.

Tina heard from her friends that they would go to the Fox Mountain Residence to see the art exhibition in the evening. She thought it was a great opportunity to get close to Oliver.