Chapter 57: Chapter 57

Chapter 57 Void Deal As soon as Alston entered the office, he called the public relations department manager to come over. As soon as he hung up the phone, Hulda broke into the office.

Hulda, who had been aggressive before entering the door, saw Alston’s cold eyes, and all her spirits were drained.

She smiled, with a soft tone of dissatisfaction. “Those people in the public relations department are too arrogant...”

Alston sneered, and sat back in his chair, pretending to listen.

Hulda seemed encouraged. “Smith Group’s relations department should solve Smith Group’s crisis, but they waste their time on such trivial matters. This is a waste of the company’s resources. I went to their manager to argue, but was kicked out.”

“I’m your personal assistant. They kicked me out, which is dissatisfaction with you.” Hulda gave a look of righteous indignation as if she were trying to stand up for Alston. “Is it possible that the person in the public relations department is Ivan’s man? I suggest you act first and disband all the people in the public relations department...”

As she spoke, the manager of the public relations department arrived at the door. Todd had just heard Hulda’s last words, and his grave face wore an angry expression.

“Hulda, you are here!”

Hulda, startled by his sudden appearance, turned to meet Todd’s angry eyes, her face full of embarrassment.

Todd ignored her, took a step forward, and handed the information in his hand to Alston. “This is the next countermeasure formulated by our department. Please check it.”

Alston took a closer look, his brows stretched, and he nodded to Todd. “That’s okay. You can follow your plan.”

Todd responded, turned around, and was about to leave. Seeing Hulda standing aside, he sneered. “I didn’t expect you are so arrogant!”

Hulda knew she was wrong and dared not say a word in the face of his cynicism.

After Todd left, she looked at Alston. “Did you order those people in the PR department to do those things?”

“Smith Group is all mine. Besides me, who else can order the people in the PR department!”

Alston smiled, but Hulda felt flustered when she saw it.

“Alston... Alston...” She was interrupted by Alston when she spoke. “You should call me Mr. Smith.”

Hulda panicked even more and thought, “After we made a deal before, I kept calling Alston by his name. He never asked me to change that. Why did he say that now?”

“Alston, didn’t we agree before that you pretended to be nice to me, and I attracted the attention of those people? Now we are more than halfway there. If you take such a lot of trouble removing those trending searches, those people will know about your feelings for Miss Miller, then haven’t all our previous efforts been wasted?”

The more Hulda talked, the more excited she became. She was angry. After learning of Ivan’s plans, she arranged for someone to follow up, take the videos and get her former friends to spread the rumors. Netizens were outraged, but with Alston’s actions, all her efforts were in vain.

“Didn’t you push Miss Miller into danger again by doing this?”

After she finished speaking, she looked at Alston with sincerity on her face.

Alston sneered. “Hulda, I underestimated you before!”

“What do you mean?” Hulda couldn’t help but take a step back. Looking at his expression, she panicked even more and thought, “Wouldn’t he know something?”

“I thought you made that deal with me because of the money.” Alston stood up with oppression all over him. “But the things you did these days make me sick.”

“Alston... Alston!” Hulda’s lips trembled. She knew that Alston did not like her, but this was the first time she had ever heard him say it. All her expectations were shattered.

“The videos on the internet were posted by you!”

Alston’s words made her break out in cold sweat, and Hulda’s face turned pale. She tried to read something in Alston’s expression, but he kept his face straight, and she could read nothing.

Alston had just come out of the hospital, Hulda heard that Cynthia had just woken up, and felt that Cynthia must have said something, so that Alston would treat her like that!

She forced herself to calm down, looked into Alston’s eyes, and said neither humble nor overbearing, “I don’t know if Miss Miller said something to you. I know you like her, but she has misunderstandings and prejudices against me. It’s not fair to me if you take her word so easily.”

Seeing that she was still scolding Cynthia, Alston had a trace of hostility in his eyes. “Hulda, stop pretending. The video was only released for a short while before rumors spread that you were my first love. You think I’m a fool?”

Hulda’s heart skipped a beat, but she insisted. “All of this is your guess. I didn’t do these things at all. You have no evidence to prove that. I will never take the blame for this.”

“Oh!” Alston sneered. “You think I’m here to discuss with you that you haven’t done these things?”

Hulda froze for a moment. Her expression changed.

Alston looked at her. “My deal with you is void. You can go to the personnel department to settle your salary later.”

“What!” Hulda exclaimed. “You can’t do this. We had a deal before. I’ve been targeted by a lot of people in the company these days. Alston, you can’t treat me like this.”

“Hulda!” Alston’s voice increased. He had a look of impatience. “I said before that the premise of our deal is that you can’t have other thoughts. Are you not sure about the things you did?”

Hulda paused, and heard him continue to say, “Before Buck’s 50th birthday, you were the only one who knew that I put Cynthia’s dress in Kevin’s studio! You were also responsible for the tires on my car.”

“Hulda, you are scheming. In making a deal with me, you are also working with Ivan. Have you pictured your bad ending before?”

His eyes were piercing, and Hulda felt as if she had dropped into a sea of ice. Her hands and feet were cold.

Alston knew everything she did. She thought that Alston had not noticed, and she was glad of it. She did not expect that all her movements would be under Alston’s control.

In his eyes, she might be like a clown.

“Get out now, or I’ll let the security drag you out, and then you’ll be even more ashamed!”

Hulda stood, watching Alston’s fists tightening. “Okay, I will take the initiative to resign, but before that, Alston, let me ask you one more question...”

Alston looked up, and his eyes were full of cold disgust.

Hulda felt sad. “You never liked me?”

“Not for a second!” Alston didn’t hesitate.

Hulda was frustrated. She took a deep look at him, with hatred in her eyes, and rushed out of the office.

Employees, who had never seen her like that, stepped aside one by one. Hulda dashed to the company gate before stopping. She supported herself on her knees and turned to look at the building behind her with ambition in her eyes.

She had liked Alston since high school. He was handsome and had a superior family background. He was an existence that she couldn’t reach in her whole life. She wanted to have him and tried getting close to him.

But there was a woman named Cynthia stealing him.

She thought, “It would be great if there was no Cynthia in the world. As long as she is gone, with my appearance and talent, it will be a matter of time before Alston likes me.”

The more Hulda thought about it, the more she believed it. She straightened up and took a last look at Smith Group’s building.

She thought, “Alston, Mrs. Smith can only be me!”