Chapter 265 - Unremorseful

"But Ms. Stephanie you indeed seem to be missing a nail" the man pointed out making the others look among themselves and a soft murmur filled the room

"I'm no..." Stephanie had wanted to impulsively reply but she refrained herself when she realized this was all Jade's plan. Jade has been baiting her all along and she fell stupidly for it. How could she have been so stupid? Stephanie gazed at Jade with much animosity as she clamped her mouth shut.

The president turned to Mr. Alan and asked, "Alan are you indeed missing your flash drive?"

Mr. Alan was startled when the president asked him. He looked at the man and from the corner of his eyes, he looked at Jade who wasn't looking at him. He knew Jade had found out the truth and she was still saving his ass. He felt embarrassed and disappointed in himself. He despised himself for lowering himself down to this level.

He lowered his head and answered, "Yes sire"

The president nodded his head and turned to look at Stephanie.

"Ms. Stephanie please show your hands to the whole room" He requested making Stephanie turn pale in an instant.

"Si...sir?"

"Do it now!" He ordered. Stephanie wanted to protest but with the piercing look from the man and from the several eyes of people sitting there she couldn't. She slowly stood up to her feet and even more slowly revealed her hands. And to the eyes of the man, she was indeed missing a nail while the others were similar to the one in Jade's hand.

The president bobbed his head up and down and asked again, "Do you deny that it wasn't your voice we had heard from the sound recorder which we all had just listened to?" The man asked again, this time his voice was sterner than usual.

Stephanie looked at the man and her lips began to tremble.

"Sir you're... not believing an intern over me right?" She asked with a shaky voice. "Sire she's an intern and I'm a manager who has been working with this company for a long time"

"But yet you depict the attitude of a person who is not qualified to work here. Xenox is a reputable company and should not have a vicious staff like you. You say I'm an intern yet you acted like a criminal and tried to sabotage me, tried to frame a director, or does he seem like an intern to you? Ms. Stephanie as a manager you should lead by a good example so junior staff like myself will look up to you, but you have failed on every side" Jade stated. She intentionally lashed back at Stephanie so she could strategically highlight all of Stephanie's wrongdoing in the presence of everyone, that way there would be no redemption for her.

"Shut up, you witch" She cussed and turned at to look the president.

"Sir they're trying to frame me. Yes, she and Mr. Alan are in this together. Sir don't believe this rubbish and give me justice for this defamation"

"That's enough" The president roared angrily. He looked at Stephanie angrily, before gazing at the head of the disciplinary committee who also happened to be Mrs. Lin.

"This is yours," He said before standing up to leave the room. He was disgusted by Stephanie's shameless character so much he didn't want to waste his energy on her. He paused and looked at Jade with admiration. Now he understood what the vice president has seen in her. She was a fighter and a tactical one at that. With her wit and brilliance, he didn't think he'd want her to ever leave his company.

When Stephanie heard what he said to Mrs. Lin she suddenly felt like she had run out of breath. Because it was better to be at the mercy of the president than with Mrs. Lin.

"Sir I'm innocent. This is wrong, please sir" She desperately pleaded but the man simply Ignored her and walked out.

"Ms. Stephanie" Mrs. Tracy Lin called out coldly, making Stephanie look at her as she trembled from head to toes.

"The evidence laid before you are concrete and there won't be any need for further investigation on this matter. For your misconduct and unethical behavior, I hereby speak for the disciplinary committee, that your offenses are unforgivable and as such you're relieved of your duty from this company with immediate effect. Please clear out your desk and leave the premises in half an hour" She fiercely gave her verdict while the other members of the committee nodded affirmatively.

"No!" Stephanie cried out. She couldn't believe this was happening right now.

"No, she's trying to incriminate me. They're incriminating me. Don't do this" She cried before pointing at Jade.

"Jade...Jade is the evil person here. She tricked me" She continued to beg but no one looked or listened to her.

She couldn't believe what was happening. How had things turned out like this? How was she the one getting fired and not Jade?' She asked herself. Her eyes fell on Mr. Alan who had his eyes lowered as he was too scared and ashamed to look at Jade.

"Alan, you bastard. You're in on this too. You sold me out after I paid for your daughter's fee. You snitch! How dare you?!" She demanded lividly as she stared at the man dangerously.

"Stephanie you're creating a commotion. Stop accusing innocent people" Jade told her, but she ignored Jade and looked at the vice president.

"Ma, you can't do this? At least not to me. Alan was the one who carried out this plan with his hands" She tried to explain.

"Ms. Stephanie please behave yourself or I'll have security remove you from this premises" Mrs. Tracy warned coldly.

"This should serve as a warning to you all" She scanned her eyes through the faces of the people in the room before standing up to her feet and walked out of the room, while the others did the same as they shook their heads pitiably at Stephanie who had fallen to the ground and was begging for mercy.

"Please, have mercy on me" She cried but no one paid heed to her pleas.

Soon the room was empty leaving Jade who was sitting on one of the swiveling chairs as she stared at the fallen Stephanie.

"Tsk, Tsk, Tsk. What a shame" Jade hissed as stood up to her feet and stood before Stephanie.

"I don't know if I should feel sympathetic for you but I think that would be a waste of sympathy because I know you're unremorseful," She said calmly as she watched Stephanie slowly rise to her feet.

"Jade–"

"Don't" Jade calmly interjected her, but her eyes were spitting fire. "Don't you dare take my name with your mouth! I warned you never to cross my path again but you refused to heed my warning, why? Because you think I'm gullible and a pushover?" She asked and sighed.

"This should be a warning to you. I hope you learn how to live an honest life here on out, but I also think I'm wasting my breath" She hissed as she closed the space between them so much that she was towering over her, and the cold icicles popping out of Jade's eyes made her shudder.

"Don't ever appear before my face again. Now it may be your job, the next might be your life" Jade warned. Her eyes still locked on Stephanie with a lot of fierce anger emanating out of it and Stephanie felt goosebumps crawling over her skin.

Jade gave her one last look before turning away to leave while Stephanie watched her back angsty. Her hands clenched into a ball as her nails drew blood from her palm.

"Jade I'll make you pay" She swore ferociously.