189 The real king of shamelessness (2/2)
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Pointing his finger at Paul, Ben channeled Greta Thunberg. ”How dare you?!?”
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This bastard was destroying his beautiful office environment! Even though he'd only been there a day…
”How dare you yell at her? Not only does she not deserve it, but it was a good plot!” He looked at Laura and reassured her. ”It was a good plot, Laura!”
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Seeing Ben defending her stunned everyone in the room into silence... They were all thinking the same thing. 'Hey buddy, you're aware she was trying to get you fired, right?'
Even Laura thought of herself in the third person!
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It was that shocking!
Of course Ben knew! But so what? That was that and this was this. Even if they conflicted before, it wouldn't stop him from standing up for what he believed was right! Sure, she tried to plot him, but that was the past, and in the future, he was planning to have sex with her.
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However, Ben wasn't only shallow. The biggest reason he was speaking up for Laura, was that if she got fired or sent to work somewhere else, he'd feel terrible! Because how would he do his oyakodon?
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He only just learned Tina and Laura were related! And they were together now! He could tolerate a lot, but he'd never accept breaking up a happy family!
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It's true he was confronting Paul, his superior, in the open. Yet, even though he knew Paul wanted to fire him, he was fearless! 'Anyways, if Paul could've fired me, he would've done so already. He wouldn't have needed to send Laura to go through all that trouble.'
At that moment, instead of getting angry, Paul smiled. ”Thanks for giving me an excuse. Since you barged into the manager's office, that's enough of a reason to send you away…”
Hearing this, Ben's face died. 'I miscockulated…'
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'This is weird, aren't I the protagonist?' He didn't understand how this could happen. Why couldn't everything work out perfectly for him regardless of his decisions?
Understanding Ben's fate was dismissal from the company, Laura looked at him with a complicated expression. 'He spoke up for me despite me going against him at every turn…' Guilt grew in her heart...
Even Tina couldn't help changing her mind after seeing Ben stand up for her step-daughter. 'Maybe this boy isn't so bad after all…but now that he's angered Paul, there's no way back.' She sighed...
As for Paul, he locked eyes with Ben, and sneered, feeling a thrill inside. In the next moment, he'd get to do the activity he found most pleasurable as a manager. Chuckling, he pointed at Ben. ”You're...fi—”
Right then, in the middle of his sentence, the landline rang. Although he planned to ignore it, when Paul viewed the identity on the caller ID, his eyes bulged! He ignored everything in the room and hurried to pick it up!
”Hello? …Who? Yes...he works here...” Paul gave Ben a strange glance. ”She did?!? Are you sure it's the right person?” He gasped...
After that, there was a long silence...as Paul held the phone to his ear...even though everyone could hear the dial tone from the caller on the other end having hung up!
Then, Paul chuckled as he spoke into the phone. ”Yes, thank you! I'll continue doing my best! Goodbye!”
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Everybody in Paul's office squinted as they looked at him. 'Guy, we heard it… We know you were talking to yourself.'
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Yet, Paul ignored them, and returned to locking eyes with Ben. ”As I was saying, you're...fi—nallly promoted!”
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”Huh?” Everyone in the room made the same sound as they stared at Paul, unsure if they heard right.
Paul smiled. ”Like I said, thanks for giving me an excuse…to deliver this splendid news myself!”
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Ben had to stop himself from falling over from a slapstick earthquake!
Then Paul continued. ”Since you barged into the manager's office, that's enough of a reason to send you away…personally! Wishing you best of luck upstairs!”
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'That's not what you were saying at all!' Every person there believed none of it! But Paul ignored their cringing faces and chuckled as he got up out of his seat and approached Ben, shaking his hand with fervor!
Ben blinked, filled with confusion. He'd already grasped that he was somehow promoted, but what was with Paul's reaction? 'What's going on here? I just wanted to deliver some faceslaps. Was he so wary from last time, that he decided to play dead?'
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Ben thought maybe Paul had watched Grizzly man recently…but skipped the ending…
Laura and Tina also didn't understand. They knew better than anyone how impossible it was for Paul to treat an intern with such respect. Watching this complete 180 in attitude, their jaws were on the ground!
It wasn't only them either. Outside the door, a passing janitor who overheard the whole thing also had a hanging jaw!
It was like fate brought him there because there weren't enough faceslap reactions!
Then kept him around for the shameless reaction!
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Soon, he looked at his mop though and shook his head. 'Why am I watchin' this? These crazy people ain't my problem. Let's go! Clean clean clean.'