Chapter 50

Samantha Lindt hated Nicole, but since

Nicole had something over her head,

Samantha dared not get into an all-out

fight with her.

“My experience in leading teams is no

less than those on the list, and my

performance is one of the best among

the senior managers. Vice President

Nicole, are you still holding a grudge

against me because of what happened

last time?”

Samantha was obviously a bit

discontented.

Nicole lowered her eyes and laughed. “No, I don’t hold a grudge against you, but I do remember that

you were against

cooperating with J&L before this. I’m just afraid your attitude will affect our

cooperation, so…”

“I will comply with the company’s decision.” Samantha eagerly showed her allegiance.

Nicole gave her a perfunctory smile. “This

list has been announced at the board

meeting, so I’m afraid there’s no way to

change it now. Let’s talk about it next

time we have the chance.”

She had already started to pack up the

things on her desk, giving Samantha an

obvious signal that she was done with

this conversation

Samantha gritted her teeth and said, “I’m

sure it can still be changed. Vice

President Nicole, just wait and see.”

She then turned on her heels and left

Nicole’s office with confidence. Nicole’s

gaze was deep as she raised her

eyebrow. “Great! She took the bait.’

In the afternoon, Logan called Nicole’s

office phone. “Director Zielinski wants

you to meet him at his office.”

‘An old man that’s about to retire? Nicole

raised her eyebrows. “Sure.”

Aside from Grant and Logan, no one in

the company knew of Nicole’s real

identity. As the newly instated Vice

President, Nicole would like to see what

Micah Zielinski wanted to talk to her

about

Micah liked to engage in speculative

trading. He only became a member of

Stanton Corporation’s board of directors

through special means and had refused t

o let go ever since. However, he did not

have many shares in the company and

was not considered a threat, so they let

him be. Nicole knocked on Micah’s office door and heard a tired voice coming from inside, “Come in.”

She smiled and went in “Mr. Zielinski, you were looking for me?” Micah’s eyes lit up when he saw her,

but h e suddenly thought of something and instantly looked regretful. “Come, sit down.” He pointed to

the seat i n front of him. Nicole took a seat. Micah smiled and coughed slightly. “Ms. Nicole, you’re very

pretty. No wonder Grant was willing to disregard so many objections and forcefully pushed you into this

position.” Nicole’s smile deepened. ‘So…he didn’t like that Grant’s backing me?’

She did not explain anything and just

smiled at him

Micah saw that she was not carrying on

the conversation and coldly snorted. “Do

you know that your position was originally

reserved for Samantha Lindt?”

‘Is he trying to scare me?’

Nicole paused for a moment and said, “M

s. Lindt is certainly capable, but I’m more

suitable for this position.”

Micah’s face instantly sank and

threatened her. “Young people who are

arrogant in the workplace and have no

respect for their elders will suffer.”

Nicole smiled and stood up. “Then I can

only prove myself with my capabilities. M

r. Zielinski, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take

my leave.”

“Nicole!” Micah was a little anxious. He was dissatisfied with the direction of this meeting and

instructed, “Add Samantha Lindt to J&L Corporation’s project team.” Nicole’s smile widened. ‘It is really

him… Samantha Lindt’s backer is such a miserable old man? Did she think that I’d be intimidated by

this old geezer? How

absurd!

Micah saw that Nicole only smiled

without a word. His face turned glum.“

Did you hear what I just said?”

“Yes…”

Micah’s expression eased slightly. Nicole

continued, “But I can’t do it.”

“What do you mean?”

“It won’t be fair to the others.”

“Nicole, do you think that you’re safe just

because you have Grant? Do you believe

that I’ll.” Micah was exasperated and

threatened her.

“Fire me? I don’t believe that the board

will fire me because of Samantha Lindt. 1

suppose Ms. Lindt didn’t tell you what!

have on her when she came crying to

you. Please tell her not to mess with me.”

Nicole swept a clear and cold glance at

the shocked Micah Zielinski, then stood u

p and walked out without hesitation.

As soon as she left Micah’s office, she

called Grant’s private number.

“What’s wrong, N?”

*There’s something fishy with Micah

Zielinski. Samantha Lindt is one of his

people. He must be the one who wanted

to prevent our cooperation with J&L

Corporation in the first place.”

Grant laughed and praised her. “You

caught on quick.”

“You already knew about it?”

“How could I not know of the dissent

among my company’s board of

directors?”

Nicole sighed in relief. “Then I’m relieved.”

“That old fox is not easy to deal with, so

I’ll handle him. You should just focus on

following up on J&L’s cooperation. By the

way, I heard that Eric Ferguson plans to

personally take charge of this project.”

Grant gave her a heads-up.