CHAPTER 819 ESCALATION

Chapter 819 Escalation Property © .

The limousine stopped in front of the Phillips Manor. Susan was sleeping soundly. Looking at her,

Manuel was about to wake her up but paused. He noticed her wrists which were put on her belly at the

moment. He felt that they were delicate enough to get broken by pinching. He swallowed a bit, feeling

bad for her since she had worked very hard during lately. He heard a lot about her working long hours.

He wondered whether he put too much pressure on her. But if he didn't do so to train her, she would

not be competent enough to work independently in the future. And then she could never be able to hold

and run the business of Phillips Bank.

Manuel couldn't help reaching out and his long fingers touched Susan's wrist. At this moment, Susan

suddenly opened her eyes as if she was scared by something. She swatted away his hand

unconsciously.

Susan was only half awake. She had pretended to sleep to avoid being embarrassed when they were

alone together. But she didn't expect that she fell asleep. Maybe she was too exhausted during the day.

As a result, she fell asleep immediately as soon as she closed her eyes. But in this case, she would

wake up while being startled. Susan appeared a little insane recently, and she was unable to think

clearly at the moment. Then she gave her explanation hurriedly, "I don't mean that you're disgusting."

She wanted to explain that she slapped his hand not because she despised him. But then, her mind

went blank and she didn't know why she would say that.

Manuel bent his fingers to make a fist, with a grim expression. Susan wished she could disappear at

once. How could she tell him her inner thoughts? Then she said, "I fell asleep just now. I have no idea

what I said. It must be sleep-talking." Susan tried hard to gloss over it. Manuel looked forward, became

livid, and didn't be persuaded by Susan's explanation.

Susan was too embarrassed to stay calm, and she tried to say calmly, "I don't know why I want to lie

down as soon as I see you during this time." She intended to say that she pretended to fall asleep to

avoid embarrassment. But soon, she realized that her words were ambiguous. Then Manuel turned his

head and stared at her. Susan was scared and pale, continuing her explanation. "Oh, no. Don't get me

wrong. I am not saying that I want to lie down with you…"

Hearing this, Manuel stared at her more intently. At this moment, Susan realized that she could not

explain herself clearly. No matter what she said, she would make it worse. Then she unbuckled her

seat belt, hurriedly got out of the car, and ran away as fast as she could. She couldn't give a clear

explanation but she could run away.

Manuel looked at her back as she ran away. Although he managed to suppress his smile, he couldn't

help beaming in the end. He wondered why Susan couldn't act wisely. Then he pushed the gas pedal

and drove away.

As soon as Susan got home, she covered herself with a quilt. She felt quite humiliated. She thought

that she was always in a terrible state when she met Manuel and Justine. But she used not to be so.

Tossing and turning on her bed, she couldn't forget her embarrassing experience. Although she

collapsed, she felt kind of passionate about the idea of sleeping with Manuel and sat up in bed

suddenly. This idea made her heart race. She decided to take a cold shower which made her shudder

and she jumped to keep warm. When she went back to her bed, it seemed that the cold shower didn't

work. She was still thinking about having sex with Manuel. Damn! "I just made love with him once. How

could it be so attractive to me?" Susan thought. Then she climbed out of bed to turn on her computer,

and she intended to forget this idea by watching porn.

The next morning, Hannah received messages and many photos of Sarah's interview from Manuel. In

those photos, Sarah dressed well, looking cultured and elegant. Her dress demonstrated her status as

a member of the senior management in the company. Information on her interview was posted online,

earning some good reviews for her. Being excited at the moment, Sarah was satisfied with the

interview arranged by Manuel.

Being interviewed by the most well-known magazine in Northfield helped Sarah become more famous.

Only those who were top performers in their fields could get a chance to have an interview with this

magazine. Thus, Sarah responded positively with high-sounding words in the interview.

After the interview, Sarah tweeted that she hoped to spread more positive energy to others, implicating

that she wanted others to learn from her because she worked hard albeit being born into a wealthy

family. As she expected, she became more popular with that tweet and was praised by many others.

Scrolling through Twitter on her phone, she felt satisfied because she loved being in the spotlight.

For a long time, Lillian's success overshadowed her. But she began to change the situation. When she

was still basking in her success, her secretary opened her office door. Since she was in a good mood,

she didn't get angry and said gently to Rose, "Rose, what's up?"

"Oh, god. Miss Collins, someone intends to jump out of the top floor of our company." Rose said

anxiously.

Sarah sprang out of her chair and her face changed. "Who?" she asked.

"The manager of the Planning Department, Kanae Hoke."

Sarah was quite out of countenance. She scolded Kanae harshly yesterday because she spoke ill of

her and compared her with Hannah. She forced Kanae to quit her job yesterday, and she was quite

confused that Kanae was still in the company today.

"What should we do now? Many colleagues have been there to figure out what was happening. I'm

afraid that there would be more attention on this matter." Rose expressed her worry.

Sarah was agitated, thinking that she must prevent Kanae from ruining her hard-won reputation.

Gritting her teeth, she said, "Let's see how it goes."

"OK." Rose followed Sarah hurriedly. At the same time, she laughed at Sarah and praised Hannah

inwardly. Sarah would lose all standing and reputation right after her great success.

When they went to the top floor, there were many people, including the security guards. Kanae, with

volatile emotions, was standing on the outer side of the wall on the top floor and didn't allow anyone to

come closer to her. Sarah found that many witnesses were taking photos. Then she scolded them,

"Stop! No taking photos. Put your phone down."

She didn't care about how to rescue Kanae but how to conceal this matter.