Chapter 427
When Amelia went down to the second floor, she received a phone call from Doris that the company was going
to give out their year-end bonus today and that Amelia should cover earlier to collect it. Generally speaking,
money motivated Amelia the most. But today, the word bonus was less attractive to her. In the end, Amelia
concluded that it must be that the bonus was not enough.
"Amelia, where... where did Mr. Hopper take you last night? Why didn't you cback when we left?"
Amelia tried to cup with an excuse and realized that she had kept doing such a thing to deal with her
colleagues all the time, which she was tired of. Finally, she answered, "I don't know, Doris... | really don't know,
don't ask me..."
She had long been lost in Patrick's vague attitude. Perhaps someday she would be able to tell Doris and others
directly that she was their boss's wife. But that would have to wait until Patrick was willing to admit it. Otherwise,
Amelia would only be regarded as being out of her mind.
After hanging up the phone, Amelia had a quick breakfast before carrying her handbag and going out. It was the
way that she had been taking thousands of times, but for the first time, she felt uncertain about it...
In the president's office.
Informed by the secretary, Manager Reed from the PR went to Patrick's office in fancy dress and asked, "Mr.
Hopper, what can I do for you?"
Patrick leaned back in his hug chair and asked with concern, "I heard Mamie say that the finance department has
never funded the PR enough and you've always had a hard time?"
Reed opened her mouth in surprise and started to blMamie for mentioning it. "How could she tell you such a
thing? I've reminded her countless times not to complain in front of you so as not to result in your revolting us.
I'm surprised she couldn't hold her tongue. I'll teach her a lesson when | get back!"
Patrick looked at her calmly and said, "Ms. Reed, according to you, it seems that it is true?"
Reed said hypocritically, "There's no such thing..."
But she was stepping backward to gain more advantages. And that finally brought about Patrick's unsolicited
inquiry. "Ms. Reed, if you have any difficulties, just tell me. I'll see if | can help you with them once and for all."
Reed cheered inwardly. Sure enough, Mamie did not disappoint her. Reed sighed before slowly telling him the
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtproblems the PR was facing. "Here's the thing, Mr. Hopper..."
After listening to her quietly, Patrick concluded. "Ms. Reed, you mean that the finance department refused to pay
for your spending on activities and caused you a lot of losses?"
"Yes." Reed nodded. "Mr. Hopper, you know that the PR represents the company's public image. If we stop paying
attention to improve
ourselves, Roxxon's image would be going downhill. That's why | recruit good-looking men and women. Mr.
Hopper, please understandfor being the leader. It's not easy to train them..." Patrick curled his lips. "It is not
easy. Your expense on beauty salon every month alone was almost the monthly salary of other departments."
Panic was obvious in Reed's eyes. "Mr. Hopper, who told you that?"
Patrick's cold face was filled with mockery. "Who else could it be? Of course, it's the leader of the finance
department. Besides, you often ask the finance to pay you according to the invoice of your expense for
nightclubs, hotels, and other entertainment. At most, there were nearly 100 thousand in total, which is just your
monthly spending."
Reed curled her lips awkwardly. "But Mr. Hopper, to attract sponsorship and customers, we have to spend money
on social activities. The more the company invested in us in the early stage, the more rewards the company will
gain in the long run, right?"
"Are you still trying to argue at this point?" Changing into a disgusted tone, Patrick said quickly as he glared at
Reed. "I haven't talked about it with you, but it doesn't mean that | don't know what you have done with the
company's money!"
"The most ridiculous thing is that you tried to treatthe way you did to the sponsors. You sent Mamie and
Leslie to temptso that you could manipulateand haveignore your department's absurd behavior. If |
have been a little fool, | might even ask the finance to pay you for any expenses. Am | right?"
"Other departments all know how indecent the private lives of the PR employees are under your leadership, but
you still have the audacity to portray your indiscretions as serving the company! Well, in that case, | will fulfill
your wish!"
Reed asked, somewhat a little scared, "Mr. Hopper, what... will you fulfill?"
Patrick said coldly, "From next year on, the PR will have an overall renewal of the membership. Ms.
Reed, you're fired."
Reed's face turned pale. It took her quite a while to regain her voice. "Mr. Hopper, you... you shouldn't make such
a hasty decision!"
"Of course I'm not making such a hasty decision to fire you only." After a pause, Patrick said ruthlessly, "You, and
those subordinates you've trained, are all fired."
Unprepared for such a great blow, Reed could not help crying bitterly. "Mr. Hopper, why are you so heartless!
Even if we did make smistakes, isn't the punishment you gave us too harsh?"
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Today, except for the PR, which was shrouded in depression, all the other departments were in a festive air.
Amelia took over her year-end bonus from Lily with both hands and said politely, "Thank you."
That was when she saw an unexpected figure approaching her. It was Timothy.
Different from his sparkling look yesterday, he seemed to be extremely dispirited now.
He dropped his hands on Amelia's desk like a dog that would starve if it lost its bones. "Hey, I'm here to say
goodbye to you."
"Goodbye?" Amelia thought that Timothy was talking about going hto celebrate Christmas, so she replied
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