SWNOVELS Chapter 29
After waiting for a long time, I somehow dozed off. It was only when I heard the voices of several people coming out that I forced myself to sit up.
The three people who came out of the conference room looked at me. Josiah raised his eyebrow at me and pursed his thin lips. He looked at Evan who was beside him and said something. Evan then shot a glance at me before leaving.
Meanwhile, Hendrix stared at me with a deep gaze. I had a feeling that he was going to get angry at me again.
Thinking about Richard's matter, I stood up quickly and said, "Mr. Roberts, I am willing to bear full responsibility for all the company's losses for the past two days!"
Hendrix frowned and didn't speak. Austin, however, smirked at me and said, "Miss Reid, I never knew that you are so capable! To be able to cause your husband to lose tens of millions of dollars in two days on a project worth hundreds of millions of dollars. You're pretty generous!"
Those words were obviously sarcasm.
I looked at Hendrix and noticed that his expression was livid, therefore I didn't say anything. I rolled my eyes at Austin and said, "Mr. Shelley, may I ask, does it have anything to do with you?"
"Pfft!" Someone laughed. It was Josiah. He had his hands in his pockets as he watched us from a
distance, as though none of these matters were related to him at all.
Austin gazed at him and sulked. Then, he looked at me and asked, "Arianna, who do you think you are to talk to me like that?"
I really didn't want to waste my time arguing with Austin since he looked down on me from the beginning. He always assumed that I was the one who ruined Hendrix and Andrea's relationship, hence he never said anything nice to me.
Anyway, he and I were acquaintances. Looking at him, I refused to show him any mercy and said straightforwardly, "Mr. Shelley, are you someone from 3000 years ago? I'm afraid that only the mummies in Egypt are able to have a proper conversation with you. After all, all of you are from the same era, you guys would definitely have a common topic!"
Hearing what I said, Austin was so vexed that his face turned red from anger. He insulted me immediately, "Even the dead are more qualified than you. You are such a vicious girl that you refused to carry the baby in your belly-"
"Austin!" Josiah quickly interrupted Austin and said, "Hendrix and Director Reid still have something to talk about. I've reserved a table at a restaurant. Let's go and wait for them there!"
After a pause, Josiah looked at me and said, "Director Reid, I assume that you have yet to have lunch. Do come over with Hendrix later!"
He dragged Austin out of the room before I could refuse.
Only Hendrix and I were left in the office. I didn't know how he was going to deal with the matter regarding Richard, thus I took the initiative and told him, "This matter regarding Richard is my responsibility. I have been recovering at home ever since losing the child. My head was preoccupied with that incident, that was why I forgot about Richard."
Seeing as he was still fuming with anger, refusing to say a word, I continued, "I know that this mistake of mine has caused much loss to the company. I will resign..."
"Is this how you plan to solve this?" he suddenly spoke coldly and stared at me, his gaze so frightening that I uncontrollably flinched.
"Yes!" I had planned it from the very beginning. If I could resign, I would definitely use this chance to leave Ucrebury.
Hendrix stood in front of me. He sneered at me, his intentions unknown as he scoffed, "You lost my child, signed the divorce agreement, and now you want to resign from your job. Arianna, what the hell are you up to?"
His words made my palms sweat. Surrounded by his scent, I stepped back instinctively, only to have him wrap his arms around my waist. He locked eyes with me and asked, "Where do you want to go after leaving Ucrebury?"