Chapter 467 Waiting Out The Storm

• Returning to work was more difficult for me than I would like to admit. I wished that I could have taken a week or two off after the announcement regarding my relationship with Ace was made; however, I also thought that if I did that then it would be like I was admitting that there was something wrong with our relationship. Honestly, I was scared to face the scornful reactions of people head-on. Unlike reading the vile and harsh comments online, facing them in person felt much more real.
• Everything unfolded almost exactly how I had imagined that it would inside my head. The people who didn’t know me personally either did not pay much attention or said the exact same things that I had expected them to say when they gossiped with each other. The notion that I exploited some kind of nepotism to rise through the ranks was everywhere. Nepotism wasn’t at all as extreme as the accusations that I slept my way up. Many also believed that I was having an affair with Ace even when he was dating Elizabeth and that I had planned to steal Ace away from Elizabeth all along. The financial status of Ace’s family did not help either.
• The only saving grace seemed to be the fact that Ace was no longer working at the company and that meant that any acts of favoritism that may have happened in the past could no longer take place. On top of that, everyone thought that I would be screwed for sure now that the news was out in the open because the one sitting at the very top as the company’s CEO now was none other than Elizabeth, my supposed love-rival. Little did they know that one of the people who worried about me the most turned out to be Elizabeth herself.