Captivation: Want Nothing But You novel Chapter 83

The veins on Victor's temples bulged in rage.An explosively ice-cold glint appeared in his eyes as he gritted his teeth and slowly said, "I should thank you? Rachel, what the hell are you talking about?"

"Have you forgotten already? You promised me three conditions, the third one is to fire Alice.She just got exposed to all and sundry as a loose woman having an affair with a married man.Not only was the chaotic confrontation here streamed live, but the affair has become a trending topic of multiple social media platforms; this much negative exposure must be damaging for the Sullivan Group's image, right? This is a good enough reason to fire her.If you fire Alice now—without trying to make any public relations cover for her—then the public, including social media users, will consider the Sullivan Group a reliable company with zero tolerance for immoral employees,"

Rachel replied matter-of-factly.Her words were reasonable, and most would applaud her train of thought.

Victor would have applauded, too, and praised her for her astute take on the matter if he didn't already know what she was up to.

"The mistress working for the Sullivan Group?"

"The mistress was slapped by the legal wife?"

"Alice Jenkins?"

Although topics about the matter had already been removed from social media platforms 'trending lists, comment sections in media websites, gossip blogs, and social media accounts were still abuzz with talk about the scandal.

It wasn't long before these topics made their way back to the top of many trending lists, and this time, nothing could be done to remove them.

Sullivan Group's employees probably knew nothing of Alice's background, but Apliaria's upper-class ladies definitely knew who Alice and Caroline were.

And, they looked down on both of them.

That it was common for men from wealthy families to keep mistresses or bear illegitimate children did not change their opinion of the two.Most people didn't dare to make their dislike known to the public, though, as it was akin to airing their dirty linen in public, while others simply turned a blind eye.

However, Alice and Caroline were too brazen in their affairs, so people loathed them.

Rachel was notorious, too, but people still couldn't deny the fact that she was a legitimate daughter of the Bennet family.

Therefore, she was nobler than Alice and Caroline, both of whom were experts in destroying people's families.

This scandal, part of which was caught on tape, had gone viral on the Internet, and people saw Alice for who she really was.

Her image of virtue and innocence, which she had worked hard and spent years to maintain, had been destroyed.

The chaotic scenes in the office had gone on for some time.

Julia had gone to town on Alice, beating her black and blue.

Finally, the police arrived and quickly mediated, and Alice was let go.

Then, Julia grabbed Wilson's ear and dragged him out of the office and back home.

Alice was a mess.

Her face was covered in bruises, and her limited edition dress was torn in many places.

She looked so miserable that it seemed she was on the verge of collapse.  Caroline arrived a short while later, looking as though she had rushed there, and she was heartbroken to see Alice in that state.

Caroline hurried over, covered her with a jacket and took her home.

Alice's phone rang the moment she arrived home.

It was a call from Sullivan Group's personnel department informing her she had been fired and that they would never hire her again.  

"Ah, ah, ah…"

Alice cried out as her teary eyes reddened with anger.Suddenly, she smashed her phone against the wall in a fury.Tears welled up in her eyes as she trembled.Seeing Alice on the verge of a breakdown, Caroline walked over and hugged her.

"Honey, please calm down.Don't hurt yourself!" she cooed, trying to comfort her daughter.

"Mom, how can I calm down? Tell me how I can calm down!" Alice cried, pushing Caroline away.

Tears streamed down her cheeks as she bawled.

"I was fired, mom! The Sullivan Group fired me! You know how hard it was for me to enter the Sullivan Group and how long I toiled before I could become the manager of the public relations department.I had to work really hard before I could approach Victor! But now, I've been fired! And they will never rehire me!"

Caroline gently held her hands and encouraged her.

"Alice, I know you feel awful, but no matter how bad things get, we have to live on.It doesn't matter that the Sullivan Group won't rehire you.There are many other companies you can choose to work for.When you become a senior executive of another company, you will get the chance to—"

"Mom, you don't understand at all!"

Alice yelled, shaking off Caroline's hands.

"The Sullivan Group fired me and informed me, in no uncertain terms, that they'll never rehire me! Do you know what that means?" she shouted with red 

"What?" Alice clenched her fists and tearily muttered, "Other companies will never employ anyone the Sullivan Group doesn't accept!"