Chapter 13: Find a New Job

"Okay, if you don't have lunch with me, collect your items and go home now!" Joseph ordered.

Kate was stunned at first and then nodded in a hurry, "Sure, I'll disappear immediately."

To spare the trouble for herself, she reminded him, "Please explain to Grandpa and Mother why I have left."

"Don't threaten me with them. You will not succeed."

Really? But I remembered you married me at their request. Kate thought to herself but dared not say it out loud.

As Kate collected her belongings, Joseph stood behind her with his arms crossed. Once she was ready to leave, John would directly drive her home.

"Lady Kate, Lord Joseph, is not available to take you home, so he asked me to drive you." John took the box of things from her.

"Joseph asked you to take me home?" Kate asked she could not believe it was true. But then she realized why Joseph did not want her to speak with Samuel.

After arriving at home, Kate got lunch then began to search the internet for another job. Suddenly her phone rang, "Hello?"

"Hi, Kate! Are you available after work today? I was hoping we could have dinner." Lisa asked.

"Tonight?" Kate looked at her computer screen and answered, "I'm not sure whether I'll be available. I'm looking for a job. Can I call you back to let you know?"

"Looking for a job?" Lisa was totally confused, "You lost your job?"

"Joseph fired me. This afternoon…" Kate told her everything that happened.

Lisa was angry, she said, "I think he had it planned it for a long time. You entered the company only at the request of his grandpa and mother. Then he finally finds an excuse to fire you."

"Whatever, I am thrilled. I finally get some freedom! I think it is better for me to leave there. At least I can get out of Joseph's control and even Samuel's entanglement for some time. You should be congratulating me!"

Lisa understood what Kate was saying.

"I'm thrilled now. Don't worry about me!"

"Okay! So, what kind of job are you hoping to find? How about working in my tea shop? I will repay you."

"Thank you, Lisa. But if I work there, you will protect me, and I will not be able to advance on my own. I want to be an editor for another company. All of these years that I worked at Smith Group, I have learned a lot." Kate said calmly.

"I will support you forever. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me."

"Thank you, Lisa."

"We are best friends. Don't be so polite," Lisa said, "But if you can say thank you to Joseph, maybe he will change his attitude to you. After all, all men love gentle women."

"Okay, I will not confuse you anymore. I will support you to leave him! But Kate, I think you are not certain about what you want. You loved him, so you married him. Even though he doesn't love you, you still sacrifice a lot for him. I don't think you have given him up. You are just hiding your love for him temporarily."

She could not deny that Lisa was right, but she still told Lisa firmly, "Don't worry, I will stop loving him."

After hanging up the phone, she sat on the sofa for a while thinking, then sent her resume to a few different companies. Not thinking that she would receive an immediate reply, Kate was shocked to get three messages within an hour. They all said the same thing, "Sorry, Mrs. Smith, but after a preliminary review by our human resources department, you do not meet the requirements for the position."

Kate thought that there might have been something wrong with her resume, so she looked at the job descriptions again. She clearly met all the requirements but was not invited for an interview. She could not understand why. However, she was not going to get discouraged and continued to send out resumes. Kate sat by her computer the entire afternoon, waiting for replies.

Joseph usually arrived home late in the evening, so Kate was surprised that he was home early in the day. When she heard the car door shut, she closed her computer and went downstairs. As she passed by Joseph, he grasped her arm and smiled, "How do you feel being rejected?"

"Being rejected? How do you know?" She immediately realized and yelled, "It's you!"

No wonder three companies sent the same message to her almost at the same time. Someone was behind it.

"Kate, it's not easy to find a job." He was so confident that she would never get out of his control.

"You mean you will create obstacles for me so that I cannot get a job? I am afraid that you over-estimate yourself. Do you think I can't find a job? There are many in the city."

"Then, let's wait and see!" He said. Then he pulled down his tie off and went into the bathroom.

Kate was so angry that she refused to eat with Joseph. She went back to her desk so that she could send out more resumes.

When Joseph saw her still sitting in front of the computer wholeheartedly, he scoffed, "Your name has been blacklisted. What you are doing now is in vain!"