Joshua furrowed his brows slightly but still pulled Fiona closer to him. “It’s alright now.”Charmaine was so infuriated by this that she gritted her teeth in frustration. “Fiona Blake! You’re a lying, manipulative woman, you—”“Are you calling me manipulative?” Fiona lifted her head and pulled out her phone tearfully. “Charmaine, I’ve always thought of you as a friend, but you… I initially didn’t want to pursue this matter any further because we’re friends, but since you’ve become so heartless, I don’t think it’s bad of me to retaliate…”With that, she clicked on an audio file that contained a phone conversation between her and Charmaine... “When I saw President Lynch carrying Luna, I was upset. After all, President Lynch is your boyfriend, so how can he be carrying a b*tch like Luna…”…“Joshua was carrying Luna simply because she got hurt, and he wanted to send her to the hospital. That’s all it is. If you got slapped, it’s on you because you jumped to conclusions and talked
Christian was so stunned by Luna’s reply that he did not know how to answer.“Either way, thank you for your help, but if something like this happens again in the future, you don’t have to help me anymore. I don’t like being kissed in front of so many people,” said Luna coldly. Then, she strode into her office, slamming the door behind her. Christian froze for a moment, then let out a sigh of exasperation. He had to admit he acted too rashly. He could not seem to put his finger on it, but somehow, when he saw how hard Luna struggled to suppress her emotions, he could not help feeling sorry for her. That was why he had rushed forward and tried to kiss her in front of everyone, without any regard for the consequences his actions might have brought. As he had regained his composure, he suddenly realized just how inappropriate his actions were. He contemplated for a moment, then pushed Luna’s door open. “I want to apologize to you.”Luna, who was busy drawing a sketch, did not
Luna furrowed her brows. “Alright, thanks for telling me.”She had an inkling that Fiona would try to sabotage her during the competition. However, on second thought, she decided that Fiona would not dare to try.It was not because Fiona was a good person, but simply because their team was supposed to be representing Lynch Group. If Fiona sabotaged everything, not only would she humiliate Luna but Lynch Group as well. Seeing that she was Joshua’s girlfriend, Luna guessed that Fiona would not dare to commit a rookie mistake like that. However, since Charmaine had already given Arianna this warning, Luna had to take it into consideration and keep her guard up. After all, since they had already handed in the participants' list to the organizers, Luna could not change anything anymore, much less kick Fiona off the team. …After heeding Charmaine’s warning, Luna grew even more cautious during her preparation for the upcoming competition. She, along with Nigel and Nellie, had
Luna furrowed her brows. As she glanced at the cup of coffee Fiona was holding, she chuckled. “Keep your coffee to yourself, Ms. Blake. After all, I wouldn’t know what kind of vitamin powder you added in there this time, would I?”Luna was being sarcastic when she said this. She was referring to what happened before when Fiona poured some vitamin powder into her glass and deliberately caused a misunderstanding. As soon as she heard this, Fiona’s expression darkened. However, she did not say anything and instead bit down on her lip and proffered Luna the coffee with a slightly upset expression. “This is pure coffee—there’s nothing added to it. I know you hate me, Ms. Luna, but since I made you this coffee out of kindness… Why don’t you give it a taste?”As she said this, Fiona kept inching closer to Luna. Luna frowned and extended her hands out, feeling somewhat uncomfortable. “I don’t want to—”“Ah—!” Before she could even finish, however, Fiona’s shrill screams pierced through th
A short while later, some of the employees brought Fiona away with them. The remaining people soon dispersed after realizing there was nothing else to watch. “What a drama queen,” Samson scoffed as he watched Fiona leave with the rest of the people, and his lips twisted into a smirk. “Doesn’t she know not to use the same trick twice? She tried to frame Arianna with hot coffee before, and now she’s using the exact tactic again.”Luna furrowed her brows. She could not help feeling that there was something about the way Fiona acted.All of a sudden, she recalled the design sketch she had left on the desk.Luna immediately turned to look in the direction of her desk.She was right.The desk was empty.“Someone stole our design sketch!” Samson, too, noticed the missing sketch. “I knew Fiona was up to something! She deliberately caused a commotion so someone could steal the folder from right under our noses!”Samson was outraged by this discovery, and on the other hand, Zayne got
When Joshua finally arrived at the hospital, the doctor was in the middle of cleaning and bandaging Fiona’s wound. He could not stop himself from complaining to his assistant, who was watching from the side, “Why didn’t you tell me to come earlier, knowing how serious her wound was? You’re useless!”The assistant bit down on her lip and answered in a slightly sheepish tone, “She looked perfectly fine, and she even said she was fine. She was just scalded by a cup of coffee, so I didn’t take much notice of her. I didn’t know that…”She did not know how serious this patient’s burn was!At this moment, Joshua strode into the room.The first thing he saw when he entered was the string of blisters on Fiona’s abdomen, as tightly strung as a chain of pearls. As soon as he saw this, Joshua furrowed his brows. “What happened?”Fiona bit down on her lip and answered in a low voice, “Nothing. It was my fault. I accidentally spilled coffee on myself.”“What do you mean, it was an accident
“Was she the one who scalded Ms. Blake with her coffee?”“Yes. I heard that Ms. Blake’s burns were so severe that her abdomen was covered entirely in blisters. How terrifying! Despite that, Ms. Blake didn’t blame her for anything.”“Not only did Ms. Blake forgive her, but she even asked President Lynch not to reprimand Luna for this. Apparently, she didn’t want to cause any conflict or rifts between them because of the upcoming jewelry design contest.”“Do you think President Lynch will chew her out after the competition is over?”“Who knows? Even though she’s a talented designer, she’s not a good person at all…”…That night, while Luna and the rest were eating dinner at the company cafeteria, they overheard the murmurs and whispers of employees all around them.Samson immediately furrowed his brows upon hearing this. He slammed his fork down on the table forcefully and growled, “How dare they spread lies like this!”Luna, on the other end, frowned slightly and reached out her
Joshua’s words instantly disheartened Luna.She never expected Joshua would question her right away if she did it on purpose when it was such an obvious accident.Luna smiled and met Joshua’s cold gaze.“Mr. Lynch, if you think I did it on purpose, then I did it on purpose.”Luna did not need to explain herself. No matter how she explained herself, he never listened to her.Looking at Luna’s reaction, Joshua exhaled. He furrowed his brows tightly.“Luna, I understand that you’re under a huge amount of pressure recently in preparation for the competition, but this isn’t a reason for you to bully Fiona.”Then, Joshua sighed. “Apologize to Fiona, including this afternoon’s incident.”Joshua still remembered clearly how badly Luna burnt Fiona that afternoon.Although at that moment, there were no burnt marks, Luna still soiled Fiona’s clothes.Two incidents in a day. It was hard to convince others that Luna did not do it on purpose.No matter what, Luna should apologize.“I spi