Chapter 240
At first, everyone was just whispering, but when Angel spoke up, it unintentionally shifted everyone’s attention onto Celeste.
Seeing this, Skyler chimed in, “Celeste, come on, Martha has taken care of you guys for so many years, just let her off the hook this once, and let’s move
on.”
As long as Celeste took the blame, Liam’s image in the company wouldn’t be affected.
Finally, Celeste figured out why Owen had called her over. They were afraid that if this got blown out of proportion, it would affect Liam’s image in the employees’ minds, so they wanted her to be the scapegoat!
She stared coldly at Liam, who avoided her gaze guiltily.
But Liam frowned and said with his lips tightly pressed together, “Mom, this isn’t something we can resolve privately anymore. If I agree to her demands today, in the future anyone who gets fired will make a scene like this. Can I let that happen? Is our company a charity?”
Gotta admit, when it comes to acting, she’s no match for Liam..
She had already become the scapegoat, yet Liam could still speak so confidently.
Skyler said, “Isn’t it just a little unpleasantness with Celeste? If Celeste is upset, let Martha apologize. For my sake, can we just let this go?”
Martha immediately understood, and knelt down in front of Celeste, “Ma’am, I apologize. Please be magnanimous and let me off this once. I really can’t afford to lose this job…
The crowd began to murmur.
“How can she do this, making someone her age kneel in front of her?”
“It’s really not easy to find a job. Who else would go to such lengths to keep one?”
“Celeste’s living a carefree life at home, how can she understand the hardship of ordinary workers? She kicks people out just by saying a few words.” “The Campbell family went from an ordinary family to a rich one step by step. She herself had experienced hardships. How can she be so heartless?” Hearing these whispers, Angel smiled and stepped forward, ‘Sis, Dad always taught us to be tolerant with people. Martha has already apologized to you. If you’re still upset, you can punish her a little. There are so many people here, it’s not nice to keep making a scene.”
Celeste coldly glared at her.
If she really agreed to let this go today, her reputation as someone who oppressed the honest and didn’t care about employees would be set. Biting her lip, she suddenly said, “Martha, you said Liam wants to fire you because of me, so tell everyone exactly what you did, and let’s see if I really went overboard.”
Martha froze, not knowing how to respond.
Should she reveal that she deliberately placed the discarded birth control package Celeste used conspicuously so Skyler and Sienna would discover and learn they were using birth control?
The first clause of her contract was not to divulge her employer’s privacy.
Even if Skyler asked her to do it, she couldn’t reveal it because she had signed the contract with Liam, and leaking privacy was a taboo in the industry. After hesitating for a while, Martha said, “It’s… it’s because I forgot to take out the trash…”
That was definitely dodging the main issue.
Celeste knew she wouldn’t dare tell the truth, so she went along with her excuse, “Liam is a neat freak, and sleeping in an unclean environment triggers his allergies Two years ago, because you didn’t timely remove the mites, Liam ended up covered in rashes and stayed in the hospital for a week. I warned you back then that our bedroom must be disinfected every other day. How did that work out?”
Two years ago, Liam did indeed suffer from a rash due to mite infestation, and the whole company knew about it. It was also undoubtedly caused by sleeping in unclean bedding
Martha’s face turned red
The time Liam had the allergy, her son had come to visit her at home. Liam and Celeste were at the old house, so she let her son stay overnight. Her son saw the luxurious master bedroom and slept there for one night.
Whod have thought that when Liam came back the next day and slept on the same bed, he broke out in rashes!
