Chapter 49

"Girl..." gasped Joseph, stunned by the gossip. "I'm shocked that you listen to all this and can control yourself so as not to spread it to anyone. I would have needed a tranquilizer in my vein to put up with all this. Not to mention that, have you ever thought if he is looking at the employees' file to make some layoffs and so he had to accept the position?”

Leaning on her elbows and throwing nervous glances everywhere, the secretary lowered her voice even more to continue gossiping. I had my serious doubts that she could really stand all the gossip in secret, not least because she wouldn't be intercepting us to be able to reveal the biggest of them in that flustered way.

"No... I have the feeling that he only accepted the position on behalf of the shareholders... Now that she has returned to live in Brazil and will be attending the company as well... He wants to get someone's attention, that's a fact.”

The noise of the elevator doors opening was enough for Joseph to str