Sweetheart, Do You Still Love Me

Chapter 131

“If we talk about academic qualification, everyone here in this room graduated from top universities. These two directors sitting in front of you are top students from Konig University. As for the experience, you don’t have presentable work up to this point. I saw your Christmas special edition jewelry. There’s a reason the sales for that were mediocre.”

Everything Elspeth said was like a sword stabbing into Alaina’s heart, making the confidence that was left in her shatter instantly. Alaina suddenly felt as though she was just a clown, showing off her immature skills in front of experts and embarrassing herself.

“Miss Lynwood, we’re all colleagues. How can you say that to me?” With her innocent look, all the male colleagues around her relent the moment she cried.

Since reasoning couldn’t work, Alaina wanted to play the victim but was exposed mercilessly by Elspeth. “You start crying whenever you can’t win an argument. Miss Sullivan, is that all you learned in Winthrop Group?”

At that moment, Alaina’s tears were hanging from the corners of her eyes. It didn’t seem right to let them fall or wipe them off, so they were left hanging awkwardly there.

“Enough. There’s no need to argue anymore. I’m the one who decided on this. Does anyone else here have any second opinion?” After looking at the conflict between Alaina and Elspeth, Callum cleared his throat and looked at Elspeth with a resigned and affectionate gaze. Although he knew at Elspeth wouldn’t put herself at a disadvantage, the things she said would surely upset Alaina

for quite some time.

Just then, Edmund sluggishly raised his hands. “I do.”

up trouble again, but his following sentence shocked everyone. “I want to take a few months off for a little distraction. I’ll pass the vice president position to Elspeth for the

Edmund ‘vacating’ the position, there was nothing for Alaina to say anymore. Resentfully, she bore into

settled then,” Callum gave the ultimate

the meeting just

was what came out of her mouth, Elspeth could tell what was on her mind. With Elspeth as the vice president, Alaina was afraid

put on a faint smile. “Also, no worries about all the drama. Just like you said, considering what’s best for the company, we should maintain the

By the way, you had a lot of contacts when you were the director

I had…. Aren’t you the director of the Design Department now, Miss Sullivan? Meeting new

her laptop.

while longer, Miss Lynwood? I can’t contact some of the people…” Alaina was so mad she was gnashing her teeth. If it weren’t for the fact that Elspeth had the resources and contacts that an ordinary person couldn’t get, she wouldn’t talk to her so politely; she

you can’t reach? You’re so smart and talented, and you even graduated from the best university in Damoria. How can it be possible? Quit being modest.” With a hand propping up her head, Elspeth looked at Alaina

ashamed to ask for her favor again,

their sympathy and compassion with her thorns. In fact, everyone knows how she behaves in private. If it isn’t because she’s the director of the

she asked,

at ordering people around in private. When she talks to the male colleagues, she’ll give them nicknames and talk to them coquettishly, but when she talks to the girls, she orders them around arrogantly. She’s super double standard. Very few of us actually like her, other than those men who are hooked, falling so badly into