Love After Divorce by BELLA

Chapter 52:.

Since Stella agreed to have dinner with him tonight, Tristan didn’t linger and let her go.

When Stella returned to the company, it was one o'clock in the afternoon. Since it was still lunchtime, all the

secretaries in the office were out to lunch. She was the only one there.

“Stella!”

Stella had just sat down when the head secretary cin and called her. “The company has had an emergency

that requires you to cback. Since you are half an hour late, you will be docked half of your pay for today.”

Stella was speechless.

Late?

Wasn't it only 1:30 PM?

Stella pointed to the ton her phone screen and said, “Secretary General, it's only 1:30 p.m. It’s still half an

hour before the end of the lunch break.

It’s still half an hour before the end of the lunch break, how can I be late?”.

The Secretary General shook her head, indicating that she knew nothing.

“The president toldyou didn’t have lunch today. He asked you to cback to take care of surgent

business.

But since you didn’t cback, you will be punished according to company rules. If the president orders

something and an employee does not do it, the penalty is half a day’s pay. It will be deducted.

He continued, “Stella, | don’t want to scold you, but you haven't been in the secretariat very long. Our office is

the closest office to the president's office, how can you not behave properly?”.

That damn man! An emergency? What emergency? Why didn’t he know anything about it? She had only been at

the secretariat for a few days and wasn’t even familiar with most of the work. What kind of urgent task did she

have to perform?

Stella shook her head and said, “Secretary General, | will not accept this punishment! It makes no sense. What's

more, all employees are entitled to a normal lunch break, why can’t | have one? Besides, you haven't told me

anything beforehand!”.

That man was so obnoxious! He deliberately chose to call her when she was having lunch with Tristan. This man

couldn't stand to see her happy, could he?

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With a sympathetic expression on her face, the Secretary General shook her head and said, “Stella, | don’t know

if the president told you beforehand or not, but you know the boss, and the boss is always right. He's the one

who pays your salary. If you want to argue, go argue with him.”

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“That's right, Stella. Didn't you have an affair with the president? Why don’t you go and act like a spoiled brat

with Mr. Kingston? I'm sure he'll forgive you - maybe he’ll even give you more money!”

More people began to arrive at the secretary’s office. When she heard someone openly mocking her, the

secretary got into an uproar.

“Stella! Don’t tellyou didn’t please the president enough in the office, is that why he’s picking on you?”.

A group of people started making fun of her. “It’s true! If you behave yourself, the president has never had a

relationship with any woman except his fiancée. Now that you've gotten into his bed, maybe if you behave like a

spoiled brat he'll forgive you!”.

Stella's face turned red with anger.

It was the man who was to blin the first place, but everyone in the company was making fun of her. Stella's

face grew cold and she said, “Shut up! Who gave you the right to question my character? If you can’t stand him,

go to his bed and see if he'll have you.”

These women... At first, Stella didn’t want to argue with them because she felt it was unnecessary! But in the

end, they started it. However, she couldn't take it anymore....

No one expected Stella to lose her temper. Everyone kept quiet and no one dared to interrupt her. In the end,

Stella's salary was still docked!

What was so urgent that it required changing your mealtime?

It was just a punishment from that man after seeing her at lunch! In the afternoon, Stella wanted to go to his

office and confront him? But every tshe tried, his special assistant pushed her away and wouldn't let her in.

This time... She was really lost!

It was almost tto leave work.

Emily went to find her at the secretary's office. “Stella! Do you want to chwith me?”

Since Stella returned and started working at RK Group, she almost always went hwith Emily. Firstly, they

lived together, and secondly, Emily had a car, so it was convenient for her to hitchhike.

Therefore, whenever Emily was about to leave work, she would cand ask Stella.

“No, | have something to do tonight. We can’t go back together,” Stella said as she left her office, intending to

change out of her uniform.

Emily followed her into the locker room.

When Emily heard that Stella had something to do tonight, she was a little confused and asked, “Are you going to

see your grandmother in the hospital? | can go with you! | haven't seen Grandma in a while.”

Since Stella had just returned to the country and didn’t have many friends, Emily immediately thought of her

grandmother.

Stella shook her head and said, “No, it’s Tristan. He wants to have dinner withand Adrian. That's why

tonight, Adrian and | won't be home.”

Stella had mentioned Tristan to Emily before, so as soon as she heard it, Emily knew who it was! “Oh! So it’s the

handsdoctor!”

Emily joked, “No wonder when | went to lunch with you this afternoon you weren't there. When | stopped by the

restaurant, you were having lunch with Tristan!”.

Emily’s voice... Every tshe talked about something that interested her, her voice got louder.

His office was the closest to the president's office, so the entire floor was silent, as everyone was afraid of

disturbing the president's work.

In the entire company, the quietest place was the president's office. What's more, it was less than ten minutes

before they were due to leave work.

There were many employees in the plant coming and going, but their steps were light. No one wanted to disturb

the president at work; they quickly changed uniforms and hurried away.

Emily was very curious about Stella’s appointment.

Since Stella had not been in a relationship for the past six years and was no longer young, Emily was concerned

about her friend's love life.

“Hey, Stella, | think this brother of yours is really good to you! Look, it's been so many years, and he still cares

about you!” joked Emily.

As they walked past the president's office, Emily noticed that the door was slightly open. She saw that the man

was listening to his special assistant’s report on the day’s work.

Seeing RK... Emily was not in a good mood. She knew her best friend had been abandoned by RK, leaving her

alone in the care of a child....

Emily didn’t like the big boss of the company, handsas he was!

Every tshe saw him, she complained to Stella, “Stella, | think Tristan is so much better than your ex-

husband. It's been so many years, but he still cares about you!”.

Emily looked into the president's office and said, “Stella, you should enjoy your date tonight. | don’t think you

should go htonight; you might as well spend the whole night out with Tristan!”.

Stella was speechless.

This... His voice was too loud. He quickly tugged Emily’s arm and led her away from the president's office. As

they walked, she couldn't help but remind him, “Keep your voice down! It's not good for them to hear you.”

This girl spoke up whenever she could!

However, they were still at the door of the president's office, and her voice was so loud that Stella feared the

president would hear her. Especially since she had been punished that afternoon with a half-day pay deduction

after having lunch with Tristan.

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She didn’t want to upset him and risk being punished again. But Emily was acting like she wasn't afraid of

anything!

“Stella, why do you still care about him? He's your ex-husband and you're already divorced, so what if he finds

out? Besides, Tristan is so much better than him!”

Emily grumbled, full of complaints on Stella's behalf.

Stella didn’t know what to say.

She knew Emily was worried about her. The two chatted for a while. Since Stella had something to do that night,

Emily went back first.

Stella also took off her uniform, went to her desk to collect her things and was ready to leave when someone

stepped forward and said, “Miss Richard, I'm afraid you can’t leave yet!”.

He was special assistant Alex.

Alex had always been this man’s right-hand man. It had been six years since he had started working for him and,

six years later, he was still there.

Just now, as they walked past the president's office, Stella saw Alex briefing her on the job.

Stella was about to leave with her purse when she heard his words and was stunned. “Why not?”

| felt a great restlessness in my heart.

“The president wants you to stay tonight and work overtime. There is an important meeting and he has asked

you to attend with him,” Alex said.

Stella was speechless.

What was wrong with this man? Not only did he not allow him to eat lunch, but he docked half of his pay for the

day. He even wanted her to work overtime. Was he kidding?

It was torturous enough working normal hours. Now that she was about to leave work, he wouldn't even let her

leave!

What kind of boss was he? He was a demon!

Stella cursed, “Bad luck!”.

She was still angry about what had happened in the afternoon. She had promised Tristan to have dinner with him

and it was almost tto leave work. Why hadn't she told him sooner?

Now, when it was tto leave work, he wanted her to work overtime!

It was the sas in the afternoon. If he told her he would cancel her lunch break, so be it. If he docked her pay,

so be it. Was there any justice?

Stella picked up her purse and said coldly, “I have a date tonight. I'm not going to work overtime.”