Trapped By Tainted Love

"What did you say?"

A wide–eyed Alice snatched the examination paper from the interviewer‘s hand, looked at the marks at the top in disbelief.

"That‘s impossible.You must be mistaken! Full marks?" she muttered more to herself than the man across her.

"Miss Jenkins, these are Mr.Sullivan‘s answers.We have checked many times.These here are exactly the same with Miss Bennet‘s answers." The interviewer looked dumbfounded too, but the truth could not be denied.

Alice‘s eyes squinted in hatred.She couldn‘t help clenching the paper in her hand, wanting nothing more than to tear the damned thing in pieces.How could this be? Not one single person had managed to answer even one of these questions in the past five years.How could a stupid girl like Rachel get them all right? This was unheard of! Rachel turned to the interviewers.

"Is my interview over now?" she asked with a smirk.

The people before her were still in a daze, but Rachel‘s voice snapped them out of it.

"Yes, it‘s over," they said in unison, nodding.

"Did I pass?"

Rachel was still smiling as she looked at the interviewers with raised eyebrows.

"Well...yes, Miss Bennet.You did," one of the interviewers answered after swallowing hard.

"You need to come by tomorrow to sign the paperwork," he added.

"Great.I will see you tomorrow then,"

Rachel stood up with a smile glancing sideways at Alice.She started walking towards the door, but when she passed by Alice, she stopped and turned to look at her.

"Alice, it‘s not over between us.I will get revenge, even if it takes a long, long time."

Alice looked up ready to retort, but when she saw Rachel‘s smiling face, so in contrast with her cold, dark eyes, she seemed at a loss for words.

Under that piercing gaze, she felt a shiver run down her spine.

Trying to look braver than she felt, she finally managed a retort.

"Oh, Rachel, don’t be so smug! So what if you are now an employee of the Sullivan Group? You may get yourself in, but it is still in my power to kick you out with a snap of my fingers."

Rachel rolled her eyes and chuckled.

Alice‘s smile was wiped clean off her face, as she couldn‘t help but feel a sense of dread at her opponent‘s carefree attitude.

Rachel had changed so much that Alice didn‘t know what she may try next.

Rachel nodded to the interviewers, ignoring Alice altogether, and left the Sullivan Group‘s building.

Ivan hung up the phone and walked into the study with

that look,

"What‘s the matter?"

just received the results from Miss Bennet‘s

he didn‘t know

"Rachel‘s interview?"

"I am pretty sure that I

a bit apprehensive as

"But..."

might think that you are actually concerned about Rachel," Victor said, raising his eyes to look searchingly at

Mr.Sullivan.I crossed a line there.My apologies," Ivan answered and lowered his eyes to the

convinced, but still he went on like

you book my airplane ticket for

replied, still looking a little

in the Bennet family‘s house

"Cheers!"

stood up

her chair, Rachel simply raised her

as excited as her company

Abby, already used to Rachel‘s lack of enthusiasm for almost everything, simply raised

a pity that our toast tonight must be with just water, Miss Bennet! But since you have to go to the Sullivan Group and report for duty tomorrow, there will be no wine

paused and downed all

did absolutely wonderfully! Bravo!" Abby said and drank

looked fondly at both of

"Thank you."

and said, "I‘ve baked some of the bread you like so much.Let me just check if it‘s

into the kitchen,

another glass of water and looked

a question these days," he said

how I got the information about that

guess what was on Andy‘s

days, but he didn‘t want to bother

he had held his doubt secret, until that

is.You don‘t have to tell me, though.Not unless you want

I do want

took a sip of water before

friend of mine happens to know

"That‘s all?"

by the simplicity of her

her fingers

wouldn‘t have had the chance to save the Bennet Group.You should know by now that I‘m really no good all by myself,