"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?"
"From today onward, you'll be promoted to my personal secretary."
Neville felt his jaw actually drop. He quickly snapped it shut, but the damage was done.
"Mr. Maxwell." He struggled to keep his voice consistent. "The entire company will oppose this."
This wasn't an exaggeration.
He had been working at Maxwell Corporation for barely past a year, and the secretarial department alone was full of people who had been there for five, ten, even fifteen years.
Bryan Stewart himself had served as Grayson's aide-de-camp during his military days before transitioning to his current position as Chief Secretary. The political backlash from such a sudden promotion would be massive.
