Reborn as Mr.CEO’s Fat Wife
Chapter 880: Young and Ignorant in a Bit Blind

Chapter 880: Chapter 880: Young and Ignorant in a Bit Blind

Nancy Newman finished speaking and sensed a shift in the atmosphere around her, feeling secretly pleased as she glanced at Catherine Ford, thinking to herself how this bitch would manage to survive in the company from now on!

When Kyle Carter last met Catherine Ford, he noticed she was accompanied by Lawyer Jones despite being divorced, which made him incredibly uneasy. Now, learning that this man was actually a colleague’s boyfriend, his contempt for Catherine was unmistakably evident as he pointed at her and demanded, "How could you become this kind of woman!"

"What kind of woman is she?" After speaking to Catherine Ford, Benjamin Jones heard Kyle Carter’s words, stretched out his arm to embrace Catherine, and looked at Kyle Carter, calmly questioning him.

Although Benjamin Jones’s tone was quite ordinary, even flat, without any fluctuation, Kyle Carter felt a chill run through him, so intimidated that he could not utter a word; he opened his mouth, struggled for a long time, yet couldn’t respond to Benjamin’s question and involuntarily stepped back.

Seeing Kyle Carter’s submissive demeanor, Benjamin Jones turned back and with a voice loud enough for the surrounding people to hear, asked Catherine Ford, "What did you see in him initially?"

Just now, when Benjamin Jones suddenly reached out to embrace Catherine Ford, everyone at the scene was stunned into silence, not understanding what was happening. Now, as Benjamin forced Kyle Carter back with just one sentence, everyone was even more baffled by his question, the tone thick with disdain and jealousy.

Especially Toby Price, who had been defending Grace Clarke, couldn’t understand how things had taken this turn or why Lawyer Jones would suddenly publicly embrace Catherine Ford.

With Benjamin Jones’s warm hand clasped around her waist, Catherine Ford felt her emotions gradually stabilize. Hearing Benjamin’s question, she regretted her previous actions and replied, "I was young and foolish."

"Just a little foolish? I think you were especially blind, but luckily you’ve recovered quite well," Benjamin Jones replied, and then he shrugged.

Catherine Ford helplessly glanced at him, "Yeah, you’re right."

Benjamin Jones smiled with satisfaction, and then turned his head to Grace Clarke, "Are you my girlfriend?"

"I..." Grace Clarke was finally unable to dodge the questioning, wanted to explain but only managed to stammer out a word when she met Benjamin’s cold black eyes.

Benjamin Jones was very impatient, "How come I wasn’t aware of that?"

Wow!

Even though Benjamin Jones’s attitude had let many people guess a certain possibility, guessing was nowhere near as shocking as hearing it directly from his mouth.

Especially Assistant Manager Helin, who had always been certain that Grace Clarke was Benjamin’s girlfriend, always silently mocking others for their ignorance, trying desperately to ingratiate himself with Grace Clarke to get close to Benjamin.

At this moment, he was utterly stunned.

The color had drained from Grace Clarke’s face, and compared to Rita Pansy, who had only been subtly warned by Secretary Noah, Grace was publicly exposed by Benjamin himself, an embarrassment causing her entire body to tremble slightly; she didn’t want this, not if it were not for the matter of the mask, she didn’t want this.

But before she could speak, Assistant Manager Helin, who had finally caught on, suddenly rushed over and grabbed Grace Clarke, "What did Lawyer Jones mean by his words just now, aren’t you his girlfriend?"

Toby Price thought about his behavior towards Catherine Ford just now. Knowing that the other party is really Benjamin Jones’s girlfriend, he not only missed the chance to connect with Benjamin Jones, he completely offended her!

Grace Clarke felt extremely aggrieved, but had no outlet to vent. Upon hearing Assistant Manager Helin’s words, she finally reacted, growling with some anger, "Who said I was Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend? When did I say I was Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend? It was your own wild guess that embarrassed me!"

"What do you mean by wild guessing? It was clearly your implication. Why else would I help you?" Toby Price would not take the blame for Grace Clarke, and immediately denied it.

As the two were pushing the responsibility onto each other, everyone understood the situation. The most embarrassed were Mr. and Mrs. Newman, who had earlier twisted the facts, wanting to see Catherine mocked and stomped underfoot by them.

Only now did they realize that the young master of the Jones family, who their cousin tried to please by all means, was actually Lawyer Jones, and he is still Catherine Ford’s boyfriend. How could this be possible?

Not only did they not believe it, many on scene who knew about Catherine Ford’s family background, and knew she was divorced with a child, also found it hard to believe. All previous rumors were not unfounded, but Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend was neither Rita Pansy nor Grace Clarke, nor any other person from the logistics department they suspected, but Catherine Ford, whom everyone had initially ruled out.

This is too explosive!

Catherine Ford could feel the changing gaze of her colleagues around her. She frowned slightly and looked at Grace Clarke, who had started arguing with Assistant Manager Helin, then turned to look at Lewis, who was completely stunned by the news, "You go and stop it, let her go back to her department."

"Oh, okay." Lewis had too many doubts in his mind, but eventually just nodded in agreement.

Who would have thought, at that moment, the furious Grace Clarke suddenly turned to Catherine Ford, "We are best friends, you are clearly Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend. Why did you hide it from me? Are you happy to see me being laughed at now? And about the mask issue, you had a solution from the start, didn’t you? You deliberately didn’t tell me just to mess with me, right?"

As she spoke, Grace Clarke’s originally round and cute face was filled with grievances, and she genuinely felt wronged.

Catherine Ford was taken aback by her questioning. The explanations she had on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back. Given how things had escalated, her shallow friendship with Grace Clarke over the years had already been exhausted. No amount of explanation seemed useful.

Even if she didn’t explain, Lewis couldn’t stand it, "The relationship between Catherine and Lawyer Jones is a private matter, and with Lawyer Jones’s sensitive identity, how could she tell you? Regarding the mask issue, Catherine thought of a solution and went to find you immediately that day, but where were you? Moreover, the current solution was also told to Director Hopkin in your name, the reward from above was also for you, but what did you do for her? Lili, one must not be too heartless!"

Compared to Benjamin, Lewis’s aura wasn’t as strong, but he was sincere and earnest, even with a hint of pain, leaving the previously aggrieved Grace Clarke stunned.

It was in her name?

Instinctively, Grace Clarke looked at Catherine Ford for confirmation, but Catherine had already turned to look at Benjamin Jones, "I still have work to do, I’ll get busy first."

"Okay, I’ll pick you up after work." Benjamin comforted, patting her head.

Catherine Ford wasn’t awkward, nodded her head, then tugged at Lewis, "The items for Universal still need to be delivered, let’s not delay any further."

"Okay, let’s go." Lewis, too angry to bear, spoke and saw Grace Clarke’s pale face, feeling a bit sorry, but with no regret.

If things are not clarified, then the slander will fall upon Catherine.

Just a fleeting glance at the tall, handsome man next to Catherine still sparked a hint of loss deep inside, but it was fleeting, and more so there was a sense of happiness for Catherine. If her man today wasn’t Lawyer Jones, her situation would be uncertain.

And he could see that although Lawyer Jones was dignified, his protection for Catherine was genuine.

Grace Clarke watched Catherine and Lewis walking towards the elevator with Benjamin Jones, their figures distant and cold, no longer the close trio they once were, slowly realizing what she had done, repeatedly recalling the recent events with Catherine, all stemming from jealousy perhaps.

Ever since knowing Catherine was Lawyer Jones’s girlfriend, she had been jealous. Initially, she could control her emotions, but that day, the dignified and extraordinary man had been too tempting, causing an uncontrollable feeling of unfairness to arise within her.

After all, both she and Catherine were ordinary employees; moreover, Catherine, who had come from a small village and was a divorcee with a daughter, how could she secure someone as high and mighty as Lawyer Jones, someone they could only look up to?

This emotional turbulence led her to make the wrong decisions, further intensified by the scolding from Director Hopkin over a mistaken order, manipulated easily by the provocation from Anna.

She could have simply been a good friend and blessed Catherine, but she ruined everything!

It was only now that Grace Clarke snapped back to reality, but alas, it was too late. Her eyes were severely red, and she no longer had the energy to argue with Assistant Manager Helin, and she ran out of the company in disarray.

Her running caused Mr. and Mrs. Newman to panic and chase after her, "Miss Clarke, you haven’t paid for our masks yet!"

Grace Clarke stopped dead in her tracks, "Whoever ordered from you should pay, scumbag bitch!"

"What are you talking about? You wanted these things, you can’t just turn your back on them because the company knows now!" demanded Mrs. Newman. The masks might not have cost much in labor, but the materials were expensive due to the season, and now that Kyle Carter had offended Lawyer Jones, how could things possibly end well for them.

"Where’s your proof that I asked for them?" Grace Clarke now loathed Assistant Manager Helin, and remembering how the couple tried to humiliate Catherine earlier and blew things out of proportion, causing her to lose face, how could she possibly accept these items?

Dropping those words, she walked away and never showed her face at the company again.

Mr. Newman and Kyle Carter watched Grace Clarke’s retreating figure, furious, especially Mr. Newman who had just had the chance to humiliate Catherine, only to actually witness that bitch reach out for a man even the mighty Carter family sought to cling to — Lawyer Jones. They were now stuck with over a thousand masks, with no benefits forthcoming.

What angered Mr. Newman even more was that since they came out, Kyle Carter seemed distracted, evidently ensnared again by that bitch, coupled with Grace Clarke’s attitude, Mr. Newman, unable to bear it any longer, turned with the box in his hand and threw it at Kyle Carter, "Useless, it’s all your fault!"

"Ah..."

Mr. Newman used full force, but upon throwing it he didn’t hear Kyle Carter’s voice, instead, a sharp female scream rang out. Startled, he turned to see a beautiful, stylish woman lying on the ground, the box he had just thrown hitting her. The scream was hers.

Realizing he had hit the wrong person, Mr. Newman rushed forward, recognizing the Hermes bag beside the fallen woman, quickly kneeling down to help, "I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to..."

Slap!

Before Nancy Newman could finish speaking, Anna Ford, grimacing in pain, slapped her across the face!

With a smack, Nancy Newman saw stars and couldn’t recover for a while; when she finally came to, sharp pain was radiating from her cheek, and her rationality instantly evaporated. She grabbed Anna Ford’s hair, "You bitch, you hit me? Even my parents never hit me!"

As she spoke, Nancy Newman dragged Anna Ford up by her hair, and before Anna could scream in pain, Nancy retaliated with a slap.

Today, Anna Ford failed to tarnish Catherine Ford and even witnessed Lawyer Jones publicly declaring his love, so she was already feeling extremely frustrated. Fuming, she hadn’t walked a few steps outside the company when suddenly, a box hit her, causing her already healed foot to twist again. In a fit of uncontrollable pain and not caring who had hit her, she immediately returned the slap, only for her opponent to retaliate with an even harsher slap.

This slap fueled Anna Ford’s rage, and, thinking about her recent streak of bad luck, she viciously started fighting with Nancy Newman.

The two had no real technique; it was all the typical catfight—pulling hair, scratching faces, cursing out loud!

Kyle Carter stepped out to protect Catherine Ford from Benjamin Jones, aware of the opponent’s extraordinary background. He couldn’t grasp how Catherine, considered a second-hand goods, could hookup with someone from such a prestigious family, good-looking, and skilled like Benjamin Jones, whom Kyle had heard about through his cousin as one of Swallow City’s top families, his father being the widely respected Secretary Frank.

Struggling to accept the fact that Catherine Ford was now his girlfriend left Kyle Carter dazed as he left the building. He didn’t notice that he was following behind Nancy Newman until he was awakened by the sounds of fighting and cursing ahead. Just moments ago, Nancy Newman had seemed fine, but now she was brawling on the ground with a woman.

At this point, both were devoid of any dignity, their hair disheveled, makeup smeared, and faces bloodied. They were still pulling each other’s hair, leaving Kyle Carter dumbfounded, hardly believing this was the same gentle, delicate wife he always saw.

"Nancy... Nancy Newman..." Initially, Kyle had been hooked by Nancy Newman’s gentle, sensible, and pitiful demeanor. Although he realized post-marriage she somewhat pretended, but these theatrics were manageable publically. However, who was this shrew he was seeing now? There was a moment when he even thought someone else might be masquerading as Nancy Newman, but soon Kyle’s illusion shattered.

The fiercely entangled Nancy Newman didn’t seem to gain any advantage with Anna Ford. Now feeling an intense burning pain on her scalp and face, she turned to see the dazed Kyle Carter and immediately yelled, "What are you blankly standing there for? Help me!"

Awoken from his stupor, Kyle finally recognized this was truly Nancy Newman. His mouth hung open, yet he hesitated to intervene. Instead, the security guards from nearby the building, having recovered from their shock, realized these two women were fighting and hurriedly came over to break them apart.

Even the well-trained security guards ended up getting scratched in the process of separating the two.

Once apart, however, the two continued their relentless verbal assault, eventually drawing police attention.

Since this was near the company, the spectacle of their catfight was even recorded and soon made its way into the company’s chat group.

With everyone originally busily discussing Benjamin Jones and Catherine Ford’s affair, this video suddenly shifted everyone’s focus. Many expressed complete disbelief that the usually arrogant, upper-class lady could fight so fiercely, thinking even the fiercest village shrew might hardly match one-third of her.

For a moment, everyone lost interest in work, fully immersing themselves in gossip mode, when someone suddenly asked, wasn’t Anna Ford supposed to host this year’s annual event? But with her face likely ruined in that video, how could she go on stage? Even through the screen, everyone noticed the blood on Anna Ford’s face; how could she possibly present now?