Jessie sneered at him. “Do you think the Jones family can push Ashlyn around just because she is softhearted? Ashlyn married you because she didn’t know you all that well. Now that you are divorced, why do you still treat her like that?”
Jessie rushed over to him, her fists up, but Gordon dodged her blows. She was so angry, she grabbed something from the desk and threw it at him. “You are the most disgusting coward of a man I have ever seen! How ridiculous that Ashlyn loved you for more than ten years! She must be crazy! She must be crazy to have loved you! Did she do anything wrong? Since junior high school, she…”
Jessie stopped abruptly, suddenly realizing what she was doing. She gritted her teeth, grabbed a pile of folders, and threw them at Gordon’s face. She then turned around and hurried out of the room.
“Oh my God! I was so mad that I said something wrong.”
“Jessie Walker!” Gordon called.
Jessie realized that she shouldn’t have told Gordon about Ashlyn having been in love with him for more than ten years.
So she left before she could do any more damage.
Gordon reached out to stop her, but it was late.
“Lowell, stop her!” Gordon ordered his assistant.
Lowell, who was standing at the door, chased after Jessie at Gordon’s furious shout.
“Miss Walker, please wait a moment. Mr. Jones has something to say.”
But before Lowell could finish talking, Jessie kicked him away and rushed into the elevator.
Lowell failed to catch up with her, and as the elevator doors closed shut, Jessie breathed a sigh of relief.
But it didn’t last long. When she realized what she had done, Jessie grabbed her hair in frustration and slapped herself twice.
What had she done? Why couldn’t she hold her tongue?
Lowell hadn’t expected Jessie to kick and knock him down. And by the time he got back to his feet, the elevator doors had closed.
Gordon emerged from the office, his expression clouded.
Lowell was nervous. “I failed to stop her, Mr. Jones.”
Gordon had seen Jessie kick Lowell. He looked at the people who had gathered around and barked out, “Is it funny to you?”
The senior executives who had been in Gordon’s office when Jessie had barged in and shouted at Gordon were still stunned.
But as Gordon scolded them, they quickly lowered their heads and left.
“Come in,” Gordon said to Lowell.
Lowell trembled, his hands and feet going cold.
He watched as Gordon entered his office before taking a deep breath and following him in.
“Close the door,” Gordon said, frowning at him.
Lowell closed the door before turning to Gordon and said timidly, “Mr. Jones.”
Lowell knew that he had made multiple mistakes in his job. He not only failed to prevent Jessie from making trouble but also failed to stop her from leaving.
Lowell’s heart sank at this thought.
Gordon glanced at Lowell and asked, “Did you hear what she just said?”
Lowell was surprised, thinking that he had misheard. He looked at Gordon’s cold eyes before replying quickly, “No, I didn’t.”
It was impossible for Lowell to not hear it clearly. After all, Jessie had spoken so loudly that even the assistants in another office had heard every word.
But Lowell knew that whatever Jessie had said wasn’t something that Gordon’s subordinates could say to him. So he didn’t dare admit that he had heard it.
Gordon sneered. “What did she say? Repeat it.”
He paused before continuing, “If you don’t, you’ll lose your year-end bonus.”
Lowell froze. He looked at Gordon, trying to gauge if he was serious from his expression. Realizing Gordon wasn’t joking, he carefully repeated what Jessie had just said. “Are you a fucking man or not, Gordon? Do you think—”
“You don’t have to repeat what she scolded me!” Gordon interrupted him angrily.
Lowell suddenly realized what Gordon was getting at and immediately recited, “How ridiculous that Ashlyn loved you for more than ten years! She must be crazy! She must be crazy to have loved you! Did she do anything wrong? Since junior high school, she…”
Lowell paused before adding, “That’s what Miss Walker said.”
Jessie had said a lot, but most of those words had been to scold Gordon. Lowell had omitted that part after having been at the receiving end of Gordon’s warning glare.
He realized why Gordon asked him to repeat what Jessie had said.
Jessie’s words had shocked Lowell, too. According to what he knew, Ashlyn and Gordon had met on a night five years ago. Gordon had done a thorough investigation. Ashlyn hadn’t been the one to set the trap for Gordon, and she hadn’t been waiting for Gordon either.
They obviously didn’t know each other before that night.
But Jessie had said that Ashlyn had loved Gordon for more than ten years.
Gordon was shocked to hear it, and so was Lowell.
Jessie hadn’t explained herself after having told him something so important.
Lowell had noticed that Gordon and Ashlyn didn’t have any proper communication after their divorce.
Maybe all Gordon wanted to know was if Ashlyn had loved him for so long.
After all, even if a person could live a hundred years, ten years were a huge part of their life to discount easily.
Ashlyn was only twenty-seven years old. If she had loved Gordon for so long, she had devoted half her life to Gordon.
This was a shocking fact, bordering on unbelievable.
Gordon’s expression shifted at Lowell’s words.
He had thought that the story in the comic book had been especially changed to cater to the market. He knew that Ashlyn loved him, but he hadn’t expected her to have loved him for so long.
But here was Ashlyn’s friend, telling him about Ashlyn’s longstanding love for him.
Gordon looked at Lowell in disbelief but soon came to himself and said, “Don’t talk to anyone about what Jessie just said. If I hear any discussion about what happened today…”
Gordon’s expression was stormy. Lowell knew what Gordon meant even before Gordon could finish his words since he had worked for Gordon for years together.
“Okay, Mr. Jones.”
“Get out!”
Lowell hesitated, looking at Gordon, intending to ask if he was still going to get his year-end bonus, but he didn’t dare mention it. He noticed that Gordon was furious, so he walked out of the office.
The door closed, leaving Gordon standing alone in his office.
The office was a mess, the documents that Jessie had thrown everywhere in her anger still littered on the floor.
Gordon’s head was a lot messier than the office was.
He opened the drawer, took out a cigarette, and lit it.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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