Chapter 75

Chapter 075

Lucia froze and hesitated. She hadn't decided whether to go back to the Lion Group to work. No

matter what, it was also August's company. If she went back, she would often see him and it would

be awkward. Carter hurriedly continued to ask, "I heard you had a fall at home and were

hospitalized. How are you doing now? Can you come to work?" Lucia hesitated, "I feel better now,

but..." Not waiting for her to finish her sentence, Carter said, "Lucia, can you come back to work

tomorrow? We've been so busy lately that our department is short of hands, and I'll be relieved if

you can come back. What's more, it's the end of the second quarter of the year and I can apply for a

salary increase for you."

Salary increase? Lucia became so excited.

Lion Group offered two salary increases each year, one at mid-year and one at the end of the year.

Although she hadn't achieved much in the past two years, she had been working hard to make

money. And she had waited six months for such an opportunity, so she couldn't miss it. Besides, the

Lion Group's salary was already very good in the industry, and she might not be able to find a job

with such a high salary afterward. If she left at this time, she would be at a disadvantage. Biting her

lip, Lucia dispelled the few remaining misgivings and spoke, "Carter, I'll be able to go to work

tomorrow.’ Hearing her say that, Carter sighed in relief, "Okay, then you can come to work

tomorrow." After hanging up the phone, Lucia took a deep breath and continued to walk home. As

soon as Lucia got home, Mrs. Mitchell took her by the hand and asked her, "How was the boy?"

"He's fine," Lucia responded casually while thinking about something else. Mrs. Mitchell couldn't

resist asking, "What do you mean? What did you talk about? Tell me about it..." Lucia felt a little

chaotic and whispered, "Mom, I want to be quiet and I'm going to work tomorrow..."

"Go to work?"

When she heard Lucia say that, Mrs. Mitchell became anxious again, "Are you sure you want to go

back to work?" Wouldn't it be awkward for the two of them to meet each other then? Lucia took a

deep breath and spoke, "Mom, I've already thought about it. It's okay, and I'm in the Administration

Department, so I won't see him very often.”

When she said this, Mrs. Mitchell nodded and didn't say anything more. Lucia also kept reassuring

herself, but she didn't expect that on her first day back at work, she would be assigned by Carter to

help the colleagues in the President's Office again. "Lisa, Lucia, we have a project, and today the

president's office is receiving foreign guests again, but everyone is busy with

other work, so the job of receiving and assisting the Secretary's Office will be left to you two.” On

her first day back at work, Lucia couldn't help but feel annoyed when she heard about this. If she

was assisting the Secretary's Office with foreign guests, she would inevitably have to meet with

August. When Carter inadvertently looked up and saw Lucia wandering off, she asked, "Lucia, what's

wrong with you?" Lucia took a deep breath and hurriedly said, "Nothing-nothing.” Since she had

agreed to come back to work, she naturally couldn't pick and choose or had any objections. Seeing

this, Lisa next to her looked at Lucia coldly, smiled crookedly, and asked, "Lucia, you are not

recovering from the fall? Is it really okay for you to receive foreign guests in such a mental state?”

These words sounded like concern, but Lucia was not a fool and could hear the ridicule and sarcasm

beyond her words.

She forced herself up and smiled at Lisa, "Don't worry. After so many days of rest, I am now full of

energy and in good shape.”

Hearing her say that, Lisa froze and looked away without saying anything else. Carter cleared his

throat and said, "All right. You get ready and can go over to help the Secretary's Office.”

11:01

When they came out of Carter's office, the colleagues in the desk area saw Lucia and gave her a few

looks. After all, they hadn't seen her for a while, and they all thought she had quit. Emma smiled at

Lucia and waved her hand. Lucia smiled, unconsciously in a much better mood. She followed Lisa

straight to the large meeting room in the company where they received important clients. "Lay out

these brochures just like this, and this one according to the schematic.”

As soon as they arrived at the conference room, Lisa gave the easiest task directly to Lucia, while she

was flipping through

the information about the foreign guests who came this time. Without saying much, Lucia started to

work on setting up the relevant materials. After that, she walked over to the projector display. Lisa

seemed to be practicing something. When Lucia approached, she heard a few basic greetings in

French. She raised an eyebrow and glanced at the name on the name tag, then realized that the

foreign guest this time was representative of a French company Lisa suddenly turned her head

toward her and ordered in a cold voice, "Go check the stereo, projector, and laptop. If there's

nothing wrong, then go and see if the pantry is ready.” Lucia took a breath and looked at her

seriously, "What about you?" If all these jobs were left to her, what did Lisa do? Lisa frowned,

seemingly not expecting Lucia to question her in this way. She gritted her teeth, unable to say

anything, so she stopped reading the guest information in her hand and got up to walk to the

projector. When the conference room was almost set up, someone from Secretary's Office came

over.

Irene and Mary walked in and checked it out as they always did.

When Irene saw Lucia, her face was somber. She looked at the conference table, then walked over

to the windowsill and

reached out her finger to wipe it. Seeing the thin layer of ash on her fingertips, she looked at Lucia and spoke in a cold voice, *s this the

conference room you set up?" Her words seemed to be addressed to Lucia and Lisa, but her gaze had clearly indicated who was being targeted.

Lucia took 2 look at the windowsill and knew in her heart that the hygiene of the conference room was taken care of by

professional cleaners, so Irene was just using this as an excuse. On Lucas first day back at work, she didn't want to get into any trouble with

rene, so she didn't say much. She got up and went to the pantry next to the conference room to get a rag and wipe the conference room

windowsill and table again. Seeing Lucia being so obedient, Irene was very pleased. She hadn't seen Lucia for a while and didn't expect that

Lucia had surprisingly leamed a lot. She raised an eyebrow in triumph and looked to Mary, "Mary, it's time for us to go wait downstairs.” Mary

nodded, glanced at Lucia and Lisa, and instructed softly, "The foreign guests will be arriving in about fifteen minutes.

You can go to Archives and get the prepared planning cases back.” Lisa smiled and agreed, “Okay, Marry, leave this to me.” Just as Mary and

rene left, Lisa tuned her head to Lucia and ordered, "You go to the Archives and pick up the planning cases.” Listening to Lisa assign her tasks

again, Lucia frowned and asked again, "What about you?" She was not a fool and would not allow her to order herself like this again and again,