Chapter 18

Chapter 18 Ms. Hoven Is In Hot Demand

The news of Emelie contacting several companies in a short time quickly spread throughout the circle. This was brought up during William’s weekend outing with his friends on the horse riding trails.

Troy Spencei asked bluntly, “For real? Can Will really bear to part with Ms. Hoven?”

“Of course it’s real. My human resources department manager even contacted her. I’m just not sure why she declined our work offer–whether it was because we didn’t meet her career expectations or because I

know Will.” Elias Undvike said.

He then shot William a look as if blaming the latter for preventing him from gaining a valuable employee.

William was dressed in a black riding habit while sitting atop a white horse. He appeared significantly more aloof and absorbed in his own thoughts than usual. Despite his friends discussing Emelie, William seemed to treat her as though she were a stranger.

But William’s friends concluded that William seemed to have always felt this way about Emelie. Thought

she’d been the only woman by his side all these years, William never treated her as anything special.

In the past, William’s friends had discussed behind his back what Emelie was to William. They were not involved romantically, as William never referred to Emelie as his girlfriend. Besides, labeling Emelie his lover or mistress wasn’t it, given he’d never spent much money on her.

Those in their circle were prone to giving lavish gifts to the women they slept with, such as houses, cars, or, at the very least, designer bags. William had been the one who gave Daphne the Hermès bag she

carried around.

In the end, it was Elias, who’d grown up with William, who defined William’s relationship with Emelie.

William was a man with needs, so he naturally needed women to fulfill said needs. He didn’t want to waste his time with a relationship, so he went with Emelie instead.

In other words, while Emelie was constantly in turmoil over this relationship with William, the latter didn’t

really think too much of it.

As for Daphne, not even William’s friends understood what was so special about her, not to mention Emelie herself. The truth about what happened at the hospital the other day had come out. As it turned out, Daphne had framed Emelie, yet William still kept Daphne by his side.

William’s friends really didn’t understand why he was so biased toward Daphne.

Jayden Gleamfield smiled. “It’s definitely not because you know William. Ms. Hoven knew I was friends

with William, but she didn’t refuse my HR manager and instead chatted with them for a long time over the

phone.”

Troy immediately said, “I’ll have my HR manager contact her too. Whoever gets to employ Ms. Hoven will benefit a lot. I’ve long set my eyes on her!”

Jayden glanced at William before saying. “You’re too late.“.

12 Ms. Hoven is in Hot Demand

Elias cocked an eyebrow. “What do you mean? Have you employed her?”

“Do you know Feyd Ryder?” Jayden asked.

“The son of the Ryder fantily who owns Ryde–Like–the–Wind Inc.?” Troy asked.

“Yeah. I saw Feyd eating out with Ms. Hoven yesterday.”

Troy was stumped. “Who knew Ms. Hoven was in high demand?”

“Not only that,” Jayden continued. “But Ms. Hoven seemed to have injured her leg. She didn’t refuse when Feyd helped her out of the car. They seemed quite close. Last night, Feyd even shared on his social

media that he was about to have success in both his career and love life.”

Troy and Elias exchanged a silent glance before both casting a quick glance at William–no words were

necessary for them to grasp the implied meaning.

The horse trails were long and far. The men rode their horses several rounds before leaving near midday.

William tailed behind his friends, seeming unhappy. Jayden pulled his horse’s reins so that it matched William’s pace.

“Will,” Jayden called, making William turn to look at him.

Like his surname, Jayden was a glowing picture of grace and elegance. In fact, everyone in his family was

known for such characteristics.

The Gleamfield family’s gemstone mines had undergone an accident a couple of years back, causing their cash flow to come to a stop. It was Cloudex Corporation who came to their aid and also how Jayden befriended William. They had been good friends since and would often speak from their hearts to

one another.

Jayden said, “Ms. Hoven has worked for you for three years. She’s never made any mistakes and has always been loyal to you. Are you really going to part ways with her now? I honestly think it’s a real pity.