Chapter 113 The Purge I (2/2)

Kyle growled, his face full of anger as he stood up and continued, ”And you certainly have no right to address me by my first name.”

He was walking closer to her as he spoke. The pressure kept getting stronger as he got closer.

”You deem us unimportant enough not to inform the reception about our arrival?”

”You regard us as trash to be left waiting without any word for half an hour?”

”You gossip about us loudly amongst your colleague and give degrading comments as you lead us to this office?”

”You disdain us so much that you can't even serve us proper tea and snacks?”

”You sure are brave, to belittle the person who is your boss's boss,” Kyle said, as he reached right in front of Pauline, ”Did you really think I would let all that you did, slide? I was merely seeing how far you'd actually go.”

By now, Pauline was in a slump on the floor, her legs having lost all its strength long ago. Her blouse was stuck to her body as it was drenched in sweat, her eyes wide open in absolute fear as she looked up at Kyle, unable to look away.

”When was the last time you actually performed your duties and responsibilities properly? How many times has CEO Charles been affected adversely by your incompetence and lack of professionalism?” Kyle asked.

He reached out his right hand towards Kay, not breaking eye contact with Pauline. Kay placed the termination letter in his hand and he squatted down, to look at her squarely in the eye. Without a word, he stuck it on her forehead. Her sweat allowed the paper to stick for a while before her shaking hands took it off to read it.

She looked at the content in shock, her mouth open. Before she could say anything, Kyle got up and pointed towards the door.

”You have 5 minutes to pack up and leave before I call security. If you're not done by then, I'll have them drag you out rather than escort you,” Kyle said, ”Sam, make sure she only takes her personal items.”

Sam got up immediately and stood in front of Pauline. He gestured towards the door and said simply, ”You have 4 minutes left.”

Pauline didn't dare say anything else. All she wanted to do now was run. Run as fast as she can away from this Devil. She cursed herself mentally. She had such an easy job. CEO Charles hardly chastised her for her work no matter how badly she performed - if she ever did.

If she had known this boy had the capabilities to actually fire her, she would have not acted the way that she did. There was no use crying over spilled milk. No matter how angry and frustrated she was right now, she couldn't do anything. She had dug the hole herself and jumped straight in.

The termination letter was effective immediately. Normally, she would get two months notice before her services were terminated, or she would be given two months pay in lieu of notice. However, the letter had clearly shown her misdemeanor, which gave Company LV the right to terminate her without notice and without having to pay.

So now, she was without a job. No reference. No severance pay. Just like that, her prospects to work at another company as a secretary was sealed shut. Which sane company would hire her when her record showed clearly her incompetence?

What was she going to do?

She sniffed, tears threatening to spill out.

”You have one minute left,” said the emotionless Sam, not pitying her at all, ”And that is company's property. You can't take that.”

Pauline glared at Sam but didn't dare say anything. She quickly put back the notepad that had Company LV's logo on it and walked out. She didn't want to talk to anyone at that point and so, ignored her colleagues - now former colleagues - as she ran to the lift.

Everyone stared at the quickly retreating back of Pauline and the room suddenly broke out in pandemonium.

”Wha-what happened?!” shouted one in shock.

”Pauline got fired? What did she do? I mean, she was useless but CEO Charles always forgave her no matter what she did,” another said.

”Serves her right,” another scoffed, ”Good riddance to bad rubbish!”

As the door was slightly ajar, all of these words were clearly heard by Charles and the others. His face got flushed as he thought about it. Even his people out there knew about Pauline yet said nothing to him? He was beginning to feel more and more useless.

Then he felt someone patting him on the shoulder. It was Kay.

”Cheer up,” she said with a smile, ”Kyle will be the Bad Guy and get rid of all the tumor in the company. Your role after this is to heal it and grow.”

Kyle cricked his neck and smoothed his suit down and brushed off some imaginary lint on both of his sleeves. He then looked towards Ali and Xing Han, who promptly got up. They saw the slow smile that was forming on his face and noted the fact that he had not retracted that chilling aura yet. It wasn't as lethal as before, but it certainly was still there.

”Time to start the purge,” Kyle said as he walked towards the door.

Xing Han noticed that the smile on Kyle's face got bigger.

”Why does it seem like you're enjoying this?” he asked as Kyle put his hands on the doorknob.

Kyle turned to grin at him, an eyebrow raised as he answered before reverting back to his cold persona, ”That's because I AM enjoying this.”

Sam furiously started taking notes.