“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
Fiona bit her lip pitifully.“Ms. Luna, don’t bother them. They’re talking nonsense. I…wasn’t burned.”Then, she turned around and fled. Looking at Fiona leaving, Joshua furrowed his brows and looked at Luna.“You’re really getting more and more cold-blooded.”With that, Joshua left immediately.Luna was rooted where she stood, and she slowly clenched her fists tightly by her sides.Was she cold-blooded? Just because she did not apologize to his darling Ms. Blake, she was cold-blooded.Just because she questioned whether his beloved Ms. Blake was faking her illness or not, she was cold-blooded.If that was the case, just let her be cold-blooded then.Up to that point, she no longer needed to be a gentle and kind-hearted person in front of Joshua.“Director Luna.”Samson, Arianna, and Zayne caught up with Luna.“Are you alright?”Luna shook her head and let out a long breath.“Let’s go back and continue working.”It was three days before the competition. One day later
Fiona’s burns were terrifying.Also, to amplify the effect of the burns that she was about to show that day, Fiona deliberately took off the bandage that wrapped them that morning, completely showing off the layer of blisters to the crowd.The entire meeting room was in silence.Everyone looked at Fiona’s burns in shock. They were so shocked that no one thought of helping her up.Luna was also stunned by the scene before her.After a while, Luna was the first to react. She walked over and helped Fiona up.“How did you get them?”Although she loathed Fiona, looking at her burns, Luna could not help but soften her tone.However, she did not expect that what Fiona said next would place Luna in an unfavorable position.Fiona bit her lips and carefully covered the burns on her stomach.“I’m fine, Ms. Luna. Although you were the one that caused this, I don’t blame you. I blame myself for insisting to send you coffee, and that was why I got burned…”Fiona smilingly continued, “Alth
“But…”It was not that she did not let Fiona partake in it. She gave Fiona some work in embellishing tiny details, but Fiona’s skill was terrible. She could not even do it properly.Luna could only let her run some simple errands.“There’s no need to explain.” President Calvin sighed. “I’ll contact Mr. Lynch of Lynch Group on this matter. We’ll investigate your team’s problem. If it was like what they said, that Ms. Blake didn’t join in any of the core work, we’ll cancel your right to participate in the competition.”Then, he turned and left.The others looked at Luna condescendingly while packing up and leaving.Luna remained in the same spot. She felt something explode in her mind.All this while, she had been confused why Fiona—who had been prepared to ruin the competition—would be so obedient recently, other than heading to her office the day before.Luna truly thought that it was because Fiona wanted her to earn the money for Joshua and leave as soon as possible.However,
Luna did not know how Zayne and Samson sent her home.When she reached Blue Bay Villa, she sat on the sofa and looked at the comments and videos repeatedly, miserably.Zayne and Samson said nothing the entire journey while sending her back.However, Luna knew that both of them felt just as terrible. After all, this was their first competition after getting to work.All this while, they were like Luna—working busily without any sleep.If they were disqualified from competing because of Luna…Luna closed her eyes. She was so dejected and suddenly did not know what she should do.Fiona’s schemes were meticulously thought-out.It started from the video half a month ago.Luna even had reason to suspect that Fiona intentionally let Charmaine know she intended to cause trouble during the competition so that Charmaine would warn Arianna before leaving, to get Luna to be more guarded against Fiona.It was because of her guard against Fiona that Fiona had the space to twist the facts.
“I’m at the cafe near your house. Care to meet up?”Luna paused for a while before smiling. “Sure.”Joshua had a good memory. He remembered that she once said she hoped he did not appear near her house.“You’re going to see him?” asked Nigel in a low voice.Luna nodded. “I have to solve this matter somehow. He must’ve looked for me because of this matter, too.”Nigel sighed and said, “Be careful on the road.”At that moment, it was all negative comments about Luna online. Nigel was somewhat worried.“Mommy!”Just as Luna was putting on her jacket and about to leave, Nellie’s crisp voice came from upstairs.She furrowed her brows. “What’s going on?”Nellie stomped down the stairs with her little short legs. She ran over to Luna and passed the items which she had prepared to her.“Take this with you! It’s useful!”Luna furrowed her brows and looked at the things that Nellie passed to her.A face mask, a cap, a folding swiss knife. There was even…pepper spray?Luna held ev
The atmosphere in the booth dropped a few degrees.Joshua narrowed his eyes. His eyes were filled with coldness.“Do you have to speak so harshly?”Luna smiled.“How do you want me to speak then, Mr. Lynch? I initially rejected Fiona entering my team, but you forced it upon me with your powers, so I had to accommodate her into my team. I aim to win the competition, so besides letting Ms. Blake run errands and do simple tasks, what else can I do?”Joshua was silent upon Luna’s words. It was not that he never thought about those problems before.However, he felt that with Luna’s ability, taking on Fiona would not have any problem. He never expected that Fiona would not be able to do a simple basic task well.Joshua had also expressed his concerns for Fiona’s work, but every time he asked her, she would smile and say that all was fine and she was very happy working.Joshua never expected that Fiona was in such a situation.At that thought, Joshua sighed. “It’s my mistake, then,