First Love Only? I Left Him First, Now the CEO Can't Let Go novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Dismissing Serena Jennings

"This won’t do... I looked it over, let’s change it back to the original version!"

Claire Shaw stood by Serena Jennings’s workstation, giving orders.

This was Serena’s new workstation.

She had changed jobs, no longer Caleb Lockwood’s secretary, but a member of the design department at The Lockwood Group.

A subordinate of Claire Shaw.

Serena wasn’t sure if this was Claire’s decision or Caleb’s.

She had prepared her resignation letter, but hadn’t submitted it yet.

The last time she mentioned resigning to Caleb, he had left her speechless.

After all, her working at The Lockwood Group was part of the deal for Caleb letting Lana Xavier off the hook.

Even if she raised the resignation issue again, there was a more than 90% chance Caleb wouldn’t agree.

Moreover, Serena herself was also hesitant about whether to resign.

She didn’t want to work under Claire Shaw.

But she even more didn’t want Claire to think she was afraid of her.

In the end, Serena’s prepared resignation letter still wasn’t submitted.

On the first day of transfer to the design department, as Serena expected, it was another overtime session.

A design that was revised over eighty times ended up reverting to the first version; she couldn’t accuse Claire of targeting her.

After all, such situations in the design world were quite common.

Fortunately, Serena had no aversion to overtime; as they say, habit becomes second nature.

More uncomfortable than the overtime itself was seeing Caleb coming in person to the design department to pick up Claire after work.

The last time at The Jade Pavilion, Caleb had made it clear—

He knew that it was her who carried him down eight flights of stairs.

Serena didn’t understand how Caleb knew.

Clearly, the outside world was spreading that it was Claire who carried him down.

Perhaps...

Even though Caleb was unconscious at the time, he might have had some awareness!

But Serena didn’t want Caleb to know about this at all.

She would rather have Caleb see Claire as his savior.

Considering their current tangled, unresolved divorce situation, the more her feelings were exposed to Caleb, the more awkward and painful it was for her.

Serena buried her head, pretending to work, acting like she didn’t notice Caleb’s gaze.

"Are you looking at Serena?"

Claire linked arms with Caleb and blatantly asked him.

"Yes."

Caleb straightforwardly admitted.

"You said she’s a design graduate, better suited for the design department... but can she really handle it?"

"Well..."

Claire tugged on Caleb’s arm, deliberately leaning into his ear to whisper.

Because she knew Serena could see them from the corner of her eye.

"Let’s talk outside!"

Claire led Caleb away, taking him outside the company building.

Outside, the sun was setting, and the streets were bustling.

"I think Serena isn’t quite up to it..."

Claire said with a worried look to Caleb, "I originally thought she’d be more adept at design, but as you can see... others can complete their work in eight hours, but she needs overtime... I think... maybe Serena isn’t suited to work at The Lockwood Group? Our company’s intensity is too high, the demands are steep, and someone like Serena... might struggle to keep up... the strain might be a huge blow to her self-esteem..."

She earnestly advised, watching Caleb slightly frown.

"Then let’s let her try for two months first..."

Claire’s lips slightly curled upward.

"If it really doesn’t work, I can transfer her back again."

The smile on her lips instantly dropped, but before Caleb could notice, Claire’s expression returned to normal.

"Caleb, why is it necessary for Serena to work at The Lockwood Group? Wasn’t she doing quite well at FY before?"

Walking arm in arm with Caleb, Claire asked as if making small talk.

Caleb chuckled.

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