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Tinally, I get to meet you?“.
I smiled. Despite her small fame, the girl had surprising strength and squesand Audem
if she weren’t being so overly enthusiastic, Audrey would have been tempted to give her an over the shoulder threw
The young woman was practically bouncing with excitement as she grabbed Audrey’s cup and I set it aside. “Come on. Let’s gudom
Who are you exactly? Audrey thought.
The girl turned to leave but couldn’t pull Audrey along, so she finally controlled her excitement long enough to introduce herself. “I’m Lena Whitime call me Lena. Yann is my cousin?
She was Margot’s youngest daughter and had two older brothers. Her eldest brother Everett Whitlow worked at one of Margot’s companies, and har second brother Miles Whitlow had just transferred from headquarters to a branch office last month but hadn’t left the work group that yet,
Lena had gone to ask Miles for spending money today and accidentally saw a message on his phone saying immediately rushed over in a taxi
Lena had been away for training during Logan’s birthday party and couldn’t make it back, so she’d asked her mother what fan’s wife was like. Mari had just said she’d find out when they met.
When Lena arrived, the gossip crowd had just dispersed, but she’d heard that Audrey had fought back brilliantly. “You’re Yanın”
to meet you. I didn’t prepare a proper gift since this was so sudden, but here’s a little something.
Lena rummaged through her backpack and pulled out a box of face masks. “My roommate recommended these. They’re amazing. I’ve only used two boxes and my skin has already improved noticeably. Unfortunately, they’re sold out right now, otherwise I would have stocked up and brought you
more.
Audrey looked down at what tena had given her. It was a Lunesse face mask, “Sold out? How did I not get word about this?” she thought
“Is this stuff any good?” Audrey asked.
“It’s amazing. Like, seriously amazing. Everyone at our school and at Ashbourne University next door is going crazy for it,” Lena said enthusiastically
Audrey nodded. When she’d originally set the pricing, she’d specifically targeted college students, positioning it as a mid–range product.
“Seriously, you have to try it. It’s incredible.” When Lena saw that Audrey wasn’t taking it, she pushed it further into her arms
“Thanks, but-” Audrey started to decline.
Lena’s face fell into a pout. “Audrey, you won’t take my gift? Do you not like me?”
Audrey laughed softly. “No, that’s not it.”
“This is literally my company’s product, she thought. ‘If I wanted some, I could just call operations! She found herself amused by the situation. This gir is pretty entertaining
dn’t you say we were going for coffee?” Audrey asked.
“Didn’t y
“Right! Coffee time.” Lena grabbed Audrey’s arm and pulled her toward the elevator
Audrey sent Yann a quick text letting him know she was heading downstairs to the coffee shop with Lena and meeting was over
him to message when ha
As they rode down, Lena kept staring at Audrey’s face, feeling like she’d seen her somewhere before. The elevator stopped at the 16th floor and the doors opened, but no one got on
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As Lena was about to press the elevator close button, she heard voices nubude.
“Are you really going to Hill to resign? What gheen her the right to loss around internal employees
“Just drop it, okay?”
Lena poked her head out to see what was happening and spotted two employees gathered around Olivia, clearly outraged about
“Why should they drop it? Tell them the truth Resigning is getting off easy. I think we should press legal charges.” Lena said as she stepped
elevator.
Audrey heard the commotion too but didn’t want to get involved. However, when Lena left the elevator, she followed.
When Olivia saw Lena, a flash of disdain crossed her eyes. “Lena, you’re still young You don’t understand how things work.”
may not understand everything, but I understand the law,” Lena said, crossing her arms and tilting her head to look at the
cardboard box in Glas
The box was practically empty. Olivia hadn’t even packed the little decorations from her desk. It was obviously just for show, and she probably planned to come back later.
“You don’t have clearance to go to the executive floor, do you?” Lena sneered, “You went up there to provoke Audrey and then–accused her off straling. company secrets. If she hadn’t had evidence to clear herself, she would’ve been the one getting kicked out.”
“Lena, how could you–Olivia caught sight of Audrey approaching from behind, and hatred flashed through her eyes. “You don’t know what really happened. Don’t talk about things you don’t understand.”
“Then why don’t you explain why you’re resigning?” Lena turned to look at the two colleagues standing behind Olivia. These two employees nad obviously been fooled by whatever excuse Olivia had given them.
‘If I don’t make this clear, they’ll think Yann can’t tell right from wrong because he’s blinded by a pretty face, Lena thought.
Divis clearly didn’t want to discuss this topic. She hugged the box closer and headed toward the elevator. “Mr. Winifred made this arrangement for a reason, I’m sure.”
She walked past Audrey without
at stepping aside, deliberately letting the sharp corner
ner of the cardboard box bump into her
Lena reacted quickly, stepping in front of Audrey and giving Olivia afirm push. Olivia stumbled and her elbow slammed into the wall.
Her wrist had just been reset after a dislocation, and the impact not only hurt her elbow but sent a dull ache through her wrist. She nearly dropped the box. “Audrey!” she snapped,
“Hey, everyone look at this. I’m the one who pushed you, so why are you yelling at Audrey?” Lena shot back
Olivia fell silent. She honestly hadn’t seen who pushed her and had automatically assumed it was Audrey. Being called out by Lena left her healing embarrassed, and she tried to continue walking, but Lena grabbed the box.
“You just blamed Audrey for something she didn’t do, and now you’re just going
g to walk away?” Lena snorted.
Oliva took a deep breath and tried to control her temper. “Lena, stop making a scene.”
“I’m not making a scene,” Lena said with a grin. “If I hadn’t pushed you just now, you would have crashed right into Audrey. She didn’t lay a finger on you but you yelled at her anyway. Don’t you think you owe her an apology?”
“The hallway is so narrow. When she saw I was carrying something, shouldn’t she have moved out of the way Olivia’s darkened as she tried to justify herself.
Audrey not only got me fired, but she also injured my wrist. She’s the one who wronged in, so why should I be the one backing down Olivia thought.
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“You say this hallway is narrow? Seems like you’re used to bulldozing your way around the office, thinking no one should dare block your path,” Lana said glancing at the two employees standing by the doorway.
Those two employees had been promoted by Olivia and were clearly on her side.
Just as they were about to speak up, Lena cut them off. “You were fired for falsely accusing Audrey of stealing company secrets, but you’re being deliberately vague about it, trying to turn the staff against the company
“What’s your game plan here? You want to convince everyone else to quit too? Anyone who wants to resign can submit their request to HP. I’m sure they’ll approve it. I just wonder if the people you trick into losing their jobs will start sending you death threats.”
Olivia’s eyes darted quickly to the two employees. The people who had just promised to leave with her were clearly having second thoughts
gher back toward the elevator. “Come on, Ms. Aldrin, Let me walk you out before you start twisting
Lena let go of her box and took Audrey’s arm, steering! the truth with someone else.”
Olivia pressed her lips together tightly and hugged her box as she stepped into the elevator.
As the doors closed and they continued downward, Lena completely ignored Olivia and asked Audrey, “Audrey, do you think Yann’s uncle’s kid is still blood related to me?”
Audrey rolled her eyes while thinking for a moment. “I guess so?”
“Doesn’t matter.” Lena waved her hand with a smile. “What matters is that they still think Yann’s dad runs the company.”
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