The Ex Who Became His Obsession novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Brianna was practically groveling now.

She felt Charlie should have reined it in by now.

Charlie immediately shot back, “An errand? You call making a reporter buy stockings all day long a mere errand? Fine, then how about I assign you to buy stockings for every single female employee in the company, just once a day–would you do it?”

Brianna’s heart was utterly crushed…

She wondered, ‘How many more harsh words does Charlie still have left unsaid?

‘I just couldn’t bear to hear another word.‘

All the “glory” Brianna once gained at Alyssia’s expense now had to be paid back tenfold.

From the moment Alyssia joined the Finance Department, she endured countless hardships with unwavering dignity. But now, it was Brianna’s turn- forced to grovel for forgiveness.

Brianna knew exactly what Charlie wanted her to do, but what choice did she have? With Minister Harrison already calling, if things were really pursued, she might lose both her dignity and position. Forcing herself, she mumbled, “Sorry, Alyssia…”

Brianna added, “It was my poor handling that caused you so much trouble.”

“And then?” Charlie cut in sharply before Alyssia could respond, fixing Brianna with a cold stare and pressing the issue further.

Brianna froze for two seconds before it finally clicked.

She pressed her lips together.

After a few agonizing seconds, she finally gave in. “I’ll submit a request to HR right away to have you transferred back to the Entertainment Department,”

Brianna said, her voice barely above a whisper.

Charlie had always known…

After Alyssia signed her transfer papers, she and Charlie even had dinner together that very afternoon.

So yes, Charlie knew everything, yet he pretended to be indifferent and unconcerned, allowing Alyssia to be gradually bullied in the Finance Department. This gave everyone a false impression…

They all thought Alyssia was just a pushover everyone could bully, and that Charlie would never lift a finger to defend her.

But no one expected him to be ready to strike back with a devastating blow.

Chances were, William was merely a trap laid for them from the start.

And yet, Brianna and Diana had gleefully walked right into it.

Charlie turned to Alyssia and asked, “Now that you’re being transferred back to the Entertainment Department, will you continue handling William’s

interview?”

Just from his tone, no one would have noticed anything special in how he treated Alyssia.

But Brianna couldn’t bring herself to look at his face, let alone bear to see the way he gazed at Alyssia.

In his eyes was the tenderness she had always yearned for but never received–even tinged with a cautious, almost fawning attentiveness.

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Alyssia had learned her lesson this time. She nodded obediently and said, “I’ll follow your instructions.”

Her meek demeanor, with lowered eyes and a submissive expression, was perfectly designed to full careless opponents into complacency

Perhaps Charlie knew he shouldn’t laugh, but a soft chuckle still escaped him.

Brianna felt her heart shatter into dust–utterly beyond repair.

But Charlie’s attention remained fixed on Alyssia. “Alright, go ahead and wrap up your work here first,” he instructed.

Alyssia nodded, but then hesitated, uncertainty flickering across her face.

She glanced up and asked quietly, “Um… about that mistake I made today–am I still going to get my pay docked for it?”

Her words plunged the entire Finance Department into dead silence.

Charlie frowned. “Docking your pay? What exactly did you do wrong?”

“Well…” Alyssia hesitated, her eyes flicking nervously to Brianna.

“Speak! Eyes on me!” Charlie’s voice hardened.

Alyssia looked troubled. “It’s… a rather sensitive matter,” she admitted.

Charlie instantly understood. Without confronting Brianna, he strode to the office door and demanded sharply, “Where’s Alyssia’s editor?”

Anne rose, trembling visibly.

Frankly speaking, before Alyssia joined the Finance Department, rumors swirled that she was Charlie’s favorite and had only landed so many resources thanks to his backing.

But after working together for a while, everyone pretty much forgot about all that.

Her supposed connection to Charlie was just the starting point for their contempt, but the bullying that followed had nothing to do with him.

It was simply Brianna leading the charge, turning Alyssia into the department’s personal punching bag.

They dumped countless drafts on her to proofread–even ones that had already been scrapped.

They held her to the strictest standards, itching to catch the slightest mistake and punish her for it.

They deliberately botched her drink and snack orders–wrong locations, incorrect pickup methods–forcing her to run pointless errands all day long.

This collective frenzy–before the thunderbolt struck, none of them had imagined who would be the first to bear the brunt of Charlie’s wrath.

Alyssia being Charlie’s favorite wasn’t just a rumor–it was the undeniable truth.

It was a stone–cold fact.

What truly set her apart was her remarkable patience and strategic mind; she could silently absorb all their malice, accepting it without a word before things ever reached a breaking point.

And after witnessing her confrontation with Katherine today, everyone now understood–Alyssia was no mere pretty face w

substance.

Given time and the right opportunities, she might just rise to heights they could only look up to…

Like an eagle catching the wind, she would soar far beyond their reach.

Anne stammered nervously as she recounted today’s proofreading incident.

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“It was about InveSight Capital Investigation’s years in operation–Katherine’s original draft said ‘a mere five or six years, but Alyssia changed it to ‘nineteen years…”

“Katherine?” Charlie scanned the office

area.

Katherine stood up, hunched over, her voice barely above a whisper–a far cry from the confidence she’d shown when arguing with Alyssia. “Mr. Dixon she said nervously, “I checked Wikipedia and other reference materials. They all said five or six years.”

But Charlie’s attention abruptly shifted. “Why are you sitting all the way over there?” he demanded.

The Finance Department was vast, with each team clustered around their respective editor.

Earlier, when he saw Alyssia’s desk isolated from all the teams, he’d already been fuming.

Now, the distance between Alyssia’s editor and Katherine’s seat wasn’t just a few desks apart–it was like they were on different continents.

“You’re not even on the same team?” Charlie’s sharp observation made the whole department hold their breath. “If you’re in different teams, how could she possibly be proofreading your drafts?”

Katherine was frozen with fear, while Anne could only stammer incoherently.

In the end, Alyssia had to explain herself.

“Well… since there’s such a steep learning curve, everyone wanted me to get up to speed quickly, so they just had me proofread all the drafts from the whole department. It’s… not that many, really…”

Alyssia’s voice trailed off as Charlie’s face darkened ominously.

“How many?” he demanded.

“Just thirty to fifty pieces, maybe… If you count by word count, that would be…”

“How many!” Charlie’s voice suddenly shot up, almost a roar.

This time, even Alyssia fell silent.

Charlie could feel his blood pressure spike.

“Thirty to fifty pieces?” Charlie spun around to Brianna, his voice edged with disbelief. “How many articles does your department publish daily? Weekly? Even counting all the backup drafts and rejected pieces, do you ever hit thirty or fifty in a single day?”

He always knew Alyssia must be having a tough time there.

But he never imagined it would be this bad.

No wonder she’d been working until the wee hours every night lately, without even getting comp time the next day!

Brianna had given up all resistance, her head hung low and eyes red–rimmed, saying nothing.

Then, out of the blue, Katherine suddenly found the courage to blurt out, “Maybe I got the years wrong… but honestly, Alyssia, if you hadn’t deleted that photo for no reason, I wouldn’t have even brought it up with you…”

Deleting a photo is a major screw–up in proofreading–especially since Alyssia did it deliberately.

With the image gone, the entire layout was thrown into chaos.

‘No matter how much Charlie favors Alyssia, even his favoritism must have its limits, right?‘ Katherine thought.