“No…!” Lisa feebly tried to keep distance between herself and a bald, chubby man who had her around the waist. The man's smile faded when he heard the door open with a bang. Before he could speak, Alistair had already let out a loud roar and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, releasing the man's hands from Lisa's waist and landing a good punch on the abuser. “What the hell is this?” The man asked, holding his face and, seeing blood on his own fingers, he pointed at Alistair. “Who the hell do you think you are, hitting me like that?” Marie was already inside the room and let out a little scream, then ran to Lisa. “Lisa!” she tried to hold her friend, who had fallen onto the couch. “Babe, get up!” “Wait for me outside,” Alistair said with a cold voice and Marie nodded, putting Lisa’s arm around her neck and getting out of there. As soon as the door closed, the fat man tried to hit Alistair, who dodged and grabbed him by the back of the neck. “Do you think getting a woman drun

“How dare you? I’ve been working hard for this company and because of a mistake —which wasn’t even a real mistake, after all, I’m not obliged to let anyone take advantage of me— I’m going to be removed from my position?”Lisa was fuming with anger. She couldn’t believe her uncle’s nerve! Rachel was just arrogant and liked to pretend she was working, but the one who really worked hard to make things happen was her, Lisa!“I’ll get the payment, okay? This problem will be solved!” Lisa said through gritted teeth. Nigel just snorted coldly, with his arms crossed, looking at Lisa as if she was insignificant.“I doubt it, but okay: if you get the payment, niece, I won’t talk about removing you from the CEO position,” he said with a slight smile on his lips, making his disbelief in Lisa’s abilities clear.As the argument continued, Alistair wasn’t the least bit interested in continuing there. He had done his job, which was to defend Lisa, but all he had achieved was an extra bit of humiliati