Sweet Wife So Charming: CEO: Hold Back Your Heart-Chapter 264: Rumors

When you look carefully, Joe’s eyes still have lingering dark circles, and he is extremely haggard, suggesting that he has indeed had a tough time recently.

Knowing Joe’s grandmother is seriously ill, Moira also felt deeply moved, suddenly reminded of the grandmother she helped during her teaching support time, she felt a surge of mixed emotions.

After dinner, while Joe was tidying the kitchen, Moira Young took out a bank card from her bag.

When Joe finished cleaning up, she signaled Joe to take out the POS machine, and although Joe didn’t understand her intention, he still did as told.

"Here’s fifty thousand, use it for your grandmother’s medical treatment." Moira then transferred fifty thousand into Joe’s account.

Joe was so shocked his little hands trembled, hurriedly shaking his head, "How can this work? Moira, I can’t just take your money."

"It’s not giving it to you, it’s lending it to you. Later, it’ll be deducted from your salary." Moira smiled.

Though fifty thousand is a mere trifle to her, it is a significant amount to Joe, she understands Joe wouldn’t possibly accept it openly, as it would hurt his dignity.

Sure enough, after calling it a loan, Joe hesitated before accepting it.

He looked at Moira gratefully, tears shimmering in his eyes, "Moira, you’re so kind. I swear I’ll take good care of you and will repay the money as soon as possible."

"No rush, I don’t need money right now, pay me back whenever you can."

"Moira, thank you!"

Joe was moved almost to tears; had Moira Young not stopped him, he might have rushed into her arms and cried his heart out.

Her ordeal made Moira Young feel immense sympathy, and thinking about herself, she suddenly realized there are many people in the world suffering far more, and she should be content.

In the ensuing days, Moira Young experienced quite a miserable time.

Ever since Fiona Rhodes joined the company, she kept befriending colleagues, occasionally treating them to afternoon tea and even gifting small presents.

To her, it was just spending a little money, but it won over almost everyone in the company.

Originally, many colleagues were quite friendly to Moira, but after joining Fiona Rhodes’ camp, they all turned against her.

Fiona Rhodes’ actions made Moira both disdainful and compelled to admit she truly played her hand well at manipulation, a skill Moira is far from mastering.

After all, she could never be as shameless as Fiona Rhodes.

Recently, Fiona Rhodes has pulled in a small actress who’s been at the company for ten years, named Julie.

This woman is notorious in the company; she’s inconsequential yet ostentatious, always shifting her allegiance wherever the wind blows.

Julie has been with the company for ten years, yet remained a third-tier actress with low fame, despite trying to create a big scene, she is ultimately an insignificant character.

Now, having been roped in by Fiona Rhodes, coupled with Fiona Rhodes’ influence, her status and position have risen significantly.

As Moira Young puts it, she’s just borrowing someone else’s prestige to act superior.

Of course, as long as they don’t deliberately cause trouble, Moira doesn’t want any further disputes either.

Although life is far from smooth, it remains temporarily calm.

Yet this brief calm did not last long before facing the storm.

That day, as Moira Young arrived at the company, she overheard all sorts of rumors.

"My goodness, have you heard? Fiona Rhodes is actually Julian Sinclair’s fiancée."

"Yeah, I heard too. I even heard that it’s because she wanted to enter the entertainment industry that Julian Sinclair acquired our company. He really spent a fortune just to support Fiona Rhodes."

"Is this true? I originally thought Fiona Rhodes was a newcomer, I didn’t expect she has such a big background?"

"Look at you, are you living under a rock? Surely you know who Fiona Rhodes is, don’t you? She’s the internationally renowned Rhodes Group heiress, it’s just that their main business is in Vesperia, so we don’t hear much about them. How could she just be a mere novice?"

"It’s so explosive!"

"Alright, alright, no matter how impressive they are, it’s not our concern, we can only envy them."

The two continued their discussion with admiration, wishing they could become Fiona Rhodes.

Being the Rhodes heiress and Julian Sinclair’s fiancée, she sure is lucky.

Moira Young, passing by, was troubled hearing these words, wondering how long ago they had hooked up again.

Fiona Rhodes’ special status ensures that even without any popularity, she establishes her position as the company’s leading figure.

As for Moira Young, who previously relied on Mr. Liu’s status for a foothold in the company, now Fiona Rhodes’ rise has pushed her into the abyss.

Compared to Julian Sinclair’s fiancée, Moira Young, just a subordinate’s niece of Julian Sinclair, pales in significance.

In an entertainment company, where people typically elevate and suppress others, now that Fiona Rhodes is their future boss’s wife, how could they dare offend her?

Thus, under Fiona Rhodes’ insinuations, nearly everyone in the company went against Moira Young, though not daring to openly act against her, they constantly mocked her with sarcasm.

In the afternoon, Moira Young sat in the office reading a book.

Joe was just about to go buy her milk tea when he ran into Julie.

Julie wearing a low-cut dress, with heavy makeup on, blocked Joe with a sarcastic tone: "Oh? Isn’t this Moira Young’s little assistant? Where are you headed?"

"To buy drinks for Moira." Joe responded politely.

"Buying drinks for Moira? Just in time, we’re all thirsty, since you’re headed out, you may as well get our afternoon tea for all of us." Julie said while pulling out some hundred-dollar bills from her wallet and handed them to Joe with an overbearing attitude.

Joe looked at the staff present, there were at least twenty, he was alone, and couldn’t handle this task.

So he could only politely decline, "Sorry, I’m only Moira’s assistant, if you all really want to drink you can order delivery."

"How dare you, just a little assistant, talk to me like that? No wonder after being taught by Moira Young, she puts on airs and drags you, her little assistant, along with her impudence?"

Julie sneered with her crimson lips, fully disdainful.

Joe quietly explained, "That’s not what I mean, I was trying to say that ordering delivery would be more convenient than me going to buy..."

"I told you to go buy it, so do it, why all the excuses? What’s Moira worth, can she be more important than Fiona Rhodes?"

"I..."

"Are you going or not?" Julie repeatedly pressured.

Joe tightly bit his lower lip, for Moira Young’s sake, to avoid further humiliation, he reluctantly took the money, "I’ll go."

"See? Isn’t it better to listen? Why did it have to come down to me getting angry?" Julie snorted coldly, "You better hurry, everyone’s waiting to drink."

Helpless, Joe had no choice but to rush out quickly.

Because there were so many drinks, he had to spend his own money on delivery fees and asked the delivery guy to help bring them over.

But little did he know, once Julie got the coffee, she only touched the cup with her mouth, hadn’t taken a sip yet, and started throwing a fit.

"What’s this? It’s so sweet it’s deadly! Are you trying to make me fat?" No sooner had she spoken, she unceremoniously threw the coffee on the ground, her tone extremely nasty.