Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 101 Joycelyn thought, 'But I won't let her have her way E "Phew... Joycelyn took a deep breath, standing upright on the polium. Her hands, trembling on the lectern, clenched into tight fists.

Just as she was about to speak, her uneasy heart beat faster and faster, making her feel that the only sound echoing in her mind was her own rapid breathing.

She tried her best to calm herself down and retracted her gaze from the distance. She then directed her gaze on the face of the man in the first row with his long legs crossed.

The moment Ellison saw Joycelyn step out, his deep-set brows suddenly furrowed. He immediately said to William, who was beside him, in a serious voice, "Go check what's going on." William immediately got up and headed backstage.

As if sensing Joycelyn's panic and uneasiness, Ellison clapped again.

In the quiet conference room, his solitary applause was loud and monotonous.

He sat in the audience and stared at her with eyes that were deep and calm. He looked at her without blinking, his gaze penetrating and filled with both affection and encouragement.

Everyone present followed suit and applauded again.

Joycelyn was encouraged inwardly. She smiled and began to introduce herself.

As soon as she spoke, her crisp and sweet voice was clearly transmitted to everyone's ears through the sound system in the room.

After her fluent self-introduction was completed, everyone in the room erupted into thunderous applause once again Looking at the PowerPoint slides, Joycelyn organized the words in her mind. Fortunately, she had participated in the previous press conference as a behind-the-scenes staff member she had also listened carefully during the exchange meeting at the subsidiary the other day.

She had a great memory and never forgot what she saw. Back in school, she had even joined a debate competition to improve her skills.

Even though she hadn't seen the speech manuscript, she handled it with ease. She gave the introduction and report exceptionally well.

During the impromptu introduction which lasted twenty minutes, Joycelyn stood on stage, looking poised confident, and calm.

After finishing her introduction, she bowed to thank the audience, and the applause erupted once again Ellison's initial concern was replaced by approval after Joycelyn's speech ended.

He stood up, left his seat, and immediately went backstage.

Joycelyn walked to the backstage. Once she relaxed, the lingering tension hit her again. When she went down the steps, her 11:59 Fri, Feb 14 B Chapter 101 legs gave way, and she fell to the ground with no sign that it would happen.

She yelled inwardly.

69%1 Just as Joycelyn screamed inwardly that she was done for, a tall, raight figure quickly stepped forward and reached out to stop her from falling to the ground.

The expected dull pain did not come. Instead, a familiar sense of security enveloped her.

Joycelyn heard a familiar groan. She raised her eyes, which were seeing stars, and looked at Ellison's otherworldly good looks in shock.

Her eyes lit up, and she realized that they were hugging in public "Oh golly, she thought. I'm doomed.

Joycelyn was frightened, so much so that she looked even more panicked than when she almost face-planted earlier. She hurriedly struggled to distance herself from him.

Ellison grabbed her flailing arms with both hands, his expression worried as he asked in a serious voice, "Are you hurt?" "No, no, no! I'm not hurt. Joycelyn wanted to jump away, but Ellison's grip was too strong. He grabbed hold of her arms, making her unable to move.

She could already sense the shocked and gossipy gazes of the staff at the side.

"Mr. Grant," Linda said. She was still very weak. The ambulance hadn't arrived yet, so she was seated on a chair backstage.

Linda initially thought that she would see Joycelyn mess things up. Unexpectedly, not only did Joycelyn manage to deal with it, but Ellison also protected her publicly and caught her in his arms.

Joycelyn heard Linda's weak voice too. She looked over and saw that her face was completely flushed and swollen.

Her cold, smug eyes from before had now turned into a mere sli 'Oh my god!' Joycelyn thought. Her head looks like a pig's head "I'm fine," she said. “Let go ofnow." Standing on a single step. Joycelyn gave him a look, signaling him to release her as there were too many people around.

Ellison did not let go immediately, not caring about the opinions of the people around them. His blue eyes were fixed on Joycelyn seriously as he said, "You did a great job with the impromptu presentation in Mersian carlier. I'll give you a bonus when we get back." Joycelyn's eyes lit up again when she heard the word "bonus." It was the kind of look a money-obsessed person got when they saw cash. Suddenly, her eyes gleamed brightly. "Thank you, Mr. Grant!" Joycelyn almost bowed.

12 ep, her height only reached Ellison's ears. Her gaze was level as she looked into his deep Although she was standing on the eyes.

Joycelyn had already heard that there were people surrounding them to watch the . When she fell into Ellison's arms earlier, everyone screamed.

11:59 Fri, Feb 14 Chapter 101 However, his aura was a little cold, giving off an unapproachable vibe. No one dared to make a fuss, but that didn't mean they weren't curious.

Joycelyn's heart was pounding. Her current state was as bad as when she went on stage earlier.

In fact, she was sweating even more now.

"There are lots of people," Joycelyn reminded him in a low voice, signaling him to stop looking at her intensely "Mr. Grant, I was supposed to give a speech on stage earlier, but had an allergic reaction after drinking the coffee that Joycelyn gave me," Linda said.

"I don't know if someone was trying to harmor if they wanted to kick Grant Group qut Linda's face was swollen like a pig's head, causing her speech to be somewhat unclear. However, one could tell from her words that she was implying that Joycelyn had harmed her to steal the spotlight.

Ellison retracted his hand that was supporting Joycelyn. He then put his hands into his pockets and turned to look at Linda. frowning as he asked, "Who are you?" Linda immediately started crying. "Mr. Grant, I'm Linda" Ellison frowned and looked at Linda for a few seconds. Obviously, he did not see any trace of the Linda he knew. "Mr. Grant, you have to stand up for me. Someone's trying to harm me.” Linda refused to leave, determined to blow things up.

She thought, 'It's best to put the blon Joycelyn and let Ellison see my miserable look to make up for my minor mistake because of the allergic reaction.

"I took the coffee from the organizer's coffee station," Joycelyn ve d. "There are cameras monitoring the place all the time. You can check. I have no reason to ignore the company's reputation just to harm you." Just as Joycelyn finished speaking, the emcee stepped off the stage and took the speech manuscript she had left on the podium.

The emcee praised Joycelyn, "Ms. Maynard, I noticed your speech manuscript was completely blank, but your quick thinking and impromptu delivery were seriously impressive." Ellison glanced at the blank script.

When Linda saw this, she acted as if she had figured something out and said, "Even the speech manuscript was switched What a malicious move. If it weren't for my allergy, I wouldn't even have a speech manuscript prepared. What a solid backup plan they had!" Linda's angry words were directed at Joycelyn.

After all, the impromptu speech Joycelyn gave earlier was calm, professional, and meticulous, making it hard for people not to guess that what Linda said was true.

Everyone suspected that Joycelyn memorized the speech in advance and replaced Linda with underhanded tactics to be in the limelight.

As a result, people started giving Joycelyn uneasy glances, while their gazes on Linda, whose face was badly swollen and bruised, softened with visible sympathy.

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