Even though Melissa and the rest had heard Nathan's beckoning, they did not stop, and instead, they sped up their pace as they tried to leave.
With a frown, Anne quickly moved up and blocked their path.
"President Chapman called you, didn't you hear?"
Melissa looked up at Anne, the sweat on her forehead threatening to drip.
"Oh, is it? I didn't hear him."
Left with no choice, Melissa tensed her jaw and returned to the room.
Nathan frowned quickly as he saw Melissa’s return.
"Are you the presidents in this company?"
Melissa looked up at Nathan before shaking her head frantically. "Of course not! President Chapman, please don't say that; we can't bear the responsibility of being a president!"
Nathan swept a glance at Melissa. "I don't like your work attitude. Even if we didn't have the promise we just did in place, I think it's time you leave the company."
Taken by surprise, Melissa shook her head hysterically. "No! President Chapman, please don't fire us! We're wrong, we'll adjust our attitude!"
"Please give us one more chance, President Chapman!"
Nathan scoffed, demonstrating his clarity on the matter. "There's nothing you can say that will change my mind. We've made a deal. If it was as you said, I would’ve fired Rachel; if you were framing her — which you were — you will be fired instead!"
Melissa pressed her lips together. "President Chapman, do you really want to fire so many of us just to protect one woman?"
At that point, her clique started to get frustrated as well.
"That's right, President Chapman, we're veterans in the Chapman Group!"
"Rachel has only been here for a few days. Isn't it a little too overprotective to go to this length?"
"Yeah! Even though her account doesn't have that much money, it doesn't mean that the crime is not associated with her, right?"
"That’s right! You're not only firing one staff member! President Chapman, what would other people say if they knew you fired so many people just so you could protect her?"
...
Nathan stared straight-faced at the gaggle of women. "I don't care what other people might say, but since we made a deal, it must be carried out. Besides, you were not doing office work on the clock, and you were carrying out malicious pranks directed at your coworkers instead."
"Tell me, does any company need this kind of worker?"
After hearing Nathan’s words, Melissa decided to remain silent.
The women turned around and looked at Rachel since it was them targeting Rachel that had triggered the entire cascades of events.
If Rachel could say nice things about them, the president would not be so eager to fire them, perhaps?
Having that thought in mind, they surrounded Rachel intimately where they even tried to hold her hands.
"Rachel, we're wrong, please don't be angry at us."
"Yeah, we all think you're very capable and very talented."
"Rachel, please don't be calculative with us. We're just worried about the money. After all, we've saved up for years."
"Actually, the amount of money is not important right now. The most important thing is we believe you!"
...
Seeing her lackeys' immediate change in attitude, Melissa clenched her jaw. 'How dare they turn against me!"
Anne looked at Melissa and the others. "Please pack your stuff and leave."
Yet they did not move and remained to kneel in the same spot.
"It's no use continuing to kneel. Once he has made up his mind, he won't change."
Anne sat in the chair and commented coldly.
After a moment of consideration, Melissa stood up and was the first to leave before the others slowly followed her.
They all looked at Melissa with resentment.
"It's all your fault, Melissa! You were the one who kept targeting Rachel!"
"And you keep making us do it with you!"
"Even this time, you pushed the idea that Rachel was the culprit onto us, and what happens now? We didn't get our money back, and we even lost our jobs!"
"Yeah! You pulled us into the deep end without having a good grasp of the truth!"
"You said it'll turn around for us! You said that we would get our money back and get rid of Rachel at the same time!"
"And now? The money's gone, and we're out of jobs!"
...
"Now that this happened, you aren't the only one who got fired. I'm fired too, along with you bunch of trashy, useless b*tches!"
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