Chapter 2

"Everyone come look! Stop what you're doing and come see!"

The woman dragged me all the way from the elevator entrance to the main office area, deliberately raising her voice to shout:

"This new employee who just joined the company is a slut who specializes in seducing other people's husbands! Just now in the elevator, right in front of me, she dared to touch my husband!"

Over a hundred employees stopped their work and stuck their heads out to look.

The woman's husband stood beside her, his face red with anxiety, explaining quietly: "It's really not like that, she was just helping me..."

"Shut up!" The woman pinched her husband again. The man gasped in pain and didn't dare say another word.

The surrounding colleagues began pointing at me, their eyes full of contempt and excitement at the drama.

"Isn't that Jocelyn Brown? This new girl really doesn't have eyes—of all people to provoke, she chose her."

"Exactly. Who doesn't know Jocelyn runs this place? This woman looks like a slut—she probably did something shameless."

"Daring to seduce Liam—isn't that asking for death? She deserves to be caught red-handed."

All kinds of ugly comments drilled into my ears.

So this woman was the legendary Jocelyn...

I took a deep breath and looked coldly at Jocelyn: "Are you done making a scene? Let go."

"Let go? A slut like you can't stay in this company. Today, if I don't teach you a lesson your parents should have taught you, you'll suffer even more in society!"

Jocelyn raised her hand, about to slap my face.

Just as I was preparing to retaliate, a rough shout suddenly came from the far end of the office:

"What's all this noise during work hours! Don't you people have jobs to do!"

The crowd parted, and a middle-aged man with a beer belly, hands behind his back, walked over with a swagger.

As soon as Jocelyn saw this man, she immediately released my collar and greeted him coquettishly.

"Mr. Walker, thank god you're here!" Jocelyn pointed at my nose and cursed, "There's someone here who just joined and is already looking for shortcuts!"

"Just now in the elevator, she was seducing my man, and I caught her in the act! This shameless slut is corrupting the company culture—she must be fired immediately!"

Richard Walker squinted his eyes and looked me up and down.

His gaze was extremely sticky, sweeping from my face down to my legs with undisguised lewdness.

"Pretty face," Richard snorted coldly, his expression full of disdain, "but a shame her mind isn't on the right things."

"Miss, if you want to climb the ladder, you need to know your place. Our branch doesn't hire sluts like you."

I was so angry I laughed.

I straightened my wrinkled collar, stood up straight, and looked at him coldly: "You're Richard Walker, the branch's vice president? As a company executive, to insult an employee with such language without knowing the facts—watch your mouth."

Richard froze for a moment, probably having never encountered a new employee who dared talk back to him like this.

Jocelyn acted like she'd caught something damning, her voice sharp with anger: "Richard, look at her shameless attitude—she's clearly a repeat offender!"

"She probably got by using these slut tactics all along. Today's the first day the new CEO takes office, and I heard she can't stand any nonsense. We can't let her see trash like this in the company!"

Hearing this, Richard coldly ordered me: "Then we won't waste words. You're fired."

My tone was calm: "Richard, firing an employee requires due process. This is my first day reporting to work—I haven't violated any rules. On what grounds are you firing me?"

"On what grounds?" Richard laughed coldly. "Seducing colleagues, disrupting family harmony, seriously violating Article 3 of the employee handbook, creating a hostile work environment. Is that reason enough?"

"Miss, I can see you haven't experienced the real world yet. In this company, I have the final say on personnel matters. If I say you're fired, you leave now!"

I looked into his eyes and said word by word: "Is that so? But I'm not someone you can just fire at will."

"I'm the new CEO sent by headquarters to take over the branch. My name is Serena Smith."