Jane waved her hand lightly and glanced at Melissa in front of her. “I wondered who was so bold, turns out it’s Patrick cousin!”
Everyone sweated for Melissa. Whenever Jane spoke in such a sarcastic manner, someone usually ended up unlucky.
Melissa acted as if the company belonged to her, not even bothering to look at Jane and sitting directly beside her.
“Sister-in-law, since you’re in a meeting, as a member of the company, I have the right to participate. I’ll just sit here and listen. You don’t need to mind me; you can continue the meeting.”
Melissa’s casual words had already ignited Jane’s anger. Jane suppressed her temper, unwilling to embarrass Melissa in front of so many people, nor could she back down.
“In that case, let’s continue the meeting.” Jane smirked, showing both agreement and patience.
Seeing this, everyone began to refocus on their work.
“They haven’t returned from overseas yet, have they? Is it too early to arrange their work at this time?” The agent responsible for April raised a question.
After all, their honeymoon trip had been approved by Jane.
“Don’t worry about that. We just need to proceed with our plans. Besides, it might be too late to rearrange their work when they return, which could affect their effectiveness.” Jane liked to consider things thoroughly before taking action, making her work more efficient.
“Excuse me, may I interrupt? When you mention April, are you referring to the famous singer?” Melissa interjected, already causing discontent among the others.
Jane didn’t answer, but her assistant explained, “Yes, they are currently on their honeymoon.”
Upon hearing this, Melissa burst into laughter. “I can’t believe a mere entertainer has so much privilege, even having time for a honeymoon. It seems they don’t care much about the company’s boss. What use is such an artist?”
Melissa didn’t know who April was before, she had only heard of her fame. Moreover, she had been overseas for a long time and was not familiar with interpersonal relationships in the company and some trivial matters concerning Jane.
“Miss Pansy, if you have any questions, we can discuss them privately after the meeting. After all, we are still in a meeting.” The assistant spoke humbly, not attaching much importance to Melissa, knowing that Jane’s expression was already changing.
“You can continue with the meeting. I’ll just be here listening,” Melissa said deliberately, emphasizing the last two words as if monitoring their work.
Jane disliked this feeling the most. She stood up directly and looked at Melissa. “Their trip was approved by me, and I fully support it. As a new employee of the company, if you have any questions, you can talk to me directly.”
“I don’t like it when someone interrupts me during a meeting.”
Jane could speak so politely only because of Patrick. Otherwise, she would have asked Melissa to leave long ago.
Melissa quickly apologized. “I’m sorry, I’m really sorry.”
With Melissa’s presence, Jane felt that the meeting might not be able to continue. So she directly addressed everyone, “You can all go back now. We’ll end the meeting here today. If there’s anything, I’ll inform you in the group.”
The people sitting in the conference room were all top leaders and Jane’s right-hand men. It was their presence as core agents that kept Jane’s company moving forward.
Jane’s words had barely fallen when Melissa immediately took over, saying, “Since everyone is here, I might as well join the group too.”
With that, she took out her phone, preparing to scan the code from the assistant next to her to enter their core leadership group.
Everyone glanced at Jane and smiled, waving their hands. “Sorry, this is our internal group.”
Then everyone left the meeting room.
The assistant remained by Jane’s side, accompanying Jane and Melissa. Seeing that everyone didn’t fall for it, she turned her focus directly to Jane.
“Sister-in-law, now that we’re all part of the same company, you can’t keep things from me. After all, I also want to share your burden.”
For some reason, Jane felt extremely disgusted upon hearing this.
“I heard you weren’t satisfied with the way the receptionist treated you?”
Jane had already seen Melissa’s behavior downstairs through surveillance footage with sound, and she knew he wasn’t easy to deal with, let alone easily coming to her company.
Rather than wasting time with useless words, it was better to take practical actions.
“How could that be? I just didn’t quite like the receptionist, so we didn’t get along. I thought since it’s our own company, I might as well stay with you as your assistant. It would also be convenient for you to teach me.” Melissa’s scheming was quite clever.
The assistant beside her was quite surprised. She had been doing her job well, but suddenly someone came and took it away from her for no reason. Anyone would find this unbearable.
“My assistant is doing a good job. Why should I replace her?” Jane addressed her directly.
The assistant felt a warmth in her heart. She didn’t expect Jane to have such high expectations of her.
“Outsiders can never be as close as our own family members, especially since I’m your husband’s cousin.” Melissa decided to use their family relationship to her advantage, just to let Jane know she got in through connections.
And also to make her stance clear.
However, Jane didn’t buy into it at all and didn’t even give her a chance to argue. “There are no relatives in my company. Once you step into the company, you must address me as Ms. North. Regardless of your relationship with Patrick outside, once you’re in my company, you must obey me. My company relies on ability, and only those with strong abilities have a chance to stay.”
Jane’s words were crystal clear, and Melissa surely understood them.
“Furthermore, I’ll give you a day to familiarize yourself with all the company’s positions and the responsibilities of each person, including the information about all the artists in the company. After you’ve familiarized yourself, I’ll assign you tasks. Wait for me in the office at this time tomorrow. I’ll assess you. Only if you pass tomorrow’s assessment will you have a chance to stay. Otherwise, I won’t consider anyone’s face.”