Chapter 98
Chapter 98
Meredith was startled by Nova's words and quickly looked around.
Fortunately, no one around paid attention to them. Otherwise, if these kinds of words were heard by
other colleagues, there would surely be rumors.
"It's okay if you tell me these things. If you talk to someone else, what do you think they will think?"
Meredith shook her head, feeling that Nova was still inexperienced. In the workplace, it was a taboo to
flirt with the company's boss.
"Oh, I see." Nova didn't take it seriously. "Do you agree to help me or not?"
Nova thought that she went to work at the Xavier Group, not to become a strong woman, but to get in
touch with Derek and try to become a rich wife.
"I gotta advise you that a man like him is not someone we can be with. If you are smart enough, you
should cut off your feelings in time and stop thinking about these impossible things."
Because of their friendship, Meredith rarely talked a little more.
Vivian's experience was right in front of her, so Meredith didn't want Nova to bring destruction on
herself.
"Forget it if you don't help me. Why are you saying this?"
Nova was a little angry. What did Meredith think of herself as? How could she lecture her in such a
condescending way? Was she saying that a poor person like her would never marry a rich man?
She didn't believe it. She only believed that human effort was the decisive factor.
Especially when she thought about the woman who had sex with Derek was Meredith, Nova could not
help but regard her as a potential rival in love.
"Fine, forget it. I'll figure it out myself."
Nova couldn't stay here any longer. She picked up the plate and strode away.
Meredith looked at her back and shook her head helplessly.
Why women here were all like this? Every time she gave kind advice, it would end up like this
speechless result.
Nova quickly found an opportunity.
Derek always used a VIP elevator. In addition, he would be alone sometimes, so there would be more
than ten minutes for him to be alone on the elevator to the highest floor .
Although it wasn't long, it was better than nothing.
One day, Derek entered the elevator. Just as he was about to press the button, Nova squeezed in with
her face full of embarrassment. "I'm sorry, Mr. Xavier. There are too many people in ordinary elevators
over there. Can I borrow your VIP elevator? I'm in a hurry here."
Derek glanced at her coldly and did not speak. Nova took his silence as acquiescence and hurried in.
When the elevator door was about to close, Derek suddenly stopped it. He happened to see Meredith
coming in from outside. "Come here."
Nova also saw Meredith's figure. Watching Derek's action, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
It was obvious that Derek was much better to Meredith than to her. He would actually wait for Meredith.
Meredith usually took the elevator of the ordinary employees, and she didn't want to overstep her
status, so she shook her head. "Thank you but I don't have any important work. I can take the elevator
over there."
"I ask you to come over. Are you deaf or you don't want to listen to me?"
Derek ordered coldly. Meredith had no choice but to walk over. Only then did she see Nova standing on
the side with an unhappy face, she suddenly felt embarrassed. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
She was really just passing by and didn't want to be the third person between the two of them.
However, Derek had already ordered, so she could not go out again. She could only stand in a corner.
Meredith prayed in her heart that the two of them would never notice her. She was just a passer-by.
As the elevator slowly rose, Nova quickly suppressed the imbalance in her heart and spoke softly to
Derek. "Mr. Xavier, last time I saw you in the office, you seemed to have a headache. I have a
prescription from my family that is very useful for this kind of symptom. Maybe next time..."
"No need." Derek interrupted directly and mercilessly, "I am not interested in these things without
scientific basis."
Nova failed flattering him, so she flushed and felt awkward.
Meredith watched aside and couldn't help but mutter to herself that Derek was really temperamental.
Last time, he had received Nova's massage with a pleasant face, but now he turned his back on her.
"Actually, I'm just worried about your health. After all, you're the backbone of the company. If anything
goes wrong, we have no direction or motivation to work."
Although Nova suffered a blow, she was not discouraged. She really could say something sweeter than
honey.
Meredith couldn't help but get goosebumps. It turned out that Nova didn't work for money, but for
Derek. What a noble sentiment. Meredith was different. Her main goal was to get a higher salary, so it
was the same anywhere she went. It was better not to have Derek.
"Work without direction only means that you have no career plan and no motivation. It means that you
are not hardworking enough. Xavier Group doesn't need idle people. You know what I mean."
Derek wasn't in the mood to listen to her flattery. If Nova wasn't the woman who helped him that day,
he would have opened the elevator door and thrown her out.
"Mr. Xavier..."
Being rejected twice in a row, Nova felt extreme awkward. Just as she was about to say something
again, the lights in the elevator flashed twice.
There was a screech of metal friction. The elevator, which had just been steadily rising, suddenly
stopped and the lights inside were dimmed.
The narrow space suddenly became dark.
Nova couldn't help but scream, "Ah!"
Meredith was also flustered by the sudden accident. She could not help but put her hand in her lower
abdomen and put in a little effort as if telling her baby not to be afraid.
"Meredith, are you okay?"
Naturally, Derek would not lose his composure. He frowned and looked at the elevator in a blackout.
He pressed the call button and subconsciously asked about Meredith's condition.
"I... I'm fine. I'm fine."
Meredith was a little surprised that Derek would ask her first, but she still answered quickly.
Nova could not help but clench her fists as she listened to the conversation between the two of them.
She was also trapped in the elevator. She was a woman, and she must be scared too. Why didn't
Derek pay attention to her?
Could it be that Derek actually was fond of Meredith?
At the thought of this possibility, Nova even forgot the fear of being in a faulty elevator.
Now without knowing the truth, Derek was already so concerned about Meredith. If he knew, wouldn't
she lose all chance?
Thinking of this, Nova even embedded her nails in her palms, leaving deep marks. She looked coldly at
the corner where Meredith was.