Rachel took a deep breath. “I had something to discuss with Mr. Hunt.”

Helena rolled her eyes and muttered, “LS Enterprise is ourpany’s biggest rival. As the project director, it doesn’t look good for you to be too close to Mr. Hunt. People will start questioning things.”

“What was it about?” William’s sharp gaze locked onto Rachel “This isn’t just your personal matter anymore. It’s about the whole team. You need to exin yourself.”

Rachel’s stomach dropped.

The way William looked at her and questioned her made her feel like she was being interrogated. Because of a singlement from Samantha, he now assumed Rachel was thinking of switchingpanies. He was convinced she had gone to Tyler to

discuss it.

Rachel’s expression stayed neutral. “I can’t answer that right now

With the situation as messy as it was, any excuse she gave would sound wrong.

Besides, the rtionship between Lewis Enterprise and LS Enterprise was delicate. Rachel hadn’t asked William or Tyler about their past, but she could tell there was tension between them. The two obviously didn’t get along.

William’s gaze grew more serious. “This is your only chance to clear your name, Ms. Lloyd.”

Rachel hesitated. She saw the warning in William’s eyes. This was thest chance he was offering her to prove herself.

Her eyshes fluttered as she finally said, “Mr. Lewis, you believe Samantha when she says I’m nning to leave, but why don’t you believe me when I tell you otherwise?”

William’s brow furrowed deeper. “This isn’t about whether I believe you. This is about thepany’s interests. It’s not just an exnation to me, it’s to the entirepany. It’s about you being responsible for your role here.”

Rachel’sst bit of hope vanished with that sentence. So, in his heart, just a few words from Samantha were enough to destroy seven years of trust and love. She hade to her senses now.

She took a deep breath, then nodded slowly before saying, “I told you, it’s personal. I’m not ready to discuss it. As for the Trinity Project, I’m not going to deny that I made a mistake.”

Helena spoke up: “It’s not surprising you have the confidence to act like this, Ms. Lloyd. After all, you’re Mr. Lewis‘ wife; no one can touch you. If anyone else acted like this, they’d have been fired by now.”

Rachel shut her eyes for a moment to collect herself, then opened them again and turned to face the group.

“Don’t worry. Your boss will never y favorites,” she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm.

He was very fair indeed. So fair, in fact, that the scale in his heart had already tippedpletely toward Samantha.

Just thenb, /bSamantha came rushing in from outside, slightly out of breath.

“William, we got the contract with Trinity Enterprise. Good thing made it in time!” she dered.

A faint light flickered in William’s dark eyes. “You secured the contract?”

“Yep, here it is,” Samantha replied, handing it over.

William’s furrowed brow slowly rxed. “Good work. Thank you.”

That was when Samantha noticed Rachel standing there and walked over to her.

“Rachelb, /bif something like thises up next time and you can’t attend a meeting, just let me know in advance. I can help. But this is apany matter. If anything goes wrong, none of us can afford the responsibility. You’ll drag William down with you,” she said, trying to sound like she was being helpful.

“Exactly. Because of your mistake today, we almost lost everything If the project falls through, we’ll all have to take the fall for you,” Helena added, nodding in agreement. “Even if you’re Mr. Lewis‘ wife, you can’t just do whatever you want. If it weren’t for Samantha stepping in, I wonder how you would have exined this to thepany.”

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