Therefore, the entire handover process was smooth when Jenna took over the position of Vice President. Furthermore, she was extremely capable as well. Everyone witnessed her performance at the press conference and admired her capabilities.
There was an unprecedented vitality in the Richards Group.
After experiencing joy in her career, Jenna's heart became enriched, and life started to become colorful.
"Ms. Murphy, the launch of the Game City yesterday has achieved excellent results. Mr. Richards also complimented our department at the company meeting today!" The Marketing manager, Nathan Forbes, announced the news loudly to Jenna who was walking into the department.
This was the first time the Marketing Department got a compliment from Hansen at the company meeting. When Aria was the Vice President, Flansen had not criticized them, but he never complimented them at such a grand meeting before either.
Jenna gave a noncommittal smile in reply.
Hansen's compliment to the department was the result of her diligent work done in order to achieve good sales performance. Hansen, that perfectionist, only spoke based on performance.
Even though he personally appointed her, he had never been partial to her ever since she started working. He even had higher expectations of her compared to the others. She almost could not take his criticism of her work.
"Mr. Forbes, are there any updates on the Camphor Tree Villa case?" Jenna asked after pondering for quite some time.
She really couldn't guess Hansen's thoughts. In the ward that day, she vaguely remembered that Jose said that the assailant was related to the villa. It had been quite some time but he never took any action, nor did he mention it.
Was he going to abandon this villa group? Or did he have other thoughts in mind?
The longer she stayed with him, the more she would feel that she could not understand him. What was worse was that she realized that her attachment to him was getting stronger. She had to admit now that she actually cared for him, and may it be the past or the future, she would still care for him. If she was to totally withdraw herself from his life, it would be a painful process for her to forget about the past completely.
But she wouldn't regret it. There was no big deal in her falling in love with him. She was also selfish at the same time, since the process of forgetting him would be painful. She didn’t plan to make the process easy for him either; she wanted him to remember her forever.
Hansen must feel the same pain that she felt. She was not a noble person and love had always been a selfish matter.
Now that the affairs of Camphor Tree Villa had fallen into her hands, she should be more proactive in dealing with it, instead of blandly listening to Hansen's orders.
She wondered if she could find a solution so that he would be impressed, even though she had nothing in mind now.
"Vice President Murphy, this matter has always been co- managed by the marketing and sales department. During the first phase of development, almost the entire company was fully operational. This would have been a very ambitious goal to achieve. The company was very excited at that time and we foresaw a glorious future for the Richards Group, but then things got out of hand, and this progress became stagnant."
Nathan explained and said, embarrassed, "Vice President Murphy, to be honest, everyone used to have hopes on Miss McAdams, but Mr. Richards seemed to not agree with us and eventually did not make any decision. Now that he's eyeing the luxury cars and that has achieved some results, this project seems to be abandoned as until now, Mr. Richards has not given us any instructions about it. We cannot do anything either," Nathan told the truth and sounded helpless in the conversation.
Jenna nodded intently. She sort of understood what was going on, and at this moment, the phone rang.
"Jenna, where are you? I heard that you have already become the Vice President of the Richards Group?" Hannah's playful and sarcastic voice came through the phone. Jenna smiled bitterly, then said helplessly, "Hannah, can you not laugh at me?"
"I'm not laughing at you. I have always believed in your strength. Given your ability, forget the position of Vice President, you can also easily destroy the entire Richards Group." Hannah continued to tease her. Hearing so, Jenna almost rolled her eyes and quickly walked out toward the walkway.
"Jenna, are you free to come over now? I have something to tell you. I heard a little bit about your father's death over the past two days," Hannah suddenly changed the topic of conversation and said in a mysterious low voice.
Daddy's death! The smile on Jenna's face stiffened, and she trembled. She walked toward the office, turned and walked into the bedroom inside. She closed the door, then asked anxiously, "Hannah, what happened? Tell me quickly."
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