Chapter 32: It‘s Your Turn To Fulfill Your Promise
Trapped By Tainted Love
"My tacit permission?"
Victor wasnât happy to hear that.He took a step closer to Rachel; his intimidating aura could be felt by everyone in the room.
"Rachel, youâve learned how to keep a straight face while lying, havenât you?"
Judging by the look in Victorâs eyes, he was obviously criticizing her.
If his gaze could turn into daggers, Rachel wouldâve gotten stabbed a hundred times by now.
"I didnât take Ivanâs phone until you agreed, did I?"
Rachel was now having difficulties breathing.
Victorâs daunting presence was far too strong for her to handle.
His gaze remained cold, but he didnât say anything.
However, as soon as Rachel explained her side, he dialed back his anger a little.
"Is that the tacit permission you mentioned?"
Rachel let out a deep sigh and said, "Ivanâs phone is connected to the Sullivan Groupâs WiâFi.Heâs your closest confidant, so there should be a program in your companyâs security system specially designed to recognize his identity.Therefore, he wonât be blocked by the security programs.Am I right?
So, as long as I log into your monitoring system through Ivanâs phone using the companyâs WiâFi, the program wonât stop me."
Rachel paused for a moment before she continued, "Iâve learned a little about computer programming before.Grandma also told me the password of your officeâs monitoring system, so that I can have access to the security footage."
When Rachel mentioned his grandmother, Victor warned her, "Mind your words, Rachel! Weâre already divorced.
Youâre no longer permitted to call my grandmother âGrandmaâ."
Rachel pursed her lips and ignored what Victor just said.
"If you still donât believe me, you can ask the security department to check the footage using Ivanâs phone.Iâm just a novice in the field of computer programming, so thereâs a big chance that I left some traces when I pulled out the security footage.If you want your men to investigate this matter, they can find it out within a minute."
Victor creased his eyebrows.
"Itâll cost too much time and waste manpower.You donât deserve that."
The corners of Rachelâs mouth twitched.
If she was strong enough to beat Victor, she wouldâve slapped his face with every ounce of strength she had in her body.
After listening to Rachelâs explanation, Ivan immediately contacted the security department and confirmed that she was telling the truth.
Afterwards, he cast Victor a glance to let him know about it.
Since Ivan gave him a signal, Victor clicked his tongue and said to Rachel, "Iâll let you off the hook this time.Next time, if you cause any trouble, Iâm going to throw you out myself."
Right after he finished talking, he put his hand on Rachelâs shoulder, forcing her to stand in front of the floorâtoâceiling window, and look down through it.
The window was so clean that they could see everything outside clearly.
From a height of more than thirty floors, anyone would feel a strong sense of weightlessness, and would hallucinate falling down all of a sudden.
Rachel had a fear of heights, so she felt dizzy for a moment.She then took a deep breath, bit her lip, and closed her eyes.
The fear on her face amused Victor.
He decided to let go of Rachel.
Then, he went to his chair and sat down.
Once she had calmed down, she opened her eyes and took a few steps back, turning her gaze towards Victor.
"Victor, I just want to confirm this with you one more time.As long as I give you all the information I can find on the project manager of KD Group, youâll agree to suspend the Bennet Groupâs liquidation, right?"
A playful smile appeared on Victorâs lips.
"I only promised to give you an interview to work for the Sullivan Group."
"Fine!"
Seeing that Rachelâs hands were empty, Victor began to ridicule her in his mind.
"You have fifteen minutes left, Rachel.Whereâs the info that you promised?"
It took him three months to figure out the project managerâs identity.
He even had to pull some strings to get the information he needed.
Frankly, a loser like Rachel would never find out the managerâs identity in twentyâfour hours.
âYou want to save the Bennet Group, Rachel? Thatâs just a wishful thinking!â Victor thought; the disdain in his eyes grew every passing second.
"Why are you silent all of a sudden? Yesterday, you had so much confidence when you declared youâll find out."
"I did find it out."
Rachel took out her phone to open her email inbox.
There was a new email received at seven oâclock in the morning.
Just as she had expected, she received the email from Quintin about the information on the project manager of the KD Group.
Just when Ivan was about to take her phone to check it, she suddenly withdrew her hand and looked at Victor indifferently.
"Iâll give you the information about this person, and I guarantee that itâs true.But if you donât trust me, I canât prove it no matter how hard I try to convince you.Isnât that right?"
"Miss Bennet, weâve already found all the information about this manager three days ago,"
Ivan retorted.
He was implying that Rachel wouldnât be able to deceive Victor if she tried to give him information about some random person.
She then glanced at Victor, and handed her phone to Ivan with a fake smile.
"This is all the information I can find about the KD Groupâs mysterious project manager."
After taking the phone, Ivan saw that the managerâs name at the top of the document was exactly the same as the one they found.
"Mr.Sullivan, itâs him," Ivan said to Victor as soon as he regained his composure.
Victor took the phone from Ivanâs hand.
His pupils dilated when he saw the contents of the screen.
"Where did you find these information?"
The info that Rachel gathered was exactly the same as the one they got, aside from the layout.
In addition, hers was more detailed than the one they had.
Victor put the phone on the table, staring at Rachel and trying to search for traces of guilt on her face.
âShe only had twentyâfour hours to gather those information.
How in the world did she do this?â Upon seeing the astonishment on Victorâs face, Rachel felt relieved.
"Iâve done what youâve asked of me.Iâm under no obligation to tell you how I got ahold of this information, am I? Now, itâs your turn to fulfill your end of the bargain!" she said with a smile.
Victorâs eyes glinted with anger.
Suddenly, the atmosphere inside the office dropped a few degrees.
Outside the window, the sun exuded Itâs Your Turn To Fulfill Your Promise a vibrant warmth.
But that wasnât the case inside the office.
In here, it felt like standing inside a prison made of ice, and Rachel felt the biting cold spread throughout her limbs.
"Fine.You can come for an interview next Monday." Victor leaned back.
"You wonât do anything to sabotage my interview, will you?" asked Rachel.
Victor laughed at her question as if it were a joke.
"Rachel, even a janitor here is far better than you.Even without my intervention, you wouldnât pass the first round of the interview!"
Rachel didnât say another word, for she knew that Victor saw her as nothing but a loser.
âNo.A loser might even be an overstatement.â With that, Rachel left.
But before she did, she sent the information about the project manager of the KD Group to Ivan.
Consequently, Ivan printed out the information and gave it to Victor.
"Mr.Sullivan, these documents..."
"Verify the credibility of the information written on those documents and book a ticket to Yaprye tonight,"
Victor ordered as he threw the documents on the table.
"Yes, sir," Ivan replied.
When he was about to leave, something occurred to him, so he turned back and asked his boss, "Mr.Sullivan, will you be attending Miss Bennetâs interview on Monday?"
"No," Victor replied crossly.
After taking one more look at the documents on the table, Ivan nodded, turned around, and left the office.
Once the door of his office closed, Victor sat in silence for a while before he dialed a number.