The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me novel Chapter 269

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Ben's primary requirement to recruit a secretary was that the candidate must be a woman, and a beautiful, sexy, and young one.

By hiring a man as secretary, the HR manager had violated Ben's daily rules. Therefore, to be precautious, the HR manager took this opportunity to bring it up. If Ben insisted on hiring female secretaries only, he would have no choice but to call the unlucky male candidate and tell him the bad news after the meeting.

After listening to the HR manager's report, Joey couldn't help but ask curiously, "Since Mr. Hawk said that he wanted beautiful female secretaries, why did you let the male interviewer pass?"

The HR manager was a man in his forties. He was skinny, fair-skinned, and gentle. He calmly replied, "Because he used to be the chief secretary of the general manager of CL Group. His work experience and ability make him qualified for the job."

He didn't want the company to miss such a talent.

Hearing this, Joey couldn't help but glance at the HR manager. He was a good employee who sincerely valued the company. However, something crossed her mind all of a sudden. "He used to be the chief secretary of the general manager of CL Group." Was the HR Manager talking about Quentin?

What a small world! Joey couldn't help but sneer secretly.

Quentin didn't leave much of a good impression on Joey. Indeed, he had strong ability, but his integrity was questionable. Joey believed a man without decent integrity should not be entrusted with an important position.

Thinking of this, Joey was about to reject the proposal of the HR manager. However, Ben, who was sitting at the first seat on the left, said, "Since he's a talent, we should keep him. Our President Linderman just took office, and she happens to need a secretary. Assign the man to President Linderman."

By "President Linderman", he meant Joey Linderman, of course.

Although he addressed her as President Linderman, he practically chewed out those words, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

When they left Phoebus Company, Philip immediately pulled Joey and asked nervously, "Joey, what was Ben talking about when he mentioned the photos and videos just now? Does he have something on you?"

Joey found her chest tightened upon hearing his question. She forced a smile and said, "Don't ask, okay? There are some things I just don't want to talk about. It's not that I don't trust you. On the contrary, because I care about you, I don't want you to know. Actually, it's not a big deal. I'll take care of it very soon. By the time, I'll bury Ben and those things in the past together."

It was a past that she didn't want to recall.

Joey closed her eyes painfully. She remembered how Ben had raped her in that dark alley in Thailand four years ago. Although it had been four years, the memory was still fresh. She remembered his every movement and every pain she had suffered. Joey's breathing was disordered, and her chest was filled with hatred.

She did not want Philip to know about this. She was not worried that Philip would look down on her after knowing her past because she knew Philip wouldn't do that. But she was worried that Philip would be upset. If he knew what she had suffered, he would feel millions of times more painful than her.

She did not want to see him suffer for her. If possible, she hoped that Philip would be happy. A man like him deserved to be happy.