The Clutches Of Hell Novel

Chapter 127

“Huh? Oh, did you say you wanted to apply for time off for Gabrielle? Okay, I’ve made a note on that.” Mr. Sharp replied, “Since you’re the one who applied for her, I’ll hold you accountable if anything happens to her.”

He’s an overly cautious man! Victoria glanced at him while thinking to herself. Subsequently, she replied, “Sure.”

She turned around and walked out of the office. Just as she shut the door behind her, she could distinctly hear Daisy’s voice from inside before she headed back to her dormitory.

It was very normal for the female staff in the club to be in a physical relationship with the manager, so Victoria did not think too much about the situation. She went back to her dorm and freshened up briefly as she prepared to do some self-pampering by applying a facial mask. At that moment, Gabrielle called to say that she would not be back tonight, so it was not necessary to wait up for her; Daisy stayed out the entire night too.

Since Victoria was on night shift, she slept throughout the morning until she was woken up by a nightmare. She placed her phone on the charging dock and switched on the phone to check the time. It’s 10.30AM… and I have eight missed calls from Teresa.

“What’s up, Teresa?” Victoria returned her calls.

The anxiety was evident in Teresa’s voice as she exclaimed, “I called you up eight times, but your phone was switched off, so I thought that something bad had happened to you! I nearly barged into Delta Club just to look for you!”

“No, my phone died because the battery ran out.” Victoria rubbed her throbbing head.

“I’m glad that everything is fine.” A worried note persisted in Teresa’s voice. “It’s nothing urgent, but I called to find out how things are going for you. Vincent and I are worried… After that episode the other day, we’re worried that Christian would retaliate.”

That day was precisely the night that she attempted to seduce Christian and ended up being kicked out by him.

She tightened her grip on her phone and remained silent for a moment before responding, “Everything’s fine. You guys shouldn’t worry about me.”

She continued self-deprecatingly, “I’ve been remanded in prison for two years and nothing bad has happened to me. Surely, it’s way more comfortable in Delta than I was in prison.”

As soon as Teresa heard that, her anxiety levels heightened. “Tori…”

“If Christian has a problem with me, then I’ll definitely give you a call so that you can come over with Vincent to stand up for me. How does that sound?” Victoria chuckled.

Finally, Teresa relented reluctantly and gave some further instructions before hanging up the phone in a rush.

As usual, Victoria went to work for her night shift; just as it was about time for her to clock out at 11.00PM, Mr. Sharp suddenly requested for her at his office.

She knocked on the door before entering. “Mr. Sharp, do you need me for something?”

“Ah,” he replied, “Gabrielle skipped work today as well. You must be aware of that, right?”

Victoria nodded. “She mentioned that she didn’t have your contact number, so she applied for time off from Miss Charlotte.”

“Yes, Charlotte mentioned to me that Gabrielle needed more time off, so don’t panic. I was just asking out of curiosity.” Mr. Sharp shifted his glasses as he hesitated with his words.

Victoria placed both hands on her abdomen out of instinct and replied calmly, “You can be frank if you’ve got something to say.”

“Okay… I’ll be frank then.” Mr. Sharp heaved a sigh. “The day before yesterday, you went to see Mr. Thatcher and he kicked you out. Do you recall that matter?”

Her eyes widened and there was a sheen of sweat on her nose. “Yup.” What does he mean by that?

“Mr. Lambert held a party at the rooftop terrace today and Mr. Thatcher indicated that he wants you to clean up the area after the party ends.” Mr. Sharp shot a pitying look at her and emphasized with a slightly torn look. “By yourself.”

The rooftop terrace was huge and normally, there would be three to four cleaning staff assigned to the area and it would take more than two hours to complete the cleaning.

However, there was less than one hour left before work ended for her, so this assignment given for her to clean the rooftop terrace by herself was clearly a stunt to make things hard for her.

Mr. Sharp heaved a sigh upon noticing Victoria’s silence and he mentioned sympathetically, “I reckon that it’s too much to get a feeble young woman like you to clean the entire rooftop terrace, but then… These are instructions from the upper management and I don’t get a say. I’d appreciate your understanding of the tough position I’m in.”

Victoria pursed her lips and agreed softly. The hands she originally had placed on her abdomen were now hanging loosely by her sides as she frowned.

“Thanks for being considerate.” Mr. Sharp lifted his wrist to check the time and coughed mildly before saying, “Mr. Lambert’s party has ended, so you can start on the cleaning now.”

Yet, she remained in place.

As soon as he saw that, he asked slightly impatiently, “Anything else?”

“I wanna know if Mr. Thatcher personally gave instructions for me to clean the rooftop terrace. What’s the actual situation?” Victoria emphasized the keyword as she looked squarely at him.

For someone in Christian’s position, if he showed even the slightest hint of displeasure toward her, his subordinates would fight for the chance to target her maliciously. In other words, he did not even have to give specific instructions personally for such a simple task.

This was similar to how the previous manager had targeted her because of Christian; in truth, he did not even need to instruct the manager on what to do at all.

If Mr. Sharp mentioned that Christian was the one who had given the specific instructions about this, then it was clear as sky that he was a liar.

“Huh?” The smile on Mr. Sharp’s face froze and he revealed a forced smile. “I’ll be frank with you, then. Mr. Thatcher didn’t give out the instructions for you to clean the rooftop terrace personally.”

“This morning, Charlotte sent me a text message on WhatsApp and she mentioned something to me. The gist of her words was that Mr. Thatcher was displeased with you, so I was expected to…” He did not reveal everything, but he glanced at Victoria. “Do you get it?” Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“This morning, Charlotte sent me a text message on WhatsApp and she mentioned something to me. The gist of her words was that Mr. Thatcher was displeased with you, so I was expected to…” He did not reveal everything, but he glanced at Victoria. “Do you get it?”

She affirmed gently and gripped her clothes tightly with her hands, which were loosely hanging against her body. She walked out of the office with tightly pursed lips. As she exited, she bumped into Daisy at the door.novelxo.com fast update

“Hmph!” Daisy snorted loudly and bumped hard against Victoria’s shoulders before attempting to sashay into the manager’s office.

In return, Victoria sneered and swiftly stuck out her leg.

Thud! Daisy had her head stuck in the air and she did not look at where she was going, so Victoria managed to trip her falling headfirst to the ground.

“You had a nose job done, huh?” Victoria stood towering over Daisy and grimaced. “Too bad if you had, then.”

After Victoria said that, she ignored Daisy, whose eyes were raging with fire, and directly headed toward the staff room at the end of the corridor to grab the cleaning equipment.

Daisy angrily slammed her fist on the ground but ended up hurting herself. She teared up from the intense pain and blew comfortingly on her injured hand. Glaring angrily in the direction of Victoria’s back, she let out a sinister smile. Just you wait and see how long you’re gonna keep up this arrogance!

Victoria took the cleaning equipment and went up to the rooftop terrace. She scanned the surroundings and her expression darkened.

The food scraps that should have been on the table were all over the ground; the glass bottles were smashed to pieces all over the table and ground while cake icing was smeared all over the place.

The swimming pool that should have been crystal clear was filled with rubbish and it was a horrendous sight. She reckoned that she should drain the water from the pool and then wash it entirely.

At that moment, she lifted her head to take a look at the looming dark clouds as she heaved a deep sigh. Without further ado, she grabbed the cleaning equipment and started cleaning.

There were broken glasses everywhere on the ground, so she made sure to pay more attention to the job. Even so, as she inserted the trash into the rubbish bag, she accidentally cut herself on some tiny pieces of the broken glasses. Fortunately, the cuts were superficial and she did not bleed much.

Finally, she managed to clear the trash on the ground before she mopped the floor sparkling clean. It had been more than two hours since Victoria had started on the job, so she was inevitably exhausted. Her neck, back, and limbs ached so badly and she felt as if her feet were leaden, rendering her impossible to take another step.