BXBX NOVEL Chapter 347 - Trapped By Co-workers
Knock… Knock...
"Come in," the manager said loudly from behind the door.
"Good morning sir, I\'ve finished the draft budget that you asked for a week ago," Lisa said, handing over a pile of paper clamped with clips on the desk.
The manager grabbed the document quickly. A satisfied expression appeared on his face as he praised Lisa\'s hard work, "Good job Lisa, it turns out I didn\'t pick the wrong person to do this job. The results of your work really exceeded my expectations."
A smile was clearly painted on Lisa\'s pretty face after she heard the sentence just now. "Thank you very much sir, I am just doing my job."
"By the way Lisa," the manager said as he glanced at Lisa. He placed a pile of clipped paper on top of his desk. "Have you prepared the budget draft requested by the Manggis Hotel? They\'ve been asking since yesterday."
"Not yet sir, I\'ll do it now," Lisa answered briefly and clearly.
Then she walked out with a little hasty steps back to her desk. She was looking for the budget draft file requested by Hotel Manggis on her computer, but the screen suddenly blacked out!
Lisa\'s heart was beating so fast as if it was going to fall out of her body. All the files she worked on this week without Johan\'s help were stored on her computer and she couldn\'t access them because her computer suddenly shut down! Stupidly, Lisa forgot to make a copy on her laptop or in her email, so unless the computer operated like before, Lisa was pretty much finished.
Without much thought, Lisa immediately called the technician department with a hint of panic. Fortunately, the IT team was very skilled, so her computer was finally turned on in less than 30 minutes.
Finally, Lisa could breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, all of her efforts would be in vain.
After the computer worked as usual, Lisa immediately printed the file requested then quickly went back to the manager\'s room. Accidentally, she bumped into Johan who had just entered.
Lisa immediately stopped in her tracks when the man exchanged glances with her. The expression on the man\'s face was so flat that it was hard to read. He looked calm as if nothing had happened during his absence.
Lisa began to suspect the man\'s bad intentions. Could it be that he purposely took his leave to trap Lisa so that she would be punished by the manager as revenge for rejecting him?
"You rascal bastard, it\'s because of you that I\'m doing the work that should be your responsibility!" Lisa could\'ve sworn she was really annoyed.
How could she not be upset about it? The man known as an exemplary and hardworking employee had been enjoying his time at home and passed his entire workload on Lisa. He didn\'t even finish half of what he was supposed to do!
Lisa felt like throwing a hard fist on his face. It would tell her how strong her muscle was since she hadn\'t worked on it for a long time.
However, Lisa couldn\'t prove that Johan set her up on purpose. She just smelled something wrong from the man who was said to be the model employee.
Feeling annoyed and wanting to prove that her guess was wrong, Lisa then approached Johan with an annoyed look. "Have you come back to work again? Is your family business done?"
Her way of speaking accentuated suspicion and cynical intonation. She lifted her chin arrogantly while squinting at Johan.
"Hah? What do you mean? I wouldn\'t have asked permission to be absent if I wasn\'t having problems at home. Ah, you are too suspicious!" Johan replied unexpectedly. The man frowned and threw an angry face at Lisa after she asked him a sarcastic question.
Hearing the man\'s strange reply made Lisa even more suspicious and amazed.
It looked like Johan deliberately set her up for rejecting his love. Before Lisa was able to reply to Johan\'s words, the man returned to his desk and pretended to be struggling with his computer.
Lisa was too lazy to talk to that weirdo, so she handed over the document she just printed to the manager then returned to her desk with a lazy look.
She snorted in annoyance while leaning her chin back and staring blankly at her computer screen.
Alia then got curious and asked some questions.
"Lis, Johan is coming today. But what\'s wrong with him?"
"I don\'t know, I\'m too lazy to discuss him. I think he was purposely absent so that I would do the rest of his work," Lisa snorted irritably as she rolled her eyes.
"How come I guess the same? I think he\'s angry with you because you refused to be his lover," Alia replied softly.
"How could I accept his love? I don\'t even like him. No, I\'m never going out with people I don\'t love. Do you think we\'re living in the 50s where girls don\'t have a say about who they\'re going to marry?" Lisa complained.
"Duh, who in their sane mind wants to be with him? He\'s a two-faced pervert for god\'s sake!" Alia replied.
"He\'s so weird, I swear! How could I ask him about his family\'s business? I don\'t want to sound as if I care about him. That guy is just so annoying, he even had no expression when I ran into him earlier! Maybe he\'s bipolar, I don\'t know," Lisa added.
"No wonder the girls in this office are afraid to approach him. He\'s simply different from what he looks like." Alia replied, agreeing with Lisa\'s opinion.
For the next two hours, Lisa would focus on working on the budget draft requested by the Manggis Hotel. She must keep her feelings away so as not to disturb her performance. Lisa didn\'t care about Johan— whether that man would help her with the draft budget or not, she\'s going to finish it. The important thing was she did what she could.
Ten minutes later, Lisa was called by the manager to submit the draft budget for the Manggis Hotel.
Lisa handed over the document and the manager said, "Lisa, I ask you to reprint this document. There are some pages that are not stamped."
Lisa nodded in return and returned to her desk. Suddenly, Johan rushed over to her and grabbed the document that Lisa was carrying. "Lisa, let me print it. Thank you very much for helping. Sorry I couldn\'t help much yesterday. "
Hearing the man\'s words made Lisa\'s eyebrows knit together and surprised. Earlier, the man was being cold at her, but now he was speaking in a polite and gentle tone as if nothing happened!
Her guess came true, Johan must be suffering from mental illness. Without much thought, Lisa immediately said, "Okay, after this, I\'ll transfer the file to your computer so you can print it and give it to the manager."
An hour later, the manager\'s unexpected call was directed to Lisa and Johan to come to his office.
When Lisa walked in, she stared at the manager\'s disappointed face. His eyebrows knitted together, like a parent about to scold their child for something unacceptable. His fingers tapped on the table while staring at Lisa in displeasure.
Lisa cleared her throat, feeling that something was wrong. "Sorry sir, did you call us both?"
The manager raised his voice while pointing at Lisa. "Lisa! Is this the budget plan that you have made all this time?"
"Sorry sir, is there something wrong with my work?" Lisa asked politely. Her heart started pounding.
"You are so embarrassing! Look at this! The two budget plans you put together for Manggis Hotel and our Cendana Hotel are very different! Do you know what the consequences are if there is a small mistake in this? The cooperation contract can be terminated!" The manager scolded her excitedly.
Hearing the man\'s anger made Lisa confused. As far as she knew, she had worked on the budget carefully and there was no significant difference.
Someone must be trying to sabotage her work!