Chapter 396 Jeffery's Harassment
As they were chatting, Jeffery had already strolled into the store.
The moment he stepped in, he hollered in this over-the-top voice, "Who's messing with Deborah? Step up and say sorry, get on your knees. If you don't, things are gonna get real ugly!"
Ryder just smirked and shot back, "Who's the clown calling me out?"
"It's me! Jeffery!" Jeffery shot back, all puffed up.
But right after he said it, he realized something was off!
His face went dark. "Damn it, you little punk, you making fun of me? You got a death wish?"
He turned to Deborah, "Deborah, is this the jerk who messed with you?"
Deborah nodded and pointed at Barbara and the sales assistant, "And those two, they were in on it too!"
Jeffery nodded and gave Barbara and the sales assistant a once-over.
When he looked at the sales assistant, he paused, a smirk playing on his lips.
But when his eyes landed on Barbara, he couldn't look away!
'Damn! She's smokin' hot!'
He couldn't help but swallow!
Just then, Ryder sauntered over and said coolly, "You must be the marketing manager of this mall, right?"
Jeffery frowned and replied coldly, "Yeah, that's me! So what? You scared now that you know who I am? If so, apologize now!"
Ryder just shrugged and said, "Why should I apologize?"
Jeffery snapped, "You bullied my girlfriend. How dare you?"
At that moment, the sales assistant gathered her courage and stepped forward, "Mr. Lee, this gentleman didn't bully your girlfriend. Actually, here's what really happened..."
She then laid out the whole story, pointing out that Deborah was being a total brat, trying to buy clothes someone else had already bought, and Deborah was super rude to Ryder and the others!
After telling the story, the sales assistant still hoped Jeffery would be fair and give them some justice!
To her shock, Jeffery's face darkened, and he yelled, "You're just a sales assistant, who said you could butt in? You knew Deborah is my girlfriend, and you didn't prioritize selling her the clothes. How can you even work here? I can get your manager to fire you."
"What?" The sales assistant was stunned and scared.
Deborah, on the other hand, felt smug, thinking Jeffery was indeed her man. Despite his plain looks, his money and status let her stand tall in any situation!
Just then, a woman in her mid-thirties wearing a black dress rushed into the store!
Seeing Jeffery, she got all nervous!
She was the store manager. She was late this morning because of traffic, and just a few minutes ago, the manager from the neighboring store called to say something was going down in her store!
So she rushed over!
And to her surprise, even Jeffery was involved!
So, the store manager immediately put on a smile and said, "Mr. Lee, what brings you here? Please come in, I'll get you a glass of water!"
Jeffery glanced at her, noting her average looks and figure.
He'd seen her around the mall a bunch of times, and she never really stood out to him.
So, he wasn't interested and didn't remember much about her.
Jeffery waved his hand dismissively. "No need! This sales assistant in your store is unprofessional and disrespectful to my girlfriend. I want her fired right now, got it?"
The store manager nodded eagerly. "Mr. Lee, that's a great idea. I've actually been thinking about letting her go for a while now. Since you brought it up, I'll fire her immediately."
The sales assistant started trembling, her eyes welling up. "I..."
The store manager's face turned stern, and she snapped, "You're fired! Pack your stuff and get out!"
Tears streamed down the sales assistant's face uncontrollably.
She had worked so hard to get this job in the city, always being the first to arrive and the last to leave every day.
She worked diligently, just trying to make it in this city.
With this job, she could send part of her monthly salary back home to support her sick parents.
Losing this job would almost destroy her family!
She choked up and pleaded, "Please don't fire me. Even if you dock my pay, I really can't lose this job!"
But the store manager was firm, "Stop with the nonsense. If you keep causing trouble, you won't get paid this month!"
The sales assistant was terrified!
At this moment, Jeffery rubbed his chin, revealing a set of yellow, smoke-stained teeth.
He said to the sales assistant, "It's not impossible to keep your job. Just beg me, maybe have a meal and a drink with me, and I might feel soft-hearted and let you off!"
As he said this, his small eyes gleamed with lewdness.
Of course, he didn't care about Deborah's feelings when he said this!
She was just a fleeting plaything; how could she have a say in his personal affairs?
Seeing this, the sales assistant's body trembled uncontrollably!
She had bad memories of Jeffery!
Since she started working here at the beginning of the year, Jeffery had harassed her many times in private!
He said that if she slept with him, he could arrange a higher-paying, easier job for her in the mall!
She had refused every time, but Jeffery was relentless.
The verbal harassment was bad enough, but the worst incident was when, after work one evening, Jeffery blocked her path with his car and tried to force her into his vehicle for assault.
If she hadn't reacted quickly and run away, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
After that, Jeffery threatened her, saying that if she told anyone, he would make her lose her job and even make it impossible for her to stay in Houston!
To survive, she had to swallow her anger!
Unexpectedly, today he went even further!
Was this an insurmountable obstacle for her?
Just when she was in utter despair, Barbara's annoying voice rang out. "You look like a toad, please behave yourself and stop causing trouble for the ladies, okay?"
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