Chapter 245 - Can You Shut Up?

Sarah subconsciously coughed when she heard Ren's last words. She immediately felt like those words were directed at her. Did Prince Renald know who talked bad about his wife behind her back?

Ugh... Did Fee complain to her husband that she often became the subject of gossip in the office?

Cold sweat ran down Sarah's temples. She felt very uncomfortable in this place. Her eyes repeatedly glanced toward the exit.

"Why do we have to come to this press conference?" she whispered hoarsely to Sam, who sat beside her.

"Because you guys from HR are responsible for clarifying things and clearing Fae Muller's reputation."

Suddenly Elios' voice came from the side. Sarah jolted in surprise when she heard a man's voice who had appeared out of nowhere, suddenly standing in the aisle of the rows of chairs for the guests attending Prince Renald's press conference.

Mischa and Sam turned around and looked surprised to see Elios' unexpected presence. At the same time, Ren had also seen Elios enter from the back door and was now standing with his arms folded across his chest and turning to the row of chairs at the back. His father-in-law's face looked displeased.

Ren stopped talking. His expression remained calm, but his chest churned. Why didn't he know that Elios was now in Almstad? Ahh .. he was caught off guard because he was bound in the hospital for several days and had to recover.

"Hey... You came too," Sarah said in a voice filled with relief.

She was startled when she heard Elios'reprimand, but when she saw who it was, she was relieved. Apparently, she was too nervous and became jumpy.

"What is your name?" asked Elios, looking at Sarah with sparkling eyes. At that instant, the smile on Sarah's face disappeared. She didn't think she was so easily forgotten that Mischa's assistant asked her name again.

Usually people, especially men, would not easily forget her, especially because not only she was beautiful, Sarah was also very smart and had an elegant appearance.

But, oh .. why did Mischa's assistant's eyes look so cold? Was he mad at me? Did I make a mistake? Sarah thought anxiously.

She turned to Mischa and realized that the big boss was now looking at her with a frown. Suddenly she felt cornered.

"My name is... Sarah," said the girl finally.

"What did you say to me yesterday about Fae Muller? Do you remember?" asked Elios, folding his arms across his chest. "Based on the prince's statement at this press conference, it seems that all your words have become slanderous."

"Ah .. I only draw conclusions based on what I observed, and I was not the one who started it," Sarah said defensively. "I think anyone is bound to tend to make assumptions like us. When she started working in the office, she looked poor and in trouble. How could we know that she is Prince Renald's wife? Why would a prince's wife work at RMI as a personal assistant?"

Elios turned to Mischa and sighed. "Is this how our employees have become? This bad? Don't they need to go through training when joining RMI?"

His face looked unhappy.

Mischa shook his head. "Sarah is an assistant to the HR Director in our Almstad office, and as far as I know, she had attended all the mandatory training. Sam has no complaints about her."

Now it's Sam's turn to feel cornered. He did not understand why when talking to his 'assistant', Mischa's attitude seemed very respectful. Wasn't he the boss at RMI? And even if his assistant was a member of the Rhionen family, wasn't he younger than Mischa and therefore he should be the one to respect Mischa? Why did it look like it was the opposite?

Mischa immediately noticed Sam's confusion and coughed a little. This situation was indeed very difficult for outsiders to understand. Nobody would have thought that Alaric Rhionen, who was standing next to him and yesterday claimed to be his new assistant, was actually Elios Linden, the RMI owner himself.

While perhaps the RMI staff at Almstad would feel like they recognized the owner, no one would ever suspect that this man was the real Elios Linden for two reasons:

First, he looked too young. In their estimation, Elios Linden should now be in his 40s. After all, just like celebrities and famous people, often the faces they saw in real life would be very different from the faces they see in the media.

The second reason was, they would find it hard to believe that someone like Elios Linden would find the time to visit Almstad, the small capital of a small kingdom, to meet the staff at the RMI Moravia branch.

So the thought that they met Elios Linden himself in Almstad was completely unthinkable to them.

"We're done here," Alaric said coldly. "I need to speak to all of you."

He gave a signal and then turned to leave them and went out the back door. Sam and Sarah looked at each other in amazement. They didn't understand whether they should follow an assistant's orders or not.

"What are you waiting for?" asked Mischa who rose from his chair and was following Elios' steps swiftly.

"Oh .. all right. We will come soon," said Sam hastily. He immediately got up from his chair, following Mischa and Elios. Sarah and her friend quickly followed suit.

"The press conference isn't over yet, right?" Sarah asked in amazement. "Did we just come to hear that part earlier? It's a waste of time ... I mean, it would be more productive if we watched it live on TV or on the internet."

"Can you shut up?" asked Elios curtly. 

He deliberately told the RMI staff to come and watch Ren's press conference so that they could hear with their own ears and see with their own eyes.

Even the media could be manipulated, but if they came and heard directly from Ren's lips about the status of his relationship with Fae Muller, then these RMI people had absolutely no reason not to believe the fact presented to them.

For Elios, firing Sarah for what she did to his daughter was too easy a punishment. He wanted to make Sarah receive retribution for all the vile and defamatory words she used to hurt Vega's reputation while working at RMI Almstad.

He would make her an example.

Meanwhile, Ren, who was answering the fourth question from a journalist, frowned when he saw Alaric leave, followed by some of the RMI Moravia staff. He did not understand why Alaric suddenly appeared like that, and now left before the press conference was over.

Did Alaric want to inform Ren of his arrival at Almstad? Why not do it via text or phone?

Then .. what did he want now? Ren had already fulfilled his request to hold a press conference. So.... what now?