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Jude smiled at Stella, a kind and supportive one. He couldn't help but discreetly give her praise in his heart. The girl didn't appear as defenseless as he had thought.

"Kelvin, you said she was incompetent, but you even did not give her a chance to explain," he stated when the appropriate moment came. “What if I doubted your abilities and acted with the same recklessness as you?"

Kelvin felt his body tremble. Now that Mr. Jude had said as much, what should he do? He gave Clarence a look.

Clarence cast Stella a chilly glance. She was still there, methodically printing materials in a calm manner. He glanced at Jude without realizing. He became enraged upon discovering that Jude had smiled at the woman and hissed, "Play trick on the first day of demotion. You have an opportunity to clarify, yet you argued. Are printing materials instantaneous? Your mistake has caused us to lose five minutes."

"Mr. Conrad, this is an accident, you..."

Clarence cut him off before he could say any