At this moment, on the other side, inside the multifunctional conference hall.
Everyone from the R&D department gathered, and the table was covered with partially eaten breakfast.
Nina sat at the head of the table, sipping coffee while looking at the message Serena Holloway had sent to the group half an hour ago, a disdainful smirk curling up her red lips.
Let them go back in fifteen minutes?
Or else bear the consequences.
Ha, Tanya Sinclair really thinks she’s someone important!
Some colleagues were a bit worried: "It’s Manager Sinclair’s first day back at work, and we’re openly ignoring her. Isn’t this bad?"
Nina shot a glance over: "What kind of manager is she? She just uses her status as Mrs. Hawthorne to drive Cindy away! People like her need a lesson! Have you forgotten how much Cindy has looked out for you over the years?"
These words made everyone silent for a moment.
They were willing to listen to Nina. Coming here early for a meeting was out of respect for Cindy Lynn. After all, in the R&D department, Nina’s opinions were synonymous with Cindy Lynn’s.
Cindy Lynn, acting as the interim manager, had managed the R&D department for several years, continuously leading several drug development projects, each of which she had already laid the groundwork for and planned.
All they needed to do was follow the steps and complete them one by one.
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With more money and less work, everyone naturally liked Cindy Lynn as the acting manager!
Now with Tanya Sinclair back, without a word, she pushed Cindy Lynn out, and they felt it was unfair for Cindy.
That’s why they’re hitting Tanya Sinclair in the face on her first day back at the company.
But, after all, Tanya Sinclair is Mrs. Hawthorne...
Someone worried, "What if Tanya Sinclair complains to President Hawthorne? Won’t we all get punished..."
Nina sneered at these words.
"As if Tanya Sinclair will keep her spot as Mrs. Hawthorne for long!"
After saying that, she shared a trending link in their private group chat.
The bold headline was strikingly eye-catching: [Marinus Park Family Activities, Ultra Attractive Couple Goes Viral!]
A bunch of people, clueless, clicked in, and after seeing the handsome couple in the photos underneath, they were stunned one by one.
"Isn’t this President Hawthorne and Secretary Lynn!"
The promotional photos in the link indeed were of Vincent Hawthorne and Cindy Lynn.
In the photos, Vincent Hawthorne is dressed casually, looking handsome and elegant, slightly turning his head as if speaking to Cindy Lynn beside him. Cindy Lynn is wearing a matching sporty dress, standing next to him, her smile gentle and sweet,
reminiscent of a sweet, loving young couple.
The comments below were unanimously praising their compatibility.
This promotional article’s shares had already exceeded 100,000+
Nina was smug: "See? I wasn’t lying. Actually, President Hawthorne has long been planning to divorce Tanya Sinclair, it’s just going through the process!"
Nina scanned the colleagues seated around, "These past few years, everyone sees how President Hawthorne treats Cindy. That Tanya Sinclair was a vegetative state for five years; President Hawthorne waiting until she woke up to divorce is already the height of decency!"
Indeed, almost everyone in the company knew that over the past few years, President Hawthorne attended events with Cindy Lynn, and even his two children were very close to Cindy Lynn. They’d even heard the two children openly call Cindy Lynn "Mom"...
At this rate, Cindy Lynn could soon become their boss lady!
The colleagues exchanged glances amongst themselves, knowing the situation tacitly.
Now Cindy Lynn was the one they couldn’t afford to offend!
Originally, some colleagues were a bit worried, but now they sat back comfortably, chatting and laughing in the conference room for another two hours.
When the time was almost up, Nina slowly put away her gaming phone, stood up: "Alright, there’s half an hour until lunch break. Let’s adjourn the meeting and head back."
She led a group of R&D colleagues back at a leisurely pace.
The whole department was empty, presumably with Tanya Sinclair hiding in her office crying.
Nina was extremely pleased; she finally got revenge for the blow Tanya Sinclair had dealt her last time!
She had it all planned out; today’s lesson for Tanya Sinclair was just the start, more drama was lined up!
She would make Tanya Sinclair’s days in the R&D department increasingly miserable!
Once Cindy became Mrs. Hawthorne, Tanya, the wretch, wouldn’t even be worthy to kneel and shine her shoes!
Just the thought of Tanya Sinclair begging on her knees thrilled Nina.
The R&D department was the group’s core department, equipped with an independent security system requiring fingerprint and iris verification to enter.
Nina placed her finger on the machine, leaned her face towards the scanner, but the door remained locked, triggering a red alert instead!
"Fingerprint recognition, facial recognition error, please re-verify!" the machine’s icy voice prompted.
Nina found it strange; the R&D department’s authentication system was very sensitive, this never happened before.
She thought maybe she misplaced her finger and tried again,
The red alert was triggered once more.
"Fingerprint recognition, facial recognition error, you have one more chance, if the third attempt fails, the system will automatically alert!"
"...What’s going on!"
Nina’s face changed, withdrawing her hand, not daring to try again.
The colleagues behind her also found it odd.
"How can it not recognize?"
"Exactly, this never happened before."
After waiting ten minutes, once the system alert lifted, another person attempted recognition, only to fail again, and another person, still the same!
Everyone originally appeared relaxed, but now, looking at the locked R&D department door, they subtly realized that things weren’t going as they expected...
Someone timidly muttered: "...could it be Manager Sinclair, locked us out?"
This scene didn’t look like them grouping against Tanya Sinclair, rather it seemed like Tanya Sinclair alone was punishing all of them...
Meanwhile, in the lab.
Tanya Sinclair herself was diligently focused on her work, whereas Serena Holloway, who had some free time, watched the situation at the door via the monitor.
Seeing Nina looking like she swallowed a fly, Serena laughed and clapped her thigh.
"Hahaha, serves you right! Bullying my boss in groups, now you can’t get in, know you were wrong now!" She looked at Tanya Sinclair with starry eyes, "Boss, you’re getting more handsome!"
So handsome that she almost wanted to marry him.
Through the monitor, Nina was seen, angry and frustrated, pulling out her phone to make a call, stepping aside.
With even her toes, Serena could guess, Nina definitely called Cindy Lynn to complain!
And Cindy Lynn surely was with President Hawthorne, she would definitely tell him!
Thinking of this, Serena’s face fell, her joy turning to worry.
She still remembered the scene where President Hawthorne openly favored Cindy Lynn last time!
Serena bit her lip, looking sympathetically at the still-diligently-working Tanya Sinclair.
Everyone at Northwood University knew how much Tanya Sinclair loved Vincent Hawthorne back then.
Now, her eyes had healed; if she saw the one she loved to his core, Vincent Hawthorne, favor another woman, it would surely break her heart...
Serena guessed right; the call Nina made was indeed to Cindy Lynn to complain.
At that moment, Cindy Lynn was in Vincent Hawthorne’s office.
She picked up the call, her eyes still red from crying.
"Nina, what’s going on?"
"Cindy, you need to tell President Hawthorne, that Tanya Sinclair woman is insane!"
Cindy was taken aback: "What happened?"
She glanced at Vincent Hawthorne behind the desk, while ’unintentionally’ turning on the speakerphone.
The next second, Nina’s excited, angry accusation blared out: "Tanya Sinclair arrived in the morning and locked out me and all the R&D colleagues, preventing us from getting in for normal work!"