Lily was flabbergasted. Davin had always sided with her when she argued with Sheila. Why is he suddenly so nice to his sister-in-law? Looks like this woman is even more troublesome than Sheila.
When Lily looked at Adam, she thought about John.
“Where’s John? He’s the assistant but he ran off and is nowhere to be seen in the office. He’s obviously slacking off. Davin, I think you should just fire him.”
Davin was quiet for a moment after Lily finished speaking. He then announced, “In that case, John doesn’t need to clock in anymore.”
Nicole was so surprised that she was speechless.
“Davin Seet, who gives you the authority to fire John like that? He is your brother’s assistant; you have no right to dismiss him!”
“Davin is the company’s president and that gives him all the right to do that,” insisted Lily while she hugged Davin’s arms and shot a taunting look at Nicole.
Nicole thought it was farcical. An escort comes to Seet Group and is butting in on the company’s affairs? Just what did she drug Davin with to get him to listen to her?
“John had always been loyal to the company, Davin. You can’t fire him!”
“I’ll assign him to another post, Nicole.”
Nicole did not have a comeback for that.
So that’s it? Is there no other way?
Nicole never thought Davin would be so stubborn. She finally understood why Sophia was infuriated.
Looks like Davin has changed.
Nicole turned to Yoda, who had been standing there and observing everything without saying a word. The man played the role of a bodyguard perfectly.
There was no way Nicole could go against the current president of Seet Group all on her own. Heck, forget it. I’ll head back and regroup.
She then grabbed her bag and left the president’s office.
Davin’s eyes glowed inexplicably as he watched Nicole walk away.
“I knew you’d always have my back, Davin.”
“Of course,” promised Davin while putting on a small grin. His eyes, however, never showed a hint of happiness.
Nicole complained to Yoda after they were out of the building. “Well, you saw what happened. What’s your take on it? How did Davin change so much so quickly? That escort is nothing compared to Sheila. It seems like he is a completely different person now.”
“He still respected you.”
“Then why did he insist on firing John? John is your right-hand man. If he’s gone, the others in the company will have no one to turn to.”
“Maybe Davin’s hands are tied.”
Evan felt Davin was hiding something because, after all, the way he had acted was definitely not his usual style.
Nicole sighed. How grave must the situation be for Davin to change so drastically?
Nicole simply couldn’t figure it out.
“I’ll call John and tell him to work at Lane Corporation as my assistant from tomorrow onward.”
“Sure.”
After making the call, Nicole and Evan headed to Lane Corporation. The situation there was not ideal, either.
Without their leader, the company had gone wild.
The Lane Corporation had few authoritative figures. The company was in a mess because there were simply too many people with too many ideas.
Nicole spent a few hours figuring out the Lane Corporation’s current state, while Yoda helped from the side. It took some time before they finally sorted all the information they collected. Unfortunately, it was already time to pick the kids up from kindergarten by then.
On the way to the kindergarten, Nicole reminded Evan, “When we reach home, talk to Maya and figure out what nicknames she gave her teachers.”
Evan nodded. I will definitely get to the bottom of this.
Maya peeked at Nicole when they were heading home. Mommy went to talk to Ms. Patty today, so she must know all about what I did. Why isn’t she asking me about it?
She was still puzzled and curious when Evan suddenly showed up in front of her.
“Maya, come talk to Daddy.”
Maya stuck her tiny tongue out but followed Evan into the study room, anyway.
The other kids were curious. “Why did Daddy call Maya over?”
“Daddy is playing favorites. Does he have some delicious food that he’s only giving Maya?”
“Let’s go check it out.”
The three naughty ones crouched down like kittens and snuck to the study room, trying to spy from outside the door.
“Maya, talk to Daddy. What is the deal with you giving your teachers nicknames?”
When the three playful kittens heard that question, they thought about the nicknames Maya had given the teachers. All three turned red with anticipation as they tried to contain their laughter.
