Chapter 117 She's the Main Designer Everything can be solved with enough money. Josie chuckled at that thought.
âBut you havenât told me what this has to do with me?â
âWith Sylmark in our hands, our design department will run the project now. Everyone is wondering whether the project will be passed to you or Claire.â Alice assumed, âYou came back at such a critical time, so they must think youâre trying to fight against Claire,â
After all, if she wasnât back, it would naturally be assigned to Claire.
But Josie wasnât feeling optimistic about receiving the project. âClaire has participated in many bigâ
scale projects and is much more experienced. With the number of awards she won, I believe the executives would be inclined to have her in charge. Thereâs no need to give me any false hope.
âWhy do you say such a thing? You have never gotten any awards because youâve never joined any competition. If you went, Claire wouldnât be acting so arrogant. Also, you donât have enough experience because Mr. Davidson and Samantha purposely passed the projects to other people. Based on your skills, 1 believe everyone in the office envies you.â Aliceâs words tumbled out in a single breath, her voice rising in pitch as she felt the rage building in her chest.
Josie held onto her chin as she listened to her compliments. Her lips slowly curled up. She was telling the Truth.
âYou know me well, but my manager doesnât.â
Alice pondered a while and said, âThatâs not totally true. Doesnât Mr. Russell pay a lot of attention to you? He has a good eye for talent. I believe he wouldnât choose recklessly.â
Josie felt her hands trembling. How did Alice know?
âMr. Russell?â
âYes. Maybe you caught his attention due to the incident relating to Samantha. He asked me about your whereabouts when he passed by the last time.â
Josie wasnât aware of this. âWhen did that happen?â
Alice tried to recall âHalf a month ago? It was the day before you took your leave.â
Based on the timeline, it was the day Claire took credit for her work, and she left Russell Group feeling angered. It was also the day she went to find Justin.
Josie fell silent. She suddenly thought of the kiss they had shared last night, and her heart started racing.
Claire entered the office, her eyes narrowing as she caught sight of Josie.
Josie met her surly glare with a cool stare of her own.
âThe designer for the Sylmark project has been decided,â Claire announced calmly.
Everyoneâs chatter started to fill the room. âWho is it?â
âMs. Wilcher, who did they decide on?â
The room was silent for a moment.
âThe executives have asked Josie and me to form a team for the project,â Claire clenched her teeth and forced the words out. Josie will be the main designer: Iâll assist.â
Once she announced the result, everyone gasped in shock and looked at Josie in disbelief.
Josieâs forehead wrinkled in surprise, thinking she had misheard her.
Claire marched over to her and tossed the file on her desk. âRead through everything in a day. I donât have time to waste.
Her discontent and rage were like a raging river, threatening to sweep away anyone who That was the moment when Josie realized it was real.
got in her way.
She scanned the document quickly, her eyes darting across the page. It was thick and had all the âinformation related to Sylmark. She knew reading it all would take her a while.
âWhich executive made this decision?â
Claire laughed derisively. âYou could go find out for yourself. Iâm sure you got this project through shady dealings. You can go to Sylmark on your own in the afternoon for the site research.â
She stormed out of the office and slammed the door shut behind her.
Josie didnât bother to argue with her. Instead, she focused on the documents in front of her. After a while. she took out her phone and started to type a message to Dexter.
She had typed out a few words but deleted them and started again.
After typing another sentence, she deleted them again.
She had been wanting to text him all morning, but she couldnât bring herself to do it.