Last night, Vincent Hawthorne rushed to Cindy Lynn’s home and found her fainted in the bathroom.
Fortunately, it was just due to soaking too long in the bath and low blood sugar, so she fainted when she stood up in a hurry—nothing serious.
Vincent carried her to the bed, pinched her philtrum, and Cindy woke up.
She cried emotionally, explaining to him that a staff member asked for her WeChat, she didn’t give it, and he retreated a step, borrowing Cindy Lynn’s phone to complete a like task.
Cindy Lynn agreed without being guarded, unexpectedly, the person stole photos from her album without her knowledge...
"I’ve explained to him that we are not a couple. Vincent, you must believe me. I’ll make a public clarification video now!" She said eagerly, reaching for her phone to shoot a video.
Vincent stopped her, looking at Cindy with tears all over her face, feeling a trace of sympathy, "Alright, I’ve already sent Jonah Rivers to deal with this. Since it wasn’t intentional, let’s just move on."
After confirming Cindy Lynn was fine, Vincent planned to leave, mentioning to her before he left that the issue with Mrs. Hawthorne had been resolved, and he would make her the manager of R&D Department Two.
Cindy Lynn was very happy, proactively talking to him about a project she was planning.
Vincent stayed and listened for a while; it was indeed a promising drug development project.
Halfway through the conversation, Cindy Lynn poured a glass of juice for Vincent, accidentally spilling it on him as she handed it over.
"Sorry, Vincent, go take a shower. I’ll get you clothes."
Before, when Vincent was busy with work, Caden and Joy occasionally stayed over at Cindy Lynn’s place.
Yvonne Hawthorne often came here to pick them up, sometimes taking a shower here, so there were Vincent’s clothes left at Cindy Lynn’s home.
By the time Vincent finished his shower and came out in clean clothes, Cindy Lynn had already prepared a midnight snack.
Since it had been dragged on till two in the morning, Vincent simply stayed over for the night, of course, sleeping on the sofa.
On the way to the company, Cindy Lynn did mention to him that she needed to use a piece of equipment in the laboratory.
Vincent was well aware that Tanya Sinclair’s current project was crucial in determining whether they could continue collaborating with Westgard Pharmaceuticals, and it also concerned his position in the company!
So he confirmed with Cindy Lynn at the time that the equipment she needed was of no use to Tanya Sinclair.
This little thing, she wouldn’t even allow it!
Since when did Tanya become so petty?
Vincent pondered—she had previously gone to complain to Mrs. Hawthorne to directly fire Cindy Lynn through the board!
Now she’s deliberately making things difficult for Cindy—no surprise there.
On the other end of the phone, Tanya listened to Vincent’s sarcastic tone, feeling a chill in her heart.
Cindy Lynn took the initiative to say, "President Hawthorne, Ms. Tanya is right in front of me. Why don’t you talk to her personally?"
Vincent paused slightly, frowning, "...She’s with you?"
Vincent took a deep breath, "Let her hear the phone."
Cindy Lynn placed the phone in front of Tanya, but she held onto the phone herself.
Tanya clenched her palms, unsure of what expression she had now, and called out, "President Hawthorne..."
Vincent’s tone relaxed a bit, he said helplessly, "Tanya, I know you don’t like Manager Lynn. But at the company, don’t be petty."
The phrase ’be petty’ shattered the last bit of hope in Tanya’s heart.
The fragments were sharp as blades, piercing her heart.
Without asking anything, Vincent had already determined she was at fault, equating to announcing to everyone, whether for business or personal matters, Vincent Hawthorne unconditionally favors Cindy Lynn!
Tanya’s clenched palm slowly relaxed, feeling a coldness in her heart.
"Vincent Hawthorne..."
He had no patience left to hear her further.
"Tanya, I have work to handle, let’s end this matter here." His tone dropped, allowing no argument.
The call then disconnected.
He didn’t even give her the chance to refute or refuse.
The other employees seeing this showed subtle changes in their expressions.
It seems in President Hawthorne’s mind, Tanya, as Mrs. Hawthorne, is only fit to carry Cindy Lynn’s shoes.
They exchanged glances privately, all breathing a sigh of relief, thankful they didn’t choose the wrong side or back the wrong person!
"Manager Sinclair, you’ve heard President Hawthorne’s words, our R&D Department Two needs the equipment too! You can’t keep all the good stuff just for yourself!" They eagerly began speaking for Cindy Lynn, eager to flatter the future Mrs. Hawthorne.
"Yeah, you can’t be looking at how Manager Lynn is easygoing and deliberately bullying her!"
"Manager Sinclair, even if you are Mrs. Hawthorne, you should show some reason. This is a company, not your home!"
A group of people started blabbering criticisms at Tanya.
Serena Holloway watched this group of opportunists and was furious.
Just yesterday, each of them acted like lapdogs in front of her boss!
"Do you big men have any shame! My boss’s current project is..."
Tanya timely pulled Serena Holloway, stopping her from speaking further.
Cindy Lynn’s eyes flashed with a subtle gleam.
She looked indifferently at Tanya Sinclair’s beautiful but cold face and stepped forward with "kind" consolation: "Ms. Tanya, don’t worry. I’ll just borrow the supercomputer in your lab for two weeks. I won’t touch anything else."
Tanya Sinclair frowned slightly upon hearing this.
Serena Holloway’s suppressed anger surged to the surface.
"No way!" Serena immediately refused without thinking.
That computer stored all the confidential data of Tanya Sinclair’s research project!
Cindy Lynn didn’t say a word, instead looking faintly at Nina Leslie beside her.
Nina immediately understood and yelled sharply, "Don’t just stand there, hurry up and bring the computer out! Don’t delay our department’s work this afternoon!"
With President Hawthorne’s recent remarks, the security guards became impolite, rushing forward to drag Serena away.
If Tanya hadn’t reacted quickly to support her, Serena’s head would have hit the wall.
She wanted to rush forward and stop them, but Tanya Sinclair held her back.
Tanya slightly shook her head at her.
She knew very well that, at this moment, there was nothing the two of them could do to stop this.
Because of Vincent Hawthorne’s bottomless favoritism, the entire company had already sided with Cindy Lynn.
In the end, Serena could only watch helplessly as they moved the lab’s computer over to Cindy Lynn.
"Boss, what are we going to do?" Serena was so anxious that tears welled up, "How can they bully us ! Cindy Lynn, that damn manipulative woman, she’s definitely doing this on purpose!"
The supercomputer in the lab was the most important thing to them!
"Alright, stop crying."
Tanya wiped away her tears, pulling her into the office.
She closed the door mysteriously and said, "Let me show you something."
Tanya opened her seemingly ordinary personal computer, her fingers flying across the keyboard, and a long string of advanced code flashed across the screen, leaving Serena mesmerized.
Then, the content on the screen made Serena cry out in surprise with delight.
"It’s our project’s experimental data!"
The same as what’s stored in the supercomputer!
"Boss, how did you do it? Your little laptop can actually run such a massive system!" Serena’s understanding of Tanya’s genius was further refreshed! For original chapters go to Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
Tanya smiled slightly, "I have a habit of backing up data for work at home, so I installed and upgraded a system on this portable laptop, linking it to the supercomputer in the cloud, sharing data."
Tanya spoke lightly, but Serena knew the technological implications of her words!
Installing a system on a laptop that could match a supercomputer was akin to compressing an elephant into a can!
"Boss!" Serena said earnestly, "You’re not human!"
Serena practically wanted to kneel before her, "You’re my god!"
Tanya was both amused and exasperated.
Serena remembered something else and became worried again.
"Boss, Cindy Lynn now has our supercomputer. As someone who frequently plagiarizes, will she copy our project again?"
Tanya said nonchalantly, "Having the computer doesn’t guarantee she can use it. The core data viewing permissions inside, I’ve set up a triple security system."
Given Cindy Lynn and her team’s skill level, unlocking it would take at least a month.
"That’s a relief." Serena was completely reassured now.
"Alright, go back to work." Tanya urged her.
Serena turned to leave, but looked back at Tanya with some concern.
"Boss..." she hesitated.
"Hmm?" Tanya was focused on her work.
Serena looked at her with eyes full of worry and concern, "Are you alright? President Hawthorne just now..."
"It’s fine." Tanya interrupted her calmly.
She had already gotten used to it.
Only she hadn’t expected Vincent Hawthorne to favor Cindy Lynn to such a blind extent.
General Manager’s Office.
Vincent Hawthorne finished his work and took a shower in the inner lounge’s bathroom, changing his clothes before coming out.
His private phone was charging on the bedside table in the lounge, and the screen lit up with an incoming call, but the phone didn’t ring.
Vincent frowned slightly.
He walked over, picked up the phone and noticed it had been put on silent.
When did he set his phone to silent?