I Returned to the Day He Brought His First Love Home-Chapter 39: Shining Bright in Her Position

Grace Winslow arrived early, so the office was still empty.

She started by cleaning the office.

In her past life, she had never worked a single day, spending her entire life as a housewife.

First, she waited on Cindy Lowell, and later, on Caleb Forrest, Ivy White, and Timothy Dunn.

Now that she had reclaimed the job that was rightfully hers, she felt a strange mix of emotions.

By the time the rest of the finance department arrived, Grace Winslow was already hard at work.

"Grace, you’re here so early?" May Callahan said with a brilliant smile when she saw her.

She had only found out last night after getting home that Grace was her niece’s sister-in-law.

Lily Callahan and Nolan Winslow had personally come to her home, bringing plenty of gifts and asking her to look after Grace at the factory.

She had already taken a liking to Grace, and now she found her even more agreeable.

"Good morning, Ms. Callahan. I’ve done a preliminary sort of the files Ivy White messed up yesterday. They’re all right here." Grace Winslow stood up to greet May Callahan, then pointed to the pile of documents on her desk.

Seeing this, May Callahan was even more pleased.

"Good. I’ll leave all of this with you," May Callahan said with a nod.

At first, the others were a little displeased to see Grace being so proactive.

But when they saw that she had actually taken on the biggest hot potato, they were instantly filled with goodwill toward her.

They had spent half of yesterday trying to sort through those files, which were a complete, incomprehensible mess.

Ivy White was either slacking off or just making a mess of things, so now no one in the finance department had a good impression of her.

They especially loathed her after finding out she had tried to drag them all down with her to shoulder the loss of five thousand.

The finance department wasn’t large, but everyone had always gotten along reasonably well.

May Callahan said a few more words before returning to her office.

Grace also threw herself into her work, fully focused.

In her past life, she had never held a job, but the chores at home were no less demanding than a full-time position.

Especially when Timothy was in school; she had tutored him through all his coursework by herself.

She learned a great deal alongside Timothy.

She had even taught herself the university-level material, bit by bit, from textbooks.

She had even helped write Timothy’s graduation thesis for his bachelor’s degree.

His senior project, his doctoral dissertation—everything about Timothy’s academic success was a sham, all thanks to her help behind the scenes.

Having lost her ability to have children after a miscarriage, Grace had always felt an immense sense of guilt.

She hadn’t just taken Timothy in as her godson; she had genuinely and wholeheartedly treated him as her own child.

She never imagined the final truth would be so sordid.

’I’m sure Timothy isn’t Caleb Forrest’s son, but there’s no way Ivy White and Caleb Forrest’s relationship was clean.’

Grace got the hang of the work quickly. In just one day, she had already sorted through a third of the problematic reports.

The reports she created were simple, clear, and exceptionally neat and easy to read.

Many of her colleagues came over to watch and learn her methods.

Grace didn’t hold anything back and patiently taught them.

Everyone started looking at Grace differently.

After all, most people wouldn’t just teach those kinds of skills to others. ’If everyone learns them, they’ll steal your job. How are you supposed to make a living then?’

But Grace truly wasn’t holding anything back.

"Presenting the data this way is intuitive and clear, and it’s easy to learn. As long as you don’t miscopy the numbers, it’s practically impossible to make a mistake," Grace explained. Her throat was a little dry when she finished.

Seeing this, a female colleague next to her quickly poured her a glass of warm water and handed it over.

"Thank you," Grace said. It was her first time experiencing this sense of community. ’It’s... a strange feeling,’ she thought.

"No, we should be thanking you! What you taught us is really useful. It’s going to lighten our workload considerably from now on," one of them said with a sincere smile.

"I didn’t really do anything special. These are just habits I’ve developed from regular bookkeeping; it’s nothing, really. The most important thing is that we can all improve our efficiency and avoid unnecessary work."

"Actually, the other departments could implement this too."