Jeana was taken aback. When had she ever said she wasn't fit to work or needed time off?"No, Yvette. I'm fine to work."Hearing this, Yvette raised her head to look at her. "Jeana, please address me as Ms. Snyder. We're at work now. We should keep personal and professional matters separate."You're my assistant. As an assistant, it's your role to help me complete my work, correct? If you can't even assist me with something as simple as getting a cup of water, how can I trust you with more important tasks?" Yvette explained in a reasonable tone.Initially, the other secretaries in the office had thought Yvette might be a bit cold and harsh. But after hearing her reasoning, they began to understand. After all, fetching a cup of water was indeed part of Jeana's duties.Jeana's eyes flickered with frustration. "I already brought you the water, didn't I?""I asked for warm water," Yvette replied. "What exactly did you bring me?" "Hot water cools down to become warm, doesn't it? Dri
Jeana thought it was strange that Jackie, a mere personal secretary, would call a guest like her by her name.Dressed in standard formal attire, Jackie looked particularly serious. "What, is there another person named Jeana here?"Jeana's expression instantly turned cold as she approached Jackie. "What is it?"She had initially intended to win Jackie's favor. However, Jackie was nothing like the other employees—she was impervious to flattery. So, Jeana had given up on trying to win her over."From now on, you will be the assistant handling administrative support for the entire secretariat department. Please manage all your responsibilities well," Jackie stated.Then, she turned to the other four secretaries. "If you need help with anything, you can ask Jeana to do it. You can get her to do things like send packages, pick up takeout, and so on."The four secretaries were incredulous. "We have an assistant too?"Jeana was equally stunned. "Are you kidding me? I'm here to take care
As the afternoon progressed, Jeana became even busier.Now that she didn't have anyone disturbing her, Yvette could finally focus on her work and study the regulations and policies governing employees under the company.However, it wasn't long before a woman arrived at the CEO's office. Londyn immediately stood up to greet her."Ms. Larson, are you here to see Mr. Lane?" she asked, her expression full of flattery.However, Marlene didn't even glance at her as her gaze swept across the room until it landed on Yvette's workspace. She walked straight over and pushed the door open without knocking.Yvette was engrossed in her work and didn't notice Marlene's arrival until she heard the noise. By the time she looked up, Marlene was already nearly in front of her."Tsk, tsk. Shannon really is ruthless. Did she actually make her daughter-in-law a secretary?"Yvette didn't pay much attention to Marlene's taunts. "Do you need something, Marlene?" she replied calmly.Yvette had bested Ma
Hearing this, Yvette looked up and replied, "Okay."She stood up and headed to Jeremiah's office, knocking before entering. Jeremiah looked up at her. "I heard Marlene came by. She didn't give you any trouble, did she?"Yvette truthfully explained the situation, telling Jeremiah that Marlene had instructed her to get the contract signed.Jeremiah immediately knew that Marlene was up to no good. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You can leave the contract here. I'll have someone else handle it."Yvette recalled the gossip in the office from earlier in the day. She knew that it would be detrimental to her reputation in the office if Jeremiah gave this task to another secretary."It's alright. I'll make sure I bring back the contract signed," Yvette insisted.Suspecting that Yvette didn't fully understand how difficult Marlene's task was, Jeremiah warned her, "Cassidy Hanstein is not an easy person to deal with. Not only might she not sign the contract, but she might also mak
Yvette heard back from the receptionist in no time. At that point, she started to worry.She was confident that she could get Cassidy to sign the contract if they met. However, Cassidy wouldn't even come to meet her now!So that was why Marlene had told Yvette to come here.The receptionist advised her, "I suggest that you leave, miss. Our boss never meets up with mere employees. Those working at Titan Corporation should know this. Why did they tell you to come?""They probably thought I could be an exception," Yvette replied.Since the receptionist had been bought over by money, she told Yvette, "Let me tell you something. Ms. Hanstein won't give you any special treatment. Even Lane Group's Ms. Marlene Larson barely got to meet Ms. Hanstein a few times when she came over."In fact, during the times they did meet, Ms. Larson was completely humiliated by Ms. Hanstein."Hearing this, Yvette couldn't help but smile a little. So even Marlene had faced rejection."Thank you for tell
However the receptionist's worries were completely unfounded as Yvette didn't hold a grudge against her.Upon arriving at the CEO's office on the upper floor, Cassidy immediately understood that Yvette was there to sign a contract. Without hesitation, she signed the documents and even asked Yvette how she knew Jacqueline, leading to an enjoyable conversation between them.Before leaving, Yvette gifted Cassidy the bracelet she had brought along."Yvette, you're too kind! If you need anything in the future, just come to me. Jacqueline and I are best friends. Now, you're my friend too," Cassidy announced as she accepted the gift without reservation.As they chatted for a while, time slipped away. It was already past 6:00 pm by the time Yvette left Hanstein Group.Meanwhile, most of the employees at Titan Corporation had left. Marlene grinned when she heard from Jeana that Yvette hadn't returned yet."She probably couldn't get the contract signed and is too embarrassed to come back,"
Jeana quickly stepped forward. "Yvet—Ms. Snyder, how did the contract signing go?"Yvette knew that these people weren't genuinely interested in the contract but rather in seeing whether she made a fool of herself. She took out the signed contract. "It's signed."The moment she said those words, everyone was in disbelief. How had Yvette managed to get the notoriously difficult CEO of Hanstein Group to sign?Cassidy was the most despised person among the employees. Whenever Jeremiah had to meet with her for work, none of them wanted to go with him, as it inevitably led to humiliation."That's impossible," Londyn uttered as she stepped forward, took the contract from Yvette, and checked it. Sure enough, it bore the official seal of Hanstein Group and Cassidy's signature. Nothing was amiss.Still in shock, the other employees gathered around to see.Jeana in particular was reluctant to accept this. Hadn't Marlene said that Cassidy was temperamental and would never agree to sign a
In the company, everyone was discussing how Yvette had managed to secure the contract. Jeremiah also called Yvette into his office to ask her how she'd done it.Yvette replied truthfully, "I happened to know a friend of Ms. Hanstein's. It's thanks to her that I got to know Ms. Hanstein.""I see." Jeremiah glanced outside, noticing that the sky was getting dark. "It's getting late. Let's get off work. I'll give you a ride home.""It's okay." Yvette immediately refused."I thought your driver didn't drive you here today," Jeremiah remarked. Since he'd had someone follow Yvette, he knew that she had taken a cab to Hanstein Group earlier.Yvette replied rather bashfully, "Xavier said he would pick me up and take me home from now on."Jeremiah's expression stiffened for a moment but quickly returned to normal. "Oh, I see. In that case, you should get off work early. Don't keep Xav waiting too long.""Okay." Yvette nodded and walked out of the office.After she left, Jeremiah receive
Yvette saw that the call was disconnected and decided not to worry about Xavier anymore.…On the other end, Mark stood outside the ICU ward. Up until now, Xavier still hadn't woken up.Tristan came over and checked all the indicators. "There's nothing wrong, so why hasn't he woken up yet?""Mr. Shaw, do you think Mr. Lane might never wake up?" There was a look of concern in Mark's eyes as he asked that. He couldn't believe that the person he had always followed would leave in such a way."Don't overthink it," Tristan said, giving him a pat on the shoulder.Suddenly, there was a noise from the outside."Who are you? This is a private hospital. No one else is allowed to be here.""How can you resort to violence?"There was the sound of things clattering, followed by the cries of pain from those in a fight.Tristan frowned. "Who is it? Do they have a death wish?"Mark was also in disbelief. Shortly afterward, they finally saw clearly who was approaching them.Jeremiah was s
Over at Snyder Residence, Yvette was woken up early by Kiki, who also informed her that there were negative rumors about Zoey circulating online."Yvvy, see, I told you that the media wouldn't easily let Zoey off the hook."Yvette read through them again.However, these news stories disappeared not long after they were published.While eating breakfast, Kiki frowned and said, "The speed at which trending articles change is just too fast.""That's the benefit of having money," Yvette said.Even the children knew about the trending articles being removed.Zachary had originally wanted to hack in further to make Zoey's news trend more frequently. Unfortunately, it seems they had figured out about the hacking attempts, so they fortified their firewall and posted someone to monitor the situation.If he hacked in again, there was a chance he might expose himself.Zachary decided to back off and settled for teaching Zoey a small lesson.…Yara was to be laid to rest today.Yvette
"We've found her, and we're currently figuring out how to obtain her biological sample," Elijah replied.Zoey was really anxious. She said, "Great. Once you've got it, come back as soon as you can.""Okay."Zoey hung up the phone and laid down to rest, but she just couldn't fall asleep.If Xandra really was Gemma's daughter, given Gemma's doting and overprotective nature, she would want to give half of everything she owned to Xandra.No, it wasn't just half. By then, Zoey might end up with nothing, and everything would go to Xandra.Zoey had a rough night and didn't sleep well, but fortunately, Elijah sent a message saying everything had been arranged. They were coming back today, so they could move forward with the examination earlier than planned.Just as things got settled over at Zoey's, online articles started trending elsewhere."Zoey Yandell is suspected to be the biological daughter of Yara Cadwell.""Zoey Yandell is unwilling to acknowledge her biological mother in or
"Fine, then. What a pity," Kiki said as she put down her phone.Yvette reassured her, saying, "There's nothing to feel bad about. What happened today was a warning to Zoey that I'm not someone to be messed with."Kiki nodded, saying, "Yes."They all understood that as long as Zoey was the Zelnik family's daughter, she would always have someone to protect her.Kiki said, "Gemma treats her adopted daughter so well. If she had her own kids, they'd definitely be happy too.""Yes, indeed."Yvette admired Zoey for having such a supportive mother who stood by her no matter what happened.Kiki asked, "Yvvy, have you ever thought about finding your biological mother?"She suddenly realized that many parents who abandoned their children might have done so because they had no other choice, or perhaps they did so for other reasons.Yvette shook her head. "I don't want to be disappointed again."Parents who could abandon their daughter at the orphanage probably didn't love her very much.
Kiki nodded and said, "Yes, it's them. They're incredibly arrogant. Just thinking about it still makes me really angry."Yvette picked up her phone and made a call. A bodyguard that was stationed nearby answered her.Kiki overheard her telling the person on the phone to isolate a few of them and beat them up."What do you mean?"Kiki still didn't understand what was happening.The driver started the car and drove them to a secluded location.Kiki then realized that all the people who had previously pushed her were now being cornered and beaten up."Yvvy, this is...""I can tolerate it if they bully me, but I can't stand it when they bully you," Yvette said, enunciating each word clearly.Kiki felt moved. She hugged Yvette tightly, saying, "Yvvy, you're amazing! My true love!"Yvette couldn't help but laugh. "Dummy. You're my best friend. You stood by me, so of course, I'll stand by you."She was no longer the person she once was, with nothing to her name. Yvette now had weal
Zoey never imagined that Yvette had secretly recorded their conversation back then.She immediately told the approaching reporters, "Stop taking pictures."However, even if the reporters didn't take photos, the guests who attended would take pictures and record videos."With this whole mix-up between the real and fake daughters, is Zoey actually from the Yandell family or the Snyder family?"Lawrence was upset and said, "My daughter, of course, took my last name.""Ah, so Yara was having an affair..."The people who came to attend the funeral on behalf of the Snyder family were instantly displeased."Are you kidding? Yara has been with you all along. Do you think us Snyders are a bunch of nobodies?"The members of the Snyder family and the people from the Cadwell family suddenly started arguing fiercely.Yvette looked at everything happening before her and just felt a deep sense of sadness.Kiki was supporting her upright, fearing she might get unintentionally caught up in th
The people present whispered to each other, confused about what Yvette was trying to do."Yvette, we were in the wrong before. Please don't take our words too seriously."The ones who previously criticized Yvette were now pretending to say nice things, fearing retaliation from her.Zoey and Lawrence stood among the crowd, unsure of what Yvette was going to do or say.Yvette ignored the person speaking and instead pulled out a report. "This is a paternity test. I am not Ms. Cadwell's biological daughter."She spoke about it boldly and bluntly.Everyone present was stunned to hear that, including Zoey and Terrence.Terrence never imagined that the sister he grew up with was not actually the daughter of the Cadwells."Yvette, don't joke around," Terrence said while forcing a laugh.Yvette looked at Terrence and said, "I'm not joking. To avoid anyone thinking I'm faking it, I've undergone tests at several major hospitals. I'm definitely not a daughter of the Cadwell family or the
The corners of Jeremiah's lips curled into a faint smile. "It seems like things aren't looking good for him."Tristan was immediately infuriated upon hearing those words. He grabbed Jeremiah by the collar and demanded, "What nonsense are you spouting?"Jeremiah looked calmly at him and said, "You're not very good at lying."Tristan was indeed that kind of person—he had no hidden agendas or schemes."You're Xav's own brother. Do you really hate him that much? Do you want him to die?"After hearing this, Jeremiah's expression remained unchanged. "You and Xavier are supposed to be best friends. Can you guarantee that you're not jealous of him and have never thought about making him disappear?""Of course not," Tristan affirmed confidently.When he was younger, he indeed felt jealous of Xavier and was unhappy about always being overshadowed by him. But as he grew older, he realized that everyone had their own strengths and that there was no need to compete with others over everythin
The members of the Cadwell family looked at each other in confusion, and then they began to apologize to Yvette and Kiki."Yvette, I'm sorry. Please forgive us. We're old and unwise.""Yes, yes, we're unwise. We're sorry.""Miss, please forgive us. We'll cover all your medical expenses."They all apologized at once, but only they knew how sincere the apologies actually were.Kiki tugged on Yvette's hand and asked, "Yvvy, what do you think we should do?"Yvette had already figured out how to deal with them. She said, "Since they already realized their mistake, let's just let it go.""Okay." Kiki, seeing that Yvette wasn't bothered by it anymore, agreed as well. "Just make sure you don't bully others by abusing your power in the future.""Right. Yes."Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had narrowly escaped a crisis. They didn't realize that Yvette had already planned on how to deal with them.This was, after all, a funeral parlor, and some media reporters would s