Reborn as Mr.CEO's Fat Wife-Chapter 846 Lawyer Jones Shows Off Her Affection

The video leak incident from yesterday dramatically increased Catherine Ford’s notoriety within the company. Although there was no official announcement of her being fired, rumors spread widely. As soon as Catherine entered the building today, she felt countless eyes on her.

On her way there, Catherine had already prepared herself mentally, so she chose to ignore the stares from everyone. But when she tried to get on the elevator, she was blocked from entering.

Catherine looked up at the woman blocking her path with a cold expression, "Excuse me, please move aside."

"After doing such shameless things, you still have the face to come to the company?" It was none other than May Coffey, who had previously joined Anna Ford in stepping on Catherine.

"What did I do?" Catherine asked the other party, holding back her anger.

"You still have the nerve to ask what you did? Isn’t the video clear enough! Now everyone in the company knows you’re a shameless divorced woman with a kid, trying to seduce Lawyer Jones, and when you got exposed, you lashed out and hit Anna out of fury!" As May spoke, she didn’t forget to have someone record her video, seeing it as a great opportunity to suck up to Anna Ford.

Catherine took a deep, heavy breath, "Is divorce a stain on a woman’s reputation? Is a woman who has had a child cheap? Since you mentioned I’m divorced, you should also know I’m single. Putting aside whether I’ve done anything or not, even if I did, whether I pursued Lawyer Jones or seduced him, is there any problem with that? As for Anna Ford, hitting her was because she deserved it."

May Coffey originally just wanted to humiliate Catherine and curry favor with Anna Ford to gain some benefits. She never expected the usually easy-to-bully Catherine from the logistics department to retort so sharply. Caught off guard and rendered speechless, she was eventually embarrassed and had the person with the cellphone put it away, not wanting the scene to be recorded by others.

When Catherine got back to her office, this video of her once again exploded across the company.

Yesterday, everyone thought Catherine Ford was overestimating herself, looking soft and gentle but turned out to be cunning, and was particularly harsh on her fellow woman, Anna. But after watching the new video today, they suddenly realized, yeah, so what if a woman is divorced? So what if she has children? Does that mean she loses the right to pursue happiness? Besides, Lawyer Jones, who wouldn’t want to attract him?

As for why she hit Anna, someone in the company suddenly replied anonymously and timidly, "Honestly, I also quite want to hit her, but unfortunately, I lack the background and guts."

Once the anonymous message was out, other anonymous messages followed suit, "When I interfaced with the design department last time, I was nearly infuriated to death by that woman. She thinks she’s above everyone else. To tell the truth, when I saw that fierce lady from logistics slapping her yesterday, it was incredibly satisfying."

"+1."

"+1..."

Those unaware of the situation immediately started to inquire about Anna Ford, and by lunchtime, her negative gossip was flying everywhere.

The one-sided public opinion from yesterday suddenly and inexplicably reversed.

Grace Clarke came rushing over to hug Catherine, "Catherine, you are just so so so awesome!"

Since the video incident yesterday, Catherine had not had smooth interactions with the various departments, and she had prepared herself to fight back, ready to disappoint Carol who had taken care of her for years if things didn’t improve. Unexpectedly, although it started tough, things began to go smoothly after 11 o’clock, with the people who had been deliberately giving her difficulties taking the initiative to contact her.

Catherine, initially puzzled, was filled with confusion after Grace’s exclamation, "What happened?"

"You confronted May Coffey this morning, right? Ha, someone recorded it and shared it in the company group. Now everyone is anonymously posting Beauty Ford’s dirty laundry. Tsk tsk, it’s quite spectacular." Grace felt that the names Catherine Ford and Anna Ford were inauspicious due to the one character difference, and since Anna always took the route of being flirty, she had given her a nickname, Beauty Ford.

After she finished speaking, Grace Clarke raised her phone to show Catherine Ford; just then, someone anonymously said in the group that Anna Ford was hanging around the parking lot every day just to have a chance encounter with Lawyer Jones, and even mentioned Anna sprained her ankle in a fit of rage after being rejected by him.

Below was a swarm of "Really? Really?"

Catherine Ford glanced at the message and wasn’t particularly interested; even if public opinion was on her side, the fact that she was going to lose her job was already set in stone.

Compared to public opinion, the Deputy General Manager behind Anna Ford was the real person with the power of life and death over her job.

Seeing this, Grace Clarke looked at Catherine Ford with concern, "Is there really no way? What am I going to do if you leave!"

Grace Clarke had been in the logistics department for two years, following Catherine Ford all along, and the two had formed a deep bond.

"Carol has already tried her best to fight for me," said Catherine Ford with a sigh, not wishing to trouble Carol further.

Grace Clarke sighed, "Let’s not talk about sad things. Let’s go eat."

"I brought my lunch, so I won’t go," said Catherine Ford, raising her insulated lunch box.

Upon hearing this, Grace Clarke was greatly disappointed, "You work so hard every day, you have to make breakfast for your kids in the morning, and even prepare your own lunch the night before. Aren’t you tired?"

"Tired but happy," said Catherine Ford as she opened her lunch box. The insulated box she used today was handed to her by Benjamin Jones in the morning. She originally wanted to refuse it, but then she heard the man complaining that the last food container she used for him did not keep the food warm, and reheating made the food taste bad. He had casually disposed of it, saying that this one was compensation for her.

She had such a confusing dream last night, and already felt guilty when she saw Benjamin. After hearing his words go so far, she didn’t dare to refuse.

However, it was only when she opened the lunch box and saw the steaming meal that she realized the man wasn’t lying at all. The lunches she brought in her own containers would be cold clumps by the time it was to eat.

Last time, when Benjamin Jones suddenly needed to bring lunch, she didn’t think much of it and gave him one she had as a spare, only to be met with disdain.

Now, looking at the hot and steamy meal, she realized that she had not been wronged. She leaned in to sniff with her nose, just about to eat, when Grace Clarke, who was about to walk away, suddenly turned back, "What smells so good?"

Catherine Ford looked up at her, as Grace Clarke had already moved close to her lunch, "Wow, Catherine, have you struck it rich?"

"No... no I haven’t," Catherine Ford was left puzzled by Grace Clarke’s reaction.

"Still denying it? Normally you eat rice balls or sandwiches, which just seem makeshift, but what about today? Let’s see, chicken stew with mushrooms, braised prawns, chilled sliced beef, and let me look at this soup. Is it beef soup? The rice is also translucent, clearly high-quality rice. Still say you’ve not struck it rich?" Grace Clarke was drooling as she spoke and then exclaimed in surprise, "And you changed your lunch box? I’ve told you before, your old one had no insulation at all, it should have been thrown out a long time ago!"

Catherine Ford gave a wry smile, "I’m just indulging myself for once."

"That’s true, you really are too hard on yourself usually but... hehehe, you know," Grace Clarke knew Catherine Ford was a good cook, but every time this person would just go through the motions, not taking her health seriously. She felt bad coveting her lunch, but now it was getting hard to restrain herself.

"You can only sample a bite of each." Catherine Ford declared.

Grace Clarke repeatedly assured her, but before tasting, she didn’t forget to take out her phone, "I need to take a photo, you know my relative set me up with this guy, right? I’m going to pretend to be the virtuous wife and good mother."

After taking the snap, she realized there was no need to edit the picture; she directly posted it to her Facebook Circle and then let out a howl before pouncing on Catherine’s lunch.

Catherine just shook her head with amusement.

...

Universal Law Firm.

Yesterday, Benjamin Jones did not bring his lunch. Seamus Noah thought that was just a one-off, after all, a female celebrity wouldn’t really cook for a man, especially when the woman is a celebrity in demand. To his surprise, today he discovered the boss brought a new thermos.

This news spread quickly throughout the entire law firm via the reception desk.

Women’s hearts were shattered, igniting souls of gossip.

By lunchtime, many made the excuse of getting water to sneak a peek into the pantry, wanting to find out what the female celebrity made for the boss. But to their disappointment, the boss wasn’t heating up any dishes.

However, Seamus Noah, as the secretary, got to see Boss Jones’ lunch. The fragrance alone triggered his cravings, and he leaned forward, unable to resist the urge to see what the boss was eating, only to be met with a cold stare from his boss, forcing him to stand at attention once more.

Little did Seamus know, he would witness the most ostentatious move next. Boss Jones, who had just refused to let him have a peek, took out his phone and snapped a photo of his lunch. Once he left the office, he saw the company chat group exploded with activity; everyone was talking about one thing — Lawyer Jones was showing off his love!

Seamus Noah, "..."

He slowly took out his phone and saw the lunch that Boss Jones had just a moment ago refused to let him glance at was now openly displayed in the Facebook Circle, which usually only contains work-related information.

Although it was just a picture without any text, it was enough for everyone to speculate all sorts of possibilities.

Anyway, there was no doubt left about Boss Jones being in a relationship.

Some enthusiastic people even sent a screenshot of Benjamin Jones’ Facebook Circle to the friends at the neighboring company LG, telling them to stop harboring any delusions about their boss; he was already taken.

The recipient at LG happened to be a department head in sales who, through work connections, had Grace Clarke on Facebook. After seeing the picture sent by someone from Universal Law Firm, he felt it looked familiar. Quickly scrolling through his Facebook Circle, he found Grace Clarke’s post. He compared the two for a while, and although the angles differed, the dishes and even the thermoses looked startlingly similar. However, having met Grace Clarke, he knew what she looked like and shook his head, dismissing the idea; it had to be a coincidence.

Benjamin’s show-off move made many give up on him, even Tina Roland, who had previously Tsukkomi’d the female celebrity’s mediocre cooking skills, had to admit defeat.

Yet, Harmony Meredith curiously replied with a question mark and then messaged Benjamin Jones privately, asking what was going on?

The man replied succinctly, "Chopping down peach blossoms."

Harmony Meredith, "..." Damn impressive!

In the following days, Catherine Ford’s situation at the company improved slightly, but as the video reached Anna Ford, who was on leave, retaliation followed, making her workload extraordinarily heavy. The best relaxation each day was probably just having lunch.

Since Grace Clarke received widespread praise for her previous Facebook Circle post about lunch, and it attracted several high-quality male friends who had never initiated contact before to chat with her, her enthusiasm grew, and her favorite daily activity became taking pictures of Catherine Ford’s lunches and posting them.

As it happened, Benjamin Jones’s routine included showing off his lunch, so much so that on the third day, a certain Supervisor from the LG sales department, upon seeing a friend Tsukkomi about their Boss’s public display of affection, subconsciously requested the photo of Benjamin Jones’s lunch, then quickly compared it with Grace Clarke’s Facebook Circle, and finally realized he might have stumbled upon some significant secret.

He couldn’t help but ask cautiously, "Is Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend really Ellis Raindream? Aren’t female celebrities very busy every day? Do they really have time to make lunch for their boyfriends?"

"Everyone says so; it must be true. But before, Ellis Raindream was really chasing Boss Jones hard, coming to the company every day. Now they’re finally together and we hardly see her. I suspect they might be living together. Tsk tsk, think about Boss Jones’s appearance and physique, and then think about Ellis Raindream’s looks and body, I don’t know who to envy more," quipped a lawyer from Universal.

Upon reading this, the Supervisor from LG felt a pang in his heart, "Everyone says so? Isn’t it what Lawyer Jones himself has said?"

"How could it be? What kind of person is Lawyer Jones? He’d never talk about this. Even his recent lunch show-off, we all feel it’s under his girlfriend’s coercion. You know how it is, every female star is a bit of a drama queen. But as dramatic as they are, they have the capital. Unlike..."

The rest of the conversation was lost to the Supervisor from the sales department. He kept reopening Grace Clarke’s Facebook Circle and compared it in multiple ways with Benjamin Jones’s, finally convinced that there can’t be that many coincidences in the world, hence he truly discovered a big secret!

But why? Why?

Supervisor Clements still had some impression of Grace Clarke, a very ordinary girl, not young either, and her biggest asset was probably her good nature, always laughing and joking. How did she manage to win over a top-quality man like Lawyer Jones?

Driven by enormous curiosity, Supervisor Clements just received a message that Catherine Ford needed to coordinate the annual meeting personnel with the sales department. Originally, he didn’t really want to interact with the recently notorious figure, but now, overwhelmed by the desire to gossip, he couldn’t help responding to Catherine Ford, "I’ll be passing by the logistics department for some work soon; I will bring the list then."

On the other end of the phone, Catherine Ford, upon receiving this message, found it strange that the sales department had become so cooperative all of a sudden and was even going to deliver the list to her. But given the sheer amount of work she had, she didn’t pay much attention to it. Little did she know, just ten minutes later, the Supervisor arrived in person.

The sales department, as the company’s most profitable unit, was usually as proud as the design department and suddenly came in warmly and politely. Catherine Ford wasn’t used to it yet when she saw him turn his head to casually inquire about Grace Clarke, and specifically about her boyfriend.

Catherine Ford was first taken aback, then seeing the man in a suit, about 1.75 meters tall, with handsome features, and a not low position, standing out in a crowd, discreetly asking about Grace Clarke—could it be he was interested in Grace?

Thinking this, Catherine Ford’s smile deepened significantly, and she answered softly, "Grace doesn’t have a boyfriend."

Upon hearing this, Supervisor Clements was surprised that Grace Clarke usually talked so much, yet kept her relationship with Lawyer Jones so low-key. Then he recalled the surveillance video that claimed Catherine Ford was seducing Lawyer Jones, and hearing that Grace Clarke’s best friend was Catherine Ford, he felt disdain for Catherine Ford, presumably also as a precaution against others.

Tsk tsk, such a green tea.