Chapter 35

In the afternoon, in the interview office.

Laura pushed the door open and found two girls sitting inside. One of the girls stood up with a pleasing smile on her face when she saw Laura enter, while the other girl remained seated, raising an eyebrow to assess Laura with a proud look on her face.

"Are you both here for the interview?" Laura placed the documents down and sat opposite them.

The girl who was standing replied, "Yes."

The girl who was seated didn't speak, maintaining her arrogant demeanor, as if this was her company.

Laura felt unhappy but didn't show it. She said to the girl who was standing, "Bring me your resume."

The girl quickly handed over her resume with both hands, showing respect.

Laura glanced at the girl's name, "Are you Samantha Cook?"

"Yes," Samantha replied.

Laura glanced at her briefly then turned to the girl who was sitting down. "Where is your resume?"

"I don't have a resume. My name is Kelsey Jose. My brother is Zaire Jose. He made an arrangement with Mr. Landon. Mr. Landon told me to come here for an interview."

Laura raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, but I need to follow the company protocol. Without a resume, I can't conduct an interview with you."

With that, she organized her papers and said to Samantha, "Come with me."

Samantha hadn't expected it to go so well and was a bit surprised. She quickly followed along.

Kelsey felt frustrated. She hurriedly dialed Zaire's number. "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed unavailable..."

Laura pressed the elevator button. Samantha accompanied her on the ride.

On the way up, Laura asked, "Why are you applying for the position of the president's assistant?"

"Nothing special, I just feel that I'm capable of handling this job," Samantha answered.

Laura turned her head and scrutinized her. "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Samantha was taken aback. "Yes."

When Laura heard that answer, she let her guard down and didn't ask anything else.

Laura first took Samantha around to familiarize herself with the environment of the Landon Group, then had her complete the onboarding process at the human resources department, and finally led her to the president's office.

She introduced Samantha to everyone and brought her to a corner, saying, "This will be your workstation from now on."

"Okay, thank you, Laura," Samantha said, "Can I be your online friend, Laura? If there's anything you need me to do, just let me know. I promise I'll do it well."

"You're quite clever." Laura enjoyed being flattered, so she immediately agreed to Samantha's request.

Samantha looked around and asked in a low voice, "Laura, I have a friend who also works here, but I haven't seen her. Her name is Isabella Miller."

"Your friend works here too? What's her name?"

"Isabella Miller," Samantha replied.

Laura frowned and her expression changed. "Isabella is your friend?"

Samantha could clearly sense Laura's contempt in her eyes, so she quickly explained, "We used to be quite close, but we had a falling out due to some issues. I saw her when I first came to the Landon Group. She told me she works in the president's office, so I thought she was telling the truth... but it seems like she was just bragging."

She thought, 'how could Isabella possibly work in the CEO's office at the Landon Group? '

Laura sneered, "She used to sit in your position, but not anymore..."

"Did she get fired?" Samantha pretended to be regretful and shocked, but she was secretly pleased. She had originally planned to take all of Isabella's belongings and push her out once she came in. But she hadn't expect Isabella to be dismissed before she had the chance to do anything. Unfortunately, she hadn't seen Isabella making a mistake and getting kicked out.

"She didn't get fired, she got promoted."

"What... what? She got promoted?" Samantha was stunned.

Laura raised her chin toward the CEO's office, "That happened yesterday. Mr. Landon picked her out personally. Her desk has been moved into his office. She's the only one in our office who has achieved that. Your friend is really impressive."

Samantha found it hard to believe. "Does Mr. Landon value her that much?"

Laura smirked, "Who knows? All I know is that she's now the apple of Mr. Landon's eye. Since you're her friend, maybe you'll benefit from it too."

"I don't want that." Samantha had a righteous expression on her face, but deep down, she was filled with jealousy. "Laura, Isabella and I have fallen out. We can't reconcile. I think I have a similar personality to you, so if you need me for anything, just let me know. I'll do my best."

Laura smiled. "Alright."

She was feeling frustrated, so of course she would welcome another henchman.

Samantha tidied up her workspace and intentionally placed her name card on the desk. She took a photo and updated her status to share it, "I've started working here. Everyone says it's difficult to get a job in the CEO's office at the Landon Group, but I felt like it was easy. 🙃"

Soon, there were several likes and comments below her post.

"Wow! Samantha, you're working in the CEO's office at the Landon Group?"

"You're really impressive."

"Oh my god, how did you manage to do that? Are they hiring? I want to work there too."

When she saw those comments, Samantha's vanity was greatly satisfied.

She sent the photo to Matthew.

Matthew immediately called her and began questioning her. "You're at the Landon Group?"

"Yes." Samantha played with her name card in her hand. "Aren't you happy for me, Matthew?"

Matthew didn't say anything else, just said, "As long as you're happy."

Samantha sensed that his tone was off and asked, "What's wrong? Aren't you happy that I joined the Landon Group?"

"I...I'm not..."

"Why do I feel like you're being bitter?"

Only then did Matthew say, "I didn't expect you to join the Landon Group, let alone the CEO's office."

"So, you didn't think I could do it. Oh, by the way, Isabella is in the same department as me," Samantha intentionally mentioned Isabella to see Matthew's reaction.

Matthew only replied lightly and didn't ask anything more.

Only then did Samantha relax. She hung up the phone and saw Isabella coming out of the room. However, Isabella didn't see her and headed toward the restroom.

Samantha looked around and saw that no one noticed her, so she got up and followed her.

When Isabella came out of the restroom, she saw Samantha washing her hands. She was taken aback, but she didn't want to greet her, so she ignored Samantha and prepared to leave.

"Bella," Samantha called her happily, "It's really you? What a coincidence."

Isabella glanced at her indifferently, "Really?"

Isabella wasn't surprised to see Samantha here.

Samantha never hid her ambition.

That day, when Isabella met Samantha downstairs, Isabella guessed that Samantha would try to find a way to get into the CEO's office, but she hadn't expected it to happen so soon...