CHAPTER 104 A PROMOTION

"Regarding Lyn's birthday...” Yvonne stopped talking all of a sudden halfway through her speech. She seemed to have some kind of worry.

In fact, she wanted to ask him whether he wanted to g o to Lynette's birthday party with her. But it seemed rather impractical after she thought about it.

Not only was it his employee’s birthday party, his identity as her husband would be exposed if he attended the birthday party with her. She never forgot his warning before. He did not want others to know about his identity.

She decided against it. She then made up her mind to attend the party alone. 2

"What about her birthday party?” Henry frowned and asked.

"Nothing." Yvonne averted her gaze and recovered herself. She shook her head and smiled, "By the way, M r. Lancaster, did you plan to knock on the door since you were standing outside my office just now?"

Henry replied that it was true. He then handed a document to her. "This is the annual inventory document. Please sort it out and return it to me.”

Yvonne soon became serious as it concerned their work. "Okay. When did you want it?”

"Today before you clock out of work," Henry replied.

Then, he turned around to return to his office. Content is © by .

Joe had been waiting for him for a long time. He soon opened up the day's schedule when he saw Henry entering the office. He then started to report that day's schedule to Henry.

Henry listened to him as he pulled his chair out and took his seat. "What did you say? You said that Elliot wants to meet with me. Is that right?"

Joe closed the schedule and replied, "Yes. Mr. Taylor would like to meet you this afternoon at two o’clock."

Henry drummed his fingers on the table. "What did he want to meet me for?"

"I'm not quite sure at the moment, but I think it’s related to the business deal we have with them. I remembered that it was Miss Frey and Miss Conrad's surgery the last time you met with him for the business deal. So you didn't get to discuss it properly with him." Joe pushed his glasses and made a rough analysis.

Henry raised his chin slightly. "Alright. Give him a reply, saying that I've agreed to meet with him. We'll b e meeting at Grand Earl Hotel. I'll treat him to a meal there as compensation for not having a proper discussion with him previously."

"Alright," Joe nodded. Then he took out his phone immediately.

A few minutes later, he hung up the phone with a strange look.

Henry narrowed his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"Mr. Lancaster..." Joe was hesitant as he was unsure whether he should tell Henry the truth.

Henry was slightly impatient now. "Speak now!"

Joe coughed once. He arranged his thoughts. "Mr. Taylor promised to meet up with you for a meal. But h e requested for Miss Frey's presence there."

"Yvonne?" Henry's facial expression darkened.

Joe nodded. "Yes! That's right."

"Did he tell you the reason behind it?" Henry's voice was cold.

Joe lowered his head slightly, and he did not dare to meet his gaze. "He didn't tell me that. He just said that he wishes to meet Miss Frey later on."

Henry pursed his thin lips coldly and remained quiet. His entire being was immersed in extreme coldness.

Joe did not even dare to take deeper breaths. He stood before the working desk, saying nothing. It seemed like he was invisible.

After a short while, Henry sneered coldly all of a sudden. "Since he wants to meet Yvonne so badly, then I'll grant his wish!" "Mr. Lancaster, do you really plan to bring Miss Frey along?" Joe looked at him in extreme shock.

It was obvious what kind of thoughts Elliot had regarding Yvonne. That was why he wanted Yvonne there.

But what kind of man could bear to see another man thinking about his own wife under such circumstances? i

But Mr. Lancaster...

At that moment, Joe did not know what Henry's thoughts were.

Henry did not heed Joe’s question. His facial expression worsened as he clenched his fists tightly." You may leave now."

"Alright," Joe responded and turned around to leave.

Before he left, Henry stopped him all of a sudden." Wait!"

Joe stopped walking. "Mr. Lancaster, do you have any other commands?"

"Do you know Lynette from the Planning Department?" Henry leaned back against the chair slightly.

Joe thought about it for a while. He nodded. "Yes, I do. She’s quite close to Miss Frey."

"Yes. Let’s give her a higher post." Henry took out a document and started flipping through it.

Joe was stunned. "A higher post? Mr. Lancaster, do you mean to give her a promotion?” "If she didn’t make any mistakes all this while, and she’s serious in her work, we'll give her a promotion. If she didn't achieve those targets, we can just increase her salary slightly." Henry gave his command calmly. He would treat it as a form of appreciation for Lynette for taking care of Yvonne.

Joe did not understand Henry’s thoughts. He was quite surprised with Henry's deeds too. At the same time, he was rather curious toward Lynette.

What did she do exactly? Why would Mr. Lancaster want to give her a promotion or increase her salary?

Did Mr. Lancaster notice Lynette just because she was close to Miss Frey?

When he thought about that, he exclaimed at how important it was to befriend those people who were beneficial to you.

"Alright, Mr. Lancaster. I understand." He suppressed the complicated thoughts he had at that moment and replied calmly.

Henry waved his hand and gestured for him to take his leave.

Joe left and went to the Personnel Department to look into Lynette's biodata and information. After the investigation, he realized that there was nothing wrong with her work. So he asked the Personnel Department to announce Lynette’s promotion. 1

Lynette soon called Yvonne as soon as she learned that she was being promoted.

"Yvonne, I..." She was so excited that she could not speak properly.

Yvonne thought that there was something wrong with Lynette. She became quite anxious. "Lyn, what happened?"

"I'm fine. It's just that... I have some great news to tell you!" Lynette calmed herself down and spoke a complete sentence at last.

Yvonne's lips twitched. She was at a loss for words." You should act like you’ve received great news. Why did you sound like something terrible has happened? You scared the wits out of me!" 1

She did not know how to react to that.

"I'm just extremely excited." Lynette chuckled.

Yvonne stretched her body and moved her stiff neck for a while. "Since you're too excited to speak properly, certainly it's exceptionally great news. What is that?"

"I'm being promoted!" Lynette said loudly in ecstasy.

Yvonne was stunned for a short while. She soon recovered and confirmed the news with Lynette in surprise, "Is it true?"

"Of course it is! Mr. Woods asked the Personnel Department to announce it. I’m now being promoted t o a team leader from an ordinary employee."

"Good for you!” Yvonne was happy for her.

Lynette sneered smugly. "Yvonne, do you know what happened? Miss Walker and the other women could not take it when they learned that I was being promoted. Their facial expressions worsened. It’s hilarious..." Lynette burst into laughter.

Yvonne tried to imagine that scene. She could not help but laugh too. i

After that, she seemed to become aware of something else. She asked Lynette seriously, "Lyn, you’re being promoted all of a sudden. Did Mr. Woods tell you the reason behind it?"

Mr. Woods was the one who announced Lynette’s promotion. Besides, Mr. Woods represented Henry, so i t meant that the person who approved of her promotion was actually Henry.

However, Lynette was an ordinary employee. If she was to be promoted, they did not have to ask for Henry's approval. The manager from the Planning Department could make decisions regarding that.

But it was Henry who gave an order on such a matter. Moreover, Lynette was just an ordinary employee.

How did the CEO notice her and give her a promotion? Lynette’s immediate superiors from the same department were ignored in this matter too. So there were indeed all kinds of complicated details in that matter, and people would certainly gossip about it.

Lynette thought for a while and replied, "It appears like he said nothing of that sort. He just told me that m y performance is good, and that's why I'm being promoted."

Yvonne was silent for a few seconds. "Got it. I'll help you ask about it later."

"Sure, remember to tell me about it when you get the answer." Lynette was curious as to why she was promoted all of a sudden too.

Yvonne replied, "Fine."

"Then, I'll leave it up to you. Why don't we go out for dinner tonight?" Lynette suggested. "Let’s celebrate the fact that I’m being promoted!"