Chapter 260: That Fudge of a Boss
** Chelsea **
Chelsea wasn’t actually that serious about the gala. Sure, she had been extremely curious at one point and was even willing to work hard all year in exchange for the Employee of the Year invitation, but Vanessa’s meddling had gotten her quickly disillusioned — if all the rest of the privileged finance circle was like that woman, then maybe the gala was simply overrated and full of obnoxious people to begin with. Not her idea of a nice party after all.
But since Harper and Eli offered so kindly ... How could she say no? Friends wouldn’t let friends down, especially not when the said friend was handing out a free gala ticket that you could use to rub it in your boss’s face. Especially not when the said friend had a brother who was quite handsome and kinda cute ... though that was a thought better saved for another day.
Having set up that friend in question for more relationship help, which hopefully would lead to another handsome repayment some day in the future as well, Chelsea felt incredibly accomplished for the weekend, and she couldn’t wait until Monday to actually start showing off that accomplishment in Vanessa’s face.
Monday, however, came with a surprise, and Chelsea almost spilled her coffee on her way to the office when she saw the first email on her phone that contained her weekly workload assignment.
A full market projection analysis. Three sets of budget presentation slides. Two corporate spending models and one potential client compatibility research ...
What the fuck? Who did Vanessa think she was, superwoman or some house slave who happened to know magic and didn’t need to sleep?
Forget about rubbing the gala invitation in her face. If the Employee of the Year thing wasn’t yet clear to be Vanessa’s doing, this one was a thousand percent obviously her, and Chelsea was never the type to meekly swallow up a bully’s threat. Turning on her heels before reaching her own desk, she strode straight to Vanessa’s office and barged in.
"The heck?" Vanessa snapped her head up from her phone, a smile frozen on her face and quickly turning into twisted rage. Clearly, whatever she was looking at on the phone wasn’t work. "Chelsea! Does someone need to teach you how to knock before opening doors?"
"Only if someone teaches you how to do your job and actually look at the BS assignments before you send it out." Chelsea crossed her arms, unthreatened by her boss’s anger. "You gave me nearly a whole month’s work for this week. Don’t tell me this is not some kind of trick to make me put in extra hours and then get blamed all the same for failing the deadlines."