The phone ringing startled Henry Sullivan awake. He reached for his phone, thinking it might be an important call from the military, but saw Ivy Miller’s number instead.
He frowned while glancing at the time, it was 11:40.
He quickly picked up the call; she wouldn’t call him this late unless something was wrong.
As soon as the call connected, he heard her crying: "Uncle, Uncle, I’m scared."
"What’s wrong?" Henry’s fingers gripped the phone tightly.
"I’m really scared, Uncle, I was working overtime in the office and accidentally fell asleep. I woke up and found the lights wouldn’t turn on, and I can’t open the door.
It’s so dark outside, the corridor is so long, and I’m too scared to go out alone.
Uncle, I’m scared, can you talk to me?"
Henry frowned deeply: "Don’t be afraid, I’ll call someone to go up and bring you down."
"Uncle, don’t hang up, I’m scared."
"Okay, okay, I won’t hang up, just listen to my voice."
He got up and dialed his father’s secretary from the landline.
He instructed the secretary to notify security to immediately go up and bring Ivy Miller down.
After hanging up the phone, Henry asked, "Why are you working overtime again tonight?
Is this job that exhausting?"
"Isn’t it because you bought me that Audi?
Our team leader targets me because I drive an Audi to work.
There are several newcomers who joined at the same time, but she’s always assigning the most work to me alone.
I just can’t finish it all, so I have to work overtime."
Actually, Ivy Miller never intended to complain from the start.
But now she really couldn’t hold it in anymore.
If this continued, she felt she would go crazy.
To stop herself from going completely insane, she didn’t want to hide it anymore.
Uncle was her husband, some things should be shared in sorrow with him, right?
"What’s your team leader’s name?"
Ivy frowned: "I really forgot, she introduced herself once when I arrived, I’m terrible with names.
But everyone calls her Team Leader Liu, and I heard she has connections in our company."
Henry’s face turned somber: "Alright, I got it, I’ll handle this."
"You’ll handle it? How?"
"I’ll make her leave."
Ivy felt guilty for a moment, she heard that Team Leader Liu’s business ability was actually quite good.
If her complaints caused the company to lose a good employee, wouldn’t that be a loss?
"Oh, never mind, it’s fine, I was just venting.
Even though she did give me a lot of work, it’s also partly because my own work ability isn’t up to par.
After a few more months of honing, she won’t be able to make things difficult for me even if she wants to.
Moreover, we had an argument this morning, so I didn’t really lose out."
"You don’t have to be so accommodating, she has connections, but so do you.
You don’t need to swallow your pride, this company will be yours in the future, understand?"
Ivy thought to herself, if her mother-in-law heard this, she would probably be furious.
"Uncle, promise me, don’t make things difficult for Team Leader Liu.
I don’t want dad and mom saying I can’t even endure this bit of hardship."
"Are you sure?" Henry asked her.
"And what if she continues to bully you?"
"Where there’s oppression, there will be resistance. I’m not that easy to bully.
Besides, even if I can’t beat that woman, I still have you, don’t I?
If the time comes, you can help me then.
I’ve only been at the company for a month; I don’t want to make too many enemies."
Henry nodded and smiled: "So, are you still scared?"
"Not anymore. With Uncle with me, I’m not afraid of anything. Dıscover more novels at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢•𝕟𝕖𝕥
Uncle, I think I hear footsteps outside."
"That must be someone coming to get you."
Sure enough, the door was pushed open, and the security guard on night shift came up with a flashlight asking if anyone was there.
Ivy immediately stood up: "Yes, sir, someone’s here."
Being safely escorted out of the company by the security guard, Ivy finally felt she could completely breathe a sigh of relief.
Once in the car, Ivy put on her Bluetooth headset: "Uncle, I’ve been rescued."
"Remember, no matter how busy, you must go home early. The company won’t miss one employee."
"Oh, you don’t understand. This isn’t the military where orders are followed, this is the workplace.
Workplace politics can be quite terrifying, not as simple as you think."
"That’s why you should stop working under a secret identity.
If you let people know who you are from the start, let’s see who dares to bully you then.
No matter how strong someone else’s backing is, it’s not stronger than yours at Twilight Group."
"But I don’t like that kind of life, I feel more at ease as I am now.
Besides, I work based on my ability, not by relying on connections.
With my hard work now, one day others will acknowledge me.
But if people knew who I am, no matter how hard I try, they’d say I am only succeeding because of you."
Henry smiled; this girl seemed to understand life really well.
Ivy glanced at the time: "Uncle, you should rest, I’m on my way home."
"Don’t talk on the phone while driving, I won’t sleep. I’ll wait for you, once you’re home, let me know you’re safe."
Ivy smiled slightly; she didn’t know why he was the first person she thought of when she was so afraid.
Could this be what they call the marital bond?
Since he was her husband, her mind automatically sought out the person she most wanted to rely on when she was scared.
It was amazing, they hadn’t known each other for that long, yet she thought of relying on him.
She shook her head, but his voice just now was indeed very tense.
After marriage, surely she wasn’t the only one whose mentality slowly changed?
This introverted uncle was changing too, wasn’t he?
When she got home, she texted him, I’ve safely arrived home, so please don’t worry.
But he immediately called her.
Ivy raised her eyebrows and smiled as she answered: "Hello, Uncle."
"I just activated my mobile data and created a WeChat account, so add me there.
In the future, when you work overtime at night, I can keep you company."
"Huh?" Ivy was honestly surprised. This uncle, who never went online, activated mobile data and opened a WeChat account to keep her company during her overtime?
That’s... which way did the sun rise from today, it’s so surprising.
"Huh, what’s so surprising?"
"Yes, it’s strange, don’t you think you’re acting strange yourself?
Uncle, tell me honestly, have I influenced you recently?
Thinking of it this way, I’m actually quite useful, aren’t I?
At least... I’ve made you change a bit for me."