Stop It She's Remarrying by Stellar Strands

Chapter 439

The following day, Conrad and Fia had breakfast and went to the office as usual.

Conrad still had his morning meeting to attend, and Fia waited for him to leave before calling Eileen to continue

their topic about what to get for Conrad’s birthday.

Eileen whined from the other end of the line, “Fia, this is such a difficult question! You might as well ask a guy for

suggestions!”

“Who would I ask?”

“You could ask Mr. Whitley.”

“No way. Mr. Whitley is tacky. He’ll probably suggest things like limited branded goods. That’s so gaudy! It wouldn’t

have much meaning!”

Eileen hesitated, then said, “Then… Do you want to ask Doctor Evans?”

Fia was stunned. She hadn’t spoken to Jason in a long while.

“Well? Have you been in touch with Doctor Evans lately?”

“No. It would be best if I didn’t ask him about this. It’s weird.”

“Well… you’re right. You owe him a favor, after all. Asking him about a gift for your husband is like stabbing him in

the heart too.”

“If you already know that, why would you suggest him?” Fia muttered, her mood plunging downward. “Is it because

you’ve had too much free time lately? Even your suggestions are becoming weird.”

“Oh my god, yes! I’m so bored! I really want someone to love me and stay by my side too, you know? I really envy

you, Fia,” Eileen said in a sickeningly sweet voice. “If only you weren’t married, I’m sure we

would have worked out!”

“Forget it. I don’t swing that way.”

“Tch! What happened to friendship over love, huh?”

The two continued chatting for a while before they hung up in a happy mood.

Fia was still worried about what to get for Conrad’s birthday. Asking Eileen had been a waste of time, and she didn’t

dare to ask Silas. So, with no other options left, she decided to turn to her phone’s voice

assistant.

“Who are you giving a birthday present to?”

Fia held her breath for a few moments before whispering, “My husband.”

“You should give yourself to him! He will be very happy!”

What the hell?

Fia was speechless. Did her phone get possessed or something?!

Even though those were her first thoughts, she couldn’t help but keep the suggestion in her heart.

“My name is Annie Parker. I’ll be working with everyone here from today on. I hope you’ll advise me if there are any

shortcomings. Thank you!”

”

After saying that, Annie bowed deeply to everyone in the Foreign Affairs department.

Some of them saw how young and pretty she was and started to be doubtful.

Someone said, “She’s not even twenty-two, and she’s already so accomplished. Why did she come to Maxwell

Corporation?”

“Yeah! With the things she can do, she could have gotten into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!”

Annie smiled warmly and didn’t argue with anyone. She simply walked to her cubicle and tapped her table.

“I bought Starbucks for everyone to drink as a small gift for meeting everyone for the first time.”

A few people glanced at her table and saw several paper bags with drinks in them.

“Seriously? She’s that generous?”

“Is she from a wealthy family?”

The cheapest cost of a Starbucks drink was still around five dollars, and there were at least forty people in the

department.

Annie smiled again and said, “I bought a variety of flavors, so you can pick whichever suits your taste.”

Then, she picked up one of the bags and handed it to the woman in the next cubicle.

“Here, miss. Pick a flavor you like.”

The woman thanked Annie, took a cup, and then distributed the remaining ones to the others.

Soon, people started coming forward to pick their own drinks. Each person held a drink in their hand, and their

hostile gazes before had now vanished.

Annie had bought extra, so she took them and handed them to other employees who passed by the department.

In less than half a day, she had gained quite a lot of “goodwill” by distributing the drinks.

“Annie, we didn’t mean anything by what we said just now. We were simply discussing and expressing our concerns

as your seniors.”

“Yeah. You’re very talented. I’m sure you would have done great if you had applied to the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs.”

The employees who had been doubtful before this now looked like they had been concerned about Annie

instead.

Annie continued smiling and nodded humbly to show that she accepted their words.

“Thank you, everyone. But Maxwell Corporation is a big company, and I’m still young and would like something

challenging. If you have too much on your hand, please leave it to me. I’ll try my best to help and do a good job!”

Employees were salaried people and not bosses, so it was natural that most wanted to muddle through if they

could.

Those who wanted to take it easy hurriedly rushed forward to Annie’s side, intending to hand over some

of their work to her.

Annie didn’t lose her temper at the amount of work her colleagues shoved into her hands. She simply accepted

them and buried her head in work

At noon, Silas went to the Foreign Affairs department for an inspection and asked a few people for their opinion

about Annie, and they were only full of praise for her.

“Don’t worry about her, Mr. Whitley! Annie is brilliant. All of us like her!”

“She’s quick in her work and has plenty of ideas!”

Silas listened patiently to their words, then approached Annie with a document in hand that he had translated

before

He rapped his knuckle on the table and said, “Annie.”

“Mr Whitley Annie’s eyes lit up, and she jumped to her feet. “Do you have some work for me?”

Silas nodded. “Translate this document and hand it to me when you’re done.”

“Okay!” Annie said, accepting it with both hands as she tried to contain her excitement.

Since it was Silas giving her work, it meant that the translated documents would definitely be given to

Conrad.

Just thinking about that made her happy!

The time to prove her worth had come.

“Make sure you translate it properly with no mistakes.”

“You can count on me, Mr. Whitley!”

Two hours later, Silas knocked on the door of Conrad’s office.

“Mr. Maxwell.”

Conrad heard the call and looked toward the break room where Fia was taking her lunch break. He got up and

closed the door before letting Silas in.

“Here are the translated documents for tomorrow.”

“Alright,” Conrad said as he took it.

“I’ve already checked it once, so you can look at it again.”

“Sure.”

Scanning through it quickly, Conrad was done reading in less than two minutes. Then, his eyes fell on the last page

where the signatures were.

“Was this done by Annie Parker?”

“Yes. I wanted to see how well her work was.”

Conrad thought about how Annie’s brows resembled Fia’s, then said, “There’s no problem with the document.”

“Okay. I’ll give her more of Winnie’s work after this.”

Conrad neither agreed nor disagreed with Silas’ words. The latter sensed something was not quite right, and he

asked cautiously, “Is there… something wrong?”

“Get Tiger to check on her background.”

Silas was confused. “She’s only a translator. There’s no need for that, right?”

Maxwell Corporation didn’t have very strict policies when it came to their translators unless they were promoted

and had access to confidential company documents. That was the time they would do a background check.

“Just do as I say.”

Conrad thought of the resemblance between Annie and Fia, then thought about Finn.

He was afraid that Fia’s biological father was somehow related to Annie, since they had the same

surname.

“Something’s fishy about her, and it can’t be left unchecked.”

Silas quietly retreated after that.

Conrad picked up the document Annie had translated from where he had dropped it on his table. Giving it a last

glance, he threw it into the dustbin.

Without figuring everything out, he wouldn’t use her work.

“Conrad!” Fia’s voice rang out from the breakroom, and Conrad rushed toward her.

“What’s wrong, Fia?”

Fia was sweating profusely as she reached out to clutch Conrad’s hand. Her eyes were filled with panic. as she

stammered, “I… I dreamt of her…!”

“Who?”

Fia looked up and breathed sharply. After a few moments, she finally said in a muffled voice, “… My cousin.

In her dream, Fia didn’t have any memories of growing up, and she innocently grabbed Esme’s clothes as they

tumbled in the water by the river as children.

Suddenly, she was pushed into the river, and the water turned violent as it rushed around her. Esme floated into the

air like a ghost and shot her a sinister smile.

Then, she said menacingly, “Fia… Even if I go to hell, I curse you! I curse you to die a miserable death and

never have love!”

The dream felt so real, and it felt like forever before she could come out, especially since she had lost her

sight.

The fear and horror were deeply etched into her bones.