Chapter 403: Chairman
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“What’s going on? You two are married? How’s that possible?”
Her friend’s expression turned sour too. ‘If he’s telling the truth, that means that he’s always been our chairman. I remember that we were rather interested in finding out about our chairman some time back. I thought that I would definitely fall for someone like that and that perhaps he would even fall for me. How could the chairman turn out to be someone I look down on the most?! I don’t even have anything to say about how ridiculous this is!’
“That’s right. We’re married. Didn’t you know?” said Yvette Larson. ‘How could they not know about this? The whole of San Francisco knows that we’re married. I seem to be quite infamous, much less Finn. Everyone seems to recognize his name around here. Even a toddler or an octogenarian knows about Finn being the Larson family’s matrilocal son-in-law, so why would they not know about this? Besides, they’re my employees! You should know the people around me well enough! Do you really not know who my husband is? That’s impossible!’
However, that was indeed the truth since the two young ladies had come from Chicago.
It was only because they had heard of a famous company—the Larson Corporation—being on the verge of bankruptcy that they had moved over, hoping to earn some credit by doing well in a failing company. That way, their futures would be set. This was the reason they had moved to San Francisco.
Needless to say, they knew nothing about what the company even did, who the chairman was, or who that man’s wife was. In fact, they even thought that Yvette Larson was the company’s chairman and that she had the final say in the company. They had heard rumors of a mysterious chairman’s existence, but they had never seen that man throughout the months they worked there.
Perhaps those rumors had been nothing more than baseless rumors. The two new employees naturally didn’t dare to ask others about it for fear of being punished for spreading gossip.
It was because of this that they had misunderstood the situation. Yet, they couldn’t help but be shocked now that they had cleared the air.
“What, are they your friends?” The man who had brought Josie Meyer here had been a manager at his previous job. Although he didn’t really understand the conversation between the group, he didn’t like that the women he had brought along were chatting with a stranger.
“That’s right. We’re friends and neighbors, and he treats us very well.” Michelle Yeller was an innocent young lady and said whatever came to mind. She didn’t think that there was a need to hide the fact that her neighbor treated her well.
Yet, the man’s face immediately darkened. It was obvious that he had invited the two women out with ulterior motives.
Everything depended on self-interests and benefits in the real world. There was no way he would treat them to a meal just out of kindness. He was only doing so because he felt that he had something to gain from it.
Yet, one of the women was praising someone else in front of him!
Now, the sight of Finn Taylor annoyed the manager.
Unlike the man, Yvette Larson was slightly curious about how her husband had gotten to know her employees.
Finn Taylor didn’t hide anything and quickly explained, “Didn’t I move out? I bought a small apartment, and they happened to be my neighbors. I heard that they were looking for jobs—at Larson Corporation, no less. I even thought that you sent them to keep an eye on me, but they were really here for an interview. Hence, I encouraged them to go for it. Wasn’t one of them assigned to your office? I was the one who assigned her there. I did that so that I could get some news about you from them, but there’s no need for that now. You can assign them to whatever jobs you deem fit now.”
Finn Taylor’s words stunned Michelle Yeller. ‘I wasn’t assigned to my position because of my own merits but because Finn Taylor wanted to understand what’s going on in the company since he had gotten divorced from Yvette Larson.’
“Do you mean that you’ve been taking advantage of me, Mr. Taylor? I don’t think that’s very nice of you.”
“I’m sorry—I sincerely apologize. I had no other choice. You two just so happened to be interviewing at that company.”
“So you mean that you were the one who assigned me to such a lowly job with such low pay?” Josie Meyer was incensed and spat out her dissatisfaction.
“I think you’re quite suited for the job. It’s true that I deliberately assigned her to Yvette’s office, but as for you… I always see you lurking around men, and the manager of the public relations department isn’t bad. I think you’ll do a good job if the company runs into any trouble, don’t you think so? I didn’t put you on the spot. Besides, I didn’t shortchange you in terms of your pay. That’s what a secretary in your department should earn. Well, a secretary to the chairman is different. She can’t possibly be earning as little as you, right?” Finn Taylor seemed to be scheming his way through, but they had to admit that he made sense.
Josie Meyer was enraged, yet there was nothing she could do.