I’m Someone Else
Chapter 34

Chapter 34

“Are you kidding me? Do you think I care about my surroundings if I’m in the mood to teach someone alesson?” Thomas growled. At that very moment, a pleasant, sing-song voice sounded in the hall. “Whyis everyone gathered here? Don’t you guys need to work?” The crowd turned around to see twogorgeous ladies walking toward them, with one lady walking in front of the other. The person who hadjust spoken was none other than the president of Pearson Group—Olivia! Olivia had a meeting toattend, and she had just come down to get Thomas to drive her out. She hadn’t expected to encounterthis commotion when she got to the lobby. The girl behind her, who looked just as youthful and prettyas her, was Chloe!

The commotion at the lobby had been a huge one—Chloe’s colleagues in the administrationdepartment had been discussing it earlier. Chloe overheard them talking about a fight happening in thecompany, but she hadn’t paid much attention to it since it had nothing to do with her. However, shestarted feeling uneasy when she heard that the person involved in the fight was Olivia’s personal driver.Isn’t that… Thomas?

“President Pearson, that guy stole a diamond necklace that Miss Lynch was supposed to deliver to aclient. He even injured Mr. Turner!” someone cried. “That was exactly what happened! Let’s call thepolice, President Pearson. This guy is really violent!” another one said. “How dare he? He beatsomeone up after stealing an item! It’s too dangerous to have a man like him in our company. Mr.Turner might be the only one who got injured today, but we never know who he might injure next!” Thecrowd huddled closer to voice their complaints when they saw Olivia walking over.

Before Olivia could say anything, Chloe rushed over to stand in front of Thomas as if she were aprotective lioness. “What nonsense are you guys talking about? Thomas would never steal anything!”she cried. Thomas patted Chloe on the shoulder as a signal for her to calm down. “Are you guys sayingthat he stole something?” Olivia asked as she gazed at Thomas.

Do they think Thomas stole something? How could that be? Dad told me that Thomas wasn’t evenmildly intrigued when he offered him 750,000. Why would Thomas steal a necklace worth 28,000?That’s ridiculous! Olivia thought.

“That’s not it, President Pearson!” Molly hurried forward to explain the situation. “Thomas was justsitting there without moving. Miss Lynch was the one who walked past him before claiming that he stolesomething!” If Thomas hadn’t stepped forward earlier, Molly might have been slapped a second time.Since she had already offended two senior members of the company, she figured that she wouldn’t beable to keep her job for much longer. If that’s the case, I might as well stick to my principles and standup for Thomas! she thought.

“Molly was rude to her superiors in front of everyone, President Pearson. She doesn’t know where shestands at all! I bet she’s Thomas’ accomplice—she keeps taking his side. I think she should also besent to the station. The police can handle both of them!” Izzy thoroughly despised Molly at that point. Itseems like this woman still isn’t afraid after receiving that slap. I can’t believe she’s still speaking up forThomas. Well, Molly, don’t blame me for dragging you down along with Thomas, then!

“You’re making groundless accusations, Izzy! Who are you to make such claims about Thomas? You’recalling Thomas a violent man, but weren’t you also violent when you hit me?” Molly felt extremelywronged—Izzy was too much. “Hmph! People like you and Thomas deserve to be slapped. What areyou going to do about it?” Izzy scoffed with a disdainful look on her face.

“F*ck! You’re the one who deserves to be beaten up!” Thomas was infuriated upon hearing Izzy’swords, and he felt the urge to step forward and beat her up. Molly was just trying to restore justice tothe situation, yet Izzy made it seem like she was my accomplice. I’ve barely spoken to Molly in mywhole life, and I’ve never interacted with her privately. How could she be an accomplice? Thomasthought.

“Calm down, Thomas!” Olivia stopped the man when she saw Thomas edging forward with his fistsclenched. “Calm down. There are CCTVs in the lobby. I’ll know the truth after checking the clips,” sheuttered. Thomas took a deep breath before he calmed himself down. When Izzy heard that Oliviawanted to check the surveillance tapes, she instantly panicked. If Olivia checks the security footage,wouldn’t I be exposed? No. I can’t let her do that!

“I don’t think there’s a need to check the security footage, President Pearson. We’re supposed to be atwork now, and checking them would only waste more time and reduce our work efficiency. A sneaky,sly thief like him should just be sent to the police. The police can deal with him!” Izzy cried.

“Are you itching for a beating?” Thomas was triggered once more. As much as he wanted to heedOlivia’s orders, he couldn’t stop himself from beating the woman up! He reached forward and grabbedIzzy’s hair before yanking it downward. “Ah!” Izzy let out a scream as she felt her entire body beingthrown to the ground. “Let go of me… It hurts…” she cried.

Thomas stepped on Izzy as he spoke. “I understand that you wanted to help your brother get a job asthe president’s personal driver. However, I was already the president’s personal driver before yourbrother came in for the interview! I didn’t ruin anything for your brother—you’re the one who’s causingme trouble!” Thomas shouted.

“I was just having a meal with my friend when you came forth to cause me trouble. I held myself backthat time because my classmates were there. However, today, I was just sitting here without moving atall. Then, you stepped forward and claimed that I had stolen something. Did you actually witness mestealing anything? Am I a thief just because you say I am? Stop trying to act all high and almighty, Izzy.I was the SATs top scorer, and I can succeed in my career if I want to! I simply chose to enlist in thearmy back then, but ultimately, I never did anything harmful! How is this any of your business?”Thomas sent a kick in Izzy’s stomach, and she rolled over to where Curtis was lying.

The whole crowd was too stunned to speak for a moment. He even attacks girls… How cruel! Oliviawas rather taken aback too, but she didn’t want to make any comments just yet. After all, Thomaswasn’t just her personal driver; he had also saved her life twice! He was her savior!

“This is the security footage, President Pearson!” Daniel from the security department brought thetapes over to Olivia. Olivia nodded before tapping on the play button to watch what had happened. Thefootage made it clear that Thomas hadn’t moved from the moment he sat down. Izzy, on the otherhand, seemed to have thrown something into the gap between the cushions of the couch while no onewas looking. It was obvious that Izzy was trying to frame him. It also explained why Thomas was sofurious. He was accused!

“I want Frank to come over right now!” Olivia ordered. Daniel hastily dialed Frank’s number and got himto come over. Frank was the head of the HR department, and it seemed like someone was about toreceive some bad news! Soon enough, Frank walked out of an elevator in a suit. “Take these clips andgo through them. I want you to fire every single person who insulted Thomas!” Olivia ordered.