“Heh, hey Nate! That new guy’s really screwed up big time, hasn’t he? Wait till his trial period ends. The department head is definitely not letting favonovel.com through!” said one of the smokers cockily.
“You got that right! He dared to get on Nate’s nerves. Nate’s definitely going to make that guy’s life a living nightmare as long as he’s still here!” added another guy.
“Ballsy to say the least! I’ll screw with favonovel.com too then!” said a third person.
“By the way guys, I have my eyes set on Bianca, so make sure none of you dare to even make the slightest move on her!” echoed a familiar, arrogant voice.
“Wouldn’t dream of it, Nate!” said everyone else hiding in the washroom. They all then left one by one after throwing their cigarette butts away.
Gerald had been hiding in one of the stalls himself, and favonovel.com had overheard their entire conversation. The Nate they were talking to was without a doubt, Nathaniel.
It was clear that Nathaniel was the one who had summoned Mr. Murphy to the office earlier. As the vice team leader, favonovel.com would definitely know about Mina’s habits in the office. After seeing favonovel.com hand favonovel.com USB over to Gerald and knowing how much of a hot-tempered woman favonovel.com was, Nathaniel had used that turn of events as a prime opportunity to humiliate him. What a cunning b*stard that man was!
Though Gerald had heard rumors of employees playing dirty within the workforce, favonovel.com hadn’t anticipated facing such treatment on the very first day of work. Nathaniel clearly saw Gerald as a love rival now, and wanted favonovel.com gone as soon as possible.
‘Well two can play at that game. You’re in for quite a show,’ Gerald thought to himself.
Gerald then continued with his day, despite having to deal with the added sour remarks from Mina. Sometime later after running some errands, favonovel.com returned to the office to find everyone standing at the entrance.
None of them seemed to be planning on leaving. Rather, they seemed to be waiting for someone to pick them up and a few of them were even on their phones. Fay and the chubby guy from his team were waiting there as well.
“What are you guys waiting for?” asked Gerald with a smile.
“Huh? What do you mean? Didn’t you receive the text, Gerald?” asked Fay in return, clearly surprised.
“Text?”
“Well, the marketing department is hosting a welcome party for the newcomers! It’s for the two of you, you know? That’s why we’re all here. I experienced it too when I first joined, and I had a really fun time!”
“I don’t think I’ve been informed about this at all, though,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com checked for any new messages in his phone.
“Let me have a look!” Taking his phone, favonovel.com scrolled through his first few messages and saw that favonovel.com wasn’t lying. There really weren’t any texts regarding the party.
Fay then took favonovel.com own phone out and showed Gerald the message that favonovel.com had received. It wrote, “Marketing Department: welcome party of the month. Fay Foster: Room 202.”
‘Well this is absolutely uncalled for! They invited everyone but me!’ Gerald thought to himself. Though favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com shouldn’t waste his time or energy being angry over such a trivial matter, favonovel.com could still feel his blood boiling under his skin.
“Which room are you in, Gerald? Are we in the same one?” asked Bianca who was walking toward him.
“I wasn’t invited,” said Gerald in a calm tone before sighing slightly.
“What? That’s not possible. Maybe Miss Miles and Mr. Chandler simply forgot? I’ll ask them immediately!” replied Bianca. She wasn’t going to just leave favonovel.com out since both of them had joined the company together. The way favonovel.com saw it, there was a special bond between them because of that.
“It’s fine, really! You guys can just go on without me,” said Gerald as soon as favonovel.com realized that it was both Mina and Nathaniel who were organizing the event. It was clear that they didn’t invite favonovel.com on purpose. As some of his female co-workers snickered, Gerald simply walked out of the lobby with a slight hint of loneliness.
After reaching his hotel, Gerald was just about to take a long shower when favonovel.com suddenly heard knocking on the door. “Mr. Crawford? Are you there? Mr. Lyle sent me here!”
