Chapter 204

What puzzled me was that Kimberly, as Reynaldo's official girlfriend, didn't get angry or even question Reynaldo when she saw him with me like this. This is truly puzzling. After all, Kimberly isn't a good person either, so why didn't she make a fuss?! If my boyfriend or husband did this in front of another woman, I would definitely confront them directly.

After Reynaldo sat back in his chair, he took out a cigarette and lit it, then proceeded to smoke leisurely. None of the three of us spoke, and the atmosphere became particularly awkward. I quickly fastened my pants button, zipped up my zipper, and stood up.

At that moment, Kimberly suddenly approached me with an innocent look on her face and asked, "Ms. Duffy, why are you here? I remember you were working in the shantytown, right?"

"Well, Mr. Humphrey asked me to come here to work. If you have any doubts, you can directly ask Mr. Humphrey," I said expressionlessly.

"Oh, I see." Kimberly still wore a fake smile, without a hint of surprise on her face, as if she had already known that I was going to work at Reynaldo's company. It seems that Reynaldo had already told her about this. Alternatively, the two of them had also discussed privately how to take this opportunity to retaliate and humiliate me. At the thought of this, a touch of bitterness flashed through my mind.

I asked Reynaldo expressionlessly, "Excuse me, Mr. Humphrey, what is my job? And could you please tell me about the salary and benefits?"

Reynaldo slowly blew a smoke ring. I instinctively stood a little further away. He glanced at me and then extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray. I was stunned, amazed by his small gesture. Did he deliberately put out the cigarette because he saw that I didn’t like the smell of smoke?

Just as I was so pleasantly surprised, Kimberly suddenly coughed twice, covering her mouth, and said, "Reynaldo, if you want to smoke, go ahead, it’s fine with me."

Oh! Originally, he put out the cigarette because Kimberly couldn’t stand the smell of smoke. I self-mockingly tugged at my lips; I had just almost been overly sentimental.

I really didn’t want to stay in the CEO’s office, so I asked Reynaldo, "Mr. Humphrey, should I go directly to the Personnel Department now, or what?"

I didn’t want to be the third wheel between them; it was uncomfortable. However, Kimberly was quite indulgent towards Reynaldo. Reynaldo and I were just like that earlier, and she surprisingly didn’t make any noise. Did she love Reynaldo so humbly? But even in my humble state, I am better off than her, at least Reynaldo still cares about her the most. And I, purely a punching bag for Reynaldo, a target for him to vent his emotions.

Just as I was angrily lost in my thoughts, Reynaldo suddenly looked at me and said, "From now on, you will work here at the Secretariat."

I stared with both eyes. Secretariat? Isn’t that right next to his office? It turns out he really wanted me to do things right under his nose!

Kimberly forced a smile and said to him, "Reynaldo, didn’t we already have enough people in our Secretariat? If I had known that Ms. Duffy was coming, I should have given up this position to her. After all, my education is not as high as Ms. Duffy’s, and my abilities are not as strong as hers."

Hiss! The tea flavor was really strong. I glanced at Kimberly disdainfully. Honestly, when you see who she really was, you would only discover that her shamelessness and disgust had no limits.

Reynaldo didn’t look at me; he just said to her indifferently, "You are no worse than her, just focus on your own business and don’t worry about her."

"What should we do if the Secretariat is already full?" Kimberly asked again.

I quickly responded, "Yes, Mr. Humphrey, please take a look and see if there are any other vacant positions."

Reynaldo immediately sneered at me and said, "Well then, why don’t you tell me first, what can you do?"

I was taken aback, my lips quivering, and I said with a lack of confidence, "I would organize information, create documents and spreadsheets, and print and photocopy them."

The mockery on Reynaldo’s lips grew stronger: "That was just a menial job."

A smug smile flashed across Kimberly’s lips. On the surface, she pretended to say to Reynaldo, "Reynaldo, how could you say such things about Ms. Duffy? Ms. Duffy used to be a wealthy young lady and received a high-quality education since childhood. Her abilities must be strong. You shouldn’t always belittle her like this."