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Luna laughed coldly, “You can do that?“
Samson rolled his eyes at her silently. “I'm an expert at dealing with little two-faced b*tches like her! Do you need us to chase her away for you?“
“No.“ She raised her hand and flipped open the document on the table, saying faintly, “Maybe before you chase her away, Joshua would have already chased the three of you out of the company.“
With that, she took out the proposal and threw it in front of Samson. “This is your work itinerary for the next three months.“
Samson frowned, lifted the proposal, and glanced at it. “We are taking on another major project? Our last major project ended less than two months ago,
right? Why are we taking on another tiring and time- consuming project again?“
“Because I need the money.“ She rubbed her aching temples. “My son is undergoing a major operation in two weeks, I need money for his medical bill. So I signed a death contract with Joshua, he'll advance me a one-off payment of 600,000 and I have to make him a profit worth ten million dollars.“
Samson sucked in a cold breath. “Didn't you just recover from an illness? Can you take on such a highly intensive project? You can talk to me if you need money, I can lend it to you anytime! “
Luna shrugged. “Work hard in the next few months if you really want to help me.“
She did not want to owe anyone anymore favors. She had already caused the death of Theo.
Samson sighed, looking at Luna's proposal helplessly. He looked like a wilted plant. “Alright, I get it.“ With that, the young man returned the proposal to Luna. “I'll do my best.“
The moment he stepped out of Luna's office, Zayne and Arianna immediately surrounded him, the three of them muttering amongst themselves in the corner.
“What happened?“
“What did Director Luna say?“
“Does she want us to help chase her away?“
Fiona sat at her desk and cocked her ear to the side, listening to the discussion between the three of them, her lips lifting into a cold smile.
They wanted to chase her away? Ha! And they thought they had the ability to do so?
At this thought, she smiled coldly, then stretched with feigned laziness and headed to the pantry with her mug.
As she passed by Shannon, she even smiled at her enthusiastically and asked, “Ms. McCartney, would you like me to make you a cup of coffee?“
Shannon glanced at her empty coffee mug on the table. “No, it's fine.“
“I 'll just make you one.“ Fiona smiled gently. “I'm an intern, today is my first day of work, I don't know what I should be doing anyway. At least I have something to do if I make you a cup of coffee. “ As she spoke, she directly took Shannon's mug. “Do you like it with sugar or without?“
Seeing as she was so enthusiastic, Shannon could not refuse her anymore. “Without sugar, thank you.“
Fiona nodded, turned, and headed into the pantry.
A few minutes later, Fiona held two full cups of coffee and carefully headed back to the design department. First, she placed her cup back on her
desk, then took Shannon's cup of coffee and headed in her direction.
She had to walk past Arianna's station on the way to Shannon's desk.
At that moment, Arianna had finished her chat with Zayne and Samson. She was sitting at her own desk, her head lowered, searching for something in her drawer. Her movements as she searched for her things were quite big and rough. When she pulled out her drawer, it accidentally knocked into the legs of her chair, causing a loud 'bang' to ring across the office.
”Ah!”
Right when the noise sounded from Arianna's chair, Fiona was so shocked she stumbled, and the full cup of steaming coffee in her hands was spilled all over the place. Some of it splashed onto Fiona's chest, but most of it landed on Arianna's back. Both women screamed simultaneously. The entire office was instantly enveloped in a frenzy.
Zayne and Samson immediately rushed over, standing beside Arianna protectively, one on each side of her. “Are you okay?"
Arianna's entire face was burned red by the steaming cup of coffee, the pain on her back so excruciating she could hardly speak.
On the other hand, Fiona's fest was almost drenched in coffee. The scalding coffee seeped through her clothes, outlining the shape of her underwear underneath.
The office descended into chaos.
Samson glared at Fiona angrily. “Don't you pay attention to your feet when you're walking?"
Fiona bit her lip pitifully. “I was shocked by Arianna... the noise she made scared me, that's why I..."
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As she spoke, tears swam in her eyes. “I didn't do it on purpose...and I was hurt too! “
Zayne glanced at Fiona's chest then at Arianna's back that was practically drenched, then said coldly, “Is your injury anywhere as serious as Arianna's? “
Fiona bit her lip pitifully. “But...“
Shannon raised her head, took one look at the situation in front of her eyes then at the coffee mug in Fiona's hands, and felt guilt well up in her chest.
She hurriedly stood up and rushed over, standing in front of Fiona, protecting her. “Ms. Blake didn't do it on purpose, why are you pressing her?“
Even though Shannon did not like Fiona either, the incident only happened because she was bringing her coffee. Of course, Shannon had to protect her.
“Ms. McCartney.“
Fiona sobbed pitifully. “It's my fault, they're right for scolding me... Don't argue because of me...I 'm fine.“
As she spoke, she lowered her head and looked at the coffee splashed onto her chest, a hint of a sniffle in her voice. “I 'll be fine after I apply some medicine. It's just a burn, it'll recover soon, there's no need to fight.“
On the surface, she was saying that she did not mind her own injury, but in fact, she was insinuating that Zayne and Samson were too worried about Arianna.
The two boys gritted their teeth in anger. How big was the size of her burn? Arianna, on the other hand, had her entire back burned!
Hearing the waves of commotion outside, Luna failed to concentrate on her work. She frowned and pushed open the door to the office gruffly. “What happened?“
“It's fine.“
The moment Luna's words left her mouth, Fiona hurriedly bit her lip and turned to face Luna. “I accidentally poured coffee on Arianna and burned her. But Zayne and Samson think I did it on purpose. I'm apologizing to them...“
Samson glared at her furiously. “When did you apologize?“
Right from the beginning, Fiona kept defending and explaining herself, not offering a single word of apology! And now she had the guts to say she was apologizing?
Fiona let out a cry and looked back at Samson in surprise. “I didn't apologize?“ With that, she hurriedly bowed to Arianna earnestly. “I'm sorry, I 'm sorry! They scolded me too harshly, all I could think about was explaining myself and forgot to apologize to you! “
Samson was so angry you could practically see smoke billowing from the top of his head. He glared at Fiona furiously. “What do you mean?! You didn't apologize because we were scolding you? You “
“Samson.“ Luna interrupted him. “Arianna doesn't look good. You and Zayne should send her to the hospital.“ With that, she frowned again. “You might need a girl. Get a female colleague to accompany you.“
A female staff member in the office raised her head. “I'll go.“
Luna nodded.
After the four of them left, she glanced at Fiona faintly, her voice cool and emotion less. “Would you require a visit to the hospital too, Ms. Blake?“
Her words raised another wave of commotion in the office. Luna narrowed her eyes but remained silent.
Noticing the slightly awkward atmosphere between the two women, Shannon hurriedly opened her mouth and said, “I think you should, your injury looks quite severe.“
Fiona sighed, raised her phone helplessly, and dialed Joshua's number. “Joshua, I burned myself. Shannon says it's quite bad, she wants to have it looked at the hospital. Are you free to come? It's not anyone else's fault, I was careless. I was shocked by Ms. Luna's assistant. Even though she always said she wanted to chase me away, I 'm sure she didn't do it on purpose...“
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Listening in on Fiona's phone call with Joshua, Luna understood why Arianna would be burned.
Obviously, Zayne must have disobeyed her and secretly discussed his plan of chasing Fiona away with Arianna and Samson. However, their discussion was overheard by Fiona.
Samson and Zayne were both men, taking action against them would be difficult, even if she did, the effect would not be obvious.
But Arianna was different.
Arianna was the only girl amongst the three of them and both Zayne and Samson had a small crush on her. Targeting Arianna would hurt all three of them. Hitting where it hurts most. Fiona was much smarter than she imagined.
Within three minutes after Fiona ended the call, the door to the design department was pushed open.
Joshua walked in anxiously, strode toward Fiona and studied her carefully from head to toe. After ensuring only her chest area had been splashed with the hot coffee, he heaved a slight sigh of relief, then raised his eyes and glanced at her. “What actually happened?“
Fiona bit her lip, glanced at Luna carefully, then said in a stutter, “Maybe...maybe people don't like me. I just reported for work at the design department for less than a day, and already Ms. Luna's three assistants hate me so much that they secretly
discussed how to chase me out of the company... I know I can't do much, I'm only here on your authority, Joshua, that's why I wanted to do something for my colleagues, so they won' t think I came here during my time away.”
She sniffed as she spoke, sounding slightly nasally. ” I was sending Shannon's coffee to her just now.
Maybe I was too nervous, I was shocked by the noise Arianna made, so I lost my grip and all the coffee splashed out... ” She lowered her head, her voice full of despair. ”I really can't do anything well... ” Fiona's words lifted the blame from Arianna entirely.
Beside them, a female colleague could not take it anymore. She stood up with a scrap of her chair. ”Ms. Blake, as the President's girlfriend, I know you don't want to cause trouble and make things difficult for him. But even so, you can't take the entire blame for the incident yourself ! It was obvious Arianna purposely made that sound when you were passing by to scare you, how can you say you lost your grip because you were griping?”
Once she spoke, another male colleague hastily voiced his agreement. ”Exactly ! I was busy drafting my design when the sound Arianna made was so loud that she interrupted my train of thought too! She did it on purpose! "
Joshua narrowed his eyes slightly.
Fiona's complexion turned pale as a ghost. ”What nonsense ! ” Then, she hurriedly held his hand. ” Joshua, don't listen to their nonsense. It really is my own fault. Besides, look, only so little coffee splashed onto me whereas most of it was splashed onto Arianna. She was quite severely injured too, she couldn't have done it on purpose...“
With her words, the pair that spoke up for Fiona revered her even more for her kind and gentle soul. “ Arianna deserved it!“
“Ms. Blake, why are you so kind, why are you still speaking up for Arianna?“
“The three of them are already devising a plan to chase you out of the company and yet you're still standing on their side...“
Their words made Joshua's eyebrows screw together tightly. He narrowed his eyes and glanced at Luna; his voice ice-cold. “Is it true?“
“No, Joshua.“
Fiona bit her lip and unconsciously tugged at the edge of his shirt. “Don't argue with Ms. Luna because of me. It's not worth it.“
“Why not?“ At Fiona's words, Joshua's voice chilled instantly. "Do you know how important you are to me right now! "
Luckily only a little coffee was splashed onto her, there were no large-scale burns. Her health was already in a poor condition. She had been suffering from various illnesses for many years, and the doctor said that she only had one year left to live.
She made a very dangerous decision in deciding to donate her bone marrow to Nigel. Her body must be in perfect condition before the transplant could take place.
If she really had an accident today, what about Nigel's illness?
Could he wait any longer??
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At this thought, the man raised his head and looked at Luna coldly. “I'm asking you a question. Were your assistants discussing how to chase Fiona away? Were they targeting her on purpose, scaring her on purpose?“
Luna laughed coldly. Fiona kept deliberately showing the weakest side of herself, taking all the blame for something that was not her fault. Her aim was to make the surrounding crowd feel bad for her and stand up for her. Now, even though Fiona had not said a single bad thing about Samson, Zayne or Arianna and yet she had successfully told Joshua of their 'evil doings'. Not only that, she even built a gentle, kind, and virtuous image for herself. Killing two birds with one stone.
“Tell me! “ Seeing Luna glaring at Fiona coldly without speaking, Joshua frowned. He was worried Luna would misunderstand Fiona, so he hurriedly turned his body to the side and stood between the two women. “How do you plan to deal with your three assistants?“
Luna raised her eyes and looked past his shoulder, sweeping her eyes indifferently at the woman behind him. “What do you think I should do with them, Ms. Blake?“
Standing behind Joshua, Fiona's hands clenched into slight fists at her side. Luna threw this question to her. Of course, she wanted the three of them to pack their bags and leave the company forever! But she had just acted so kind and understanding as if she did not plan to take this any further. Of course, she could not say she wanted them to be dealt with sternly. But if she did not... All her suffering would be in vain? Luna was not stupid, she knew how to push the question to her.
Fiona was silent for a long time before raising her eyes softly, and said with a delicate voice, "I don't think they did it on purpose, and even if they did, it was because they're young and hot-blooded and were instigated by someone else. " She deliberately emphasized the word 'instigate' , implicating something.
Everyone in the office suddenly realized 'the truth'. That's right.
Zayne, Samson, and Arianna, one of them had just turned it, while the other two were fresh young faces who had just graduated from college and were new at the company. Without a master mind behind them, how would they think of bullying a newcomer?
And the mastermind behind them...
The crowd started whispering amongst themselves again. Samson, Arianna, and Zayne were all Luna's assistants. In the entire design department , besides Luna's orders, they barely even obeyed Shannon's orders. This morning Zayne had entered Luna's office. Plus, the short disagreement between Luna and Fiona this morning... The truth was plain for everyone to see.
Luna narrowed her eyes, ignoring all of them, and instead continued looking at Fiona. ”Ms. Blake, you have yet to tell me how you would like to settle the issue. Are you shy? Well, then I will say it on your behalf.“
She curled her lips and raised her voice. “Even though this is the fault of my three assistants, Ms. Blake is kind and gentle and virtuous, I 'm sure she doesn't want to see Mr. Lynch firing a few employees on her first day of work. Besides, they're assistants who worked their backs off for our last project.“
With that, she lifted an eyebrow and looked at Fiona. “Ms. Blake, am I right?“
Fiona bit her lip and glared at Luna, poison almost flowing out of her eyes! Luna was doing this on purpose! Deliberately using her own act against her, so she could not request for Joshua to fire the three assistants.
Even though she was furious, on the surface, she could only smile gently and say, “Ms. Luna is right. I just arrived at the company today, how could I ask Joshua to...fire old employees because of me? I'm just a small, little newcomer...“ “But.“ The moment Fiona finished speaking, beside her, Joshua lifted his lips into a cold smile and pulled her swiftly into his arms. “What if I insist on firing them?“
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Joshua's voice was cold and low, every word ringing out loudly across the office.
Instantly, the entire office turned deadly quiet. Everyone stared at Joshua in shock. Actually, everyone knew the three of them were considered Luna's confidants in the company. And they all knew of the awkward, sometimes there, sometimes non - existent relationship between their director and their president. But now that he had his new love, Fiona, he was so cruel to his old love, Luna?
Fiona's words just now were enough to give both Joshua and Luna space to step backward and let the incident pass just like that. And yet Joshua took the initiative and suggested firing the three of them?
“Joshua...“
Fiona looked at Joshua, her eyes bright with how touched she was. “I'm fine, the three of them are Ms. Luna's right-hand men, she wouldn't want to see them fired. Don't spoil the harmonious relationship between the two of you for me.“
With Joshua's support, even though her tone remained soft and gentle, there was an aura of arrogance behind them.
Luna stood in her spot, her hands quietly clenching into fists beside her. She raised her head and looked at Joshua coldly. “Why? Samson, Zayne, and Arianna all contributed greatly to our last project, they at least deserve credit for their efforts.“
Joshua crossed his arms over his chest. ”So, they can bully a newcomer just because they made contributions to the company? Even if they knew she belonged to me, they still openly discussed chasing her away, causing her so much harm on her first day itself?”
Luna narrowed her eyes. She glanced at the coffee stains on Fiona's chest that were almost dry by now and Arianna's painful snarl appeared in her mind's eye. A chill swept across her features. She did not want to get into a fight over something as meaningless as this the moment she returned to the company, that's why she was trying her best to avoid conflict. She was even willing to admit it was her three assistants' fault, going with Fiona's plan and complimenting her. For her image, Fiona begrudgingly agreed to stop pursuing the matter.
But Joshua refused to rest the issue. He did not want his new girlfriend to suffer even the slightest grievance.
At this thought, Luna's gaze turned even colder. Even though she was not present when the incident happened, she did not believe the three youths would insist on chasing Fiona out of the company even after she explicitly rejected the idea. Besides, even if they did, they would not use such and silly and stupid method.
Luna sucked in a deep breath, lifted her lips, and said, ”Mr. Lynch, you claim my three assistants harmed Ms. Blake on purpose, right? ” Since Joshua wanted to pursue the matter , she would take it all the way till the end!
“Of course.“ The man squinted coldly. "Isn't that the truth? I take it as a fact."
Luna crossed her arms over her chest, leaning on the file cabinet beside her, both her gaze and her tone as cold as ice. “Everyone, how well do you think Arianna knows Ms. Blake?“
The entire office turned quiet at her question. Everyone looked at Luna in confusion. How well could Arianna know Fiona? Today was the first time they met each other, right?
“Then you two, speak up.“ Luna pointed to the pair that just stood up for Fiona. “Say, how well does Arianna know Ms. Blake?“
They looked at each other, then said tentatively. “ The both of them...don't know each other well, I think.“
Today was Ms. Blake's first day at the company, right?
“Since today is their first time meeting each other, it's safe to say they don't know each other at all.“
Luna laughed coldly, “In your opinion, Arianna deliberately frightened Ms. Blake when she walked past her, causing Ms. Blake to spill the coffee, right?" Everyone nodded.
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Luna sighed, then straightened up and gave a stretch. “Since they don't know each other and today is their first time meeting, how did Arianna even know that Ms. Blake was easily scared? How did she know what kind of noise to make so as to frighten Ms. Blake and that she would accidentally spill the coffee?“
Then, she glanced at the woman who had stood up for Fiona just now. “If someone made a loud noise while you were walking past, would you lose your balance and spill your entire cup of coffee?“
The woman opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.
The entire office grew silent.
The silence that fell over the office made Luna's impassive voice sound exceptionally loud. “Or maybe we can take a look at the security footage to see if Arianna really did pay attention to everything Ms. Blake was doing in order to scare her. If she didn't, then how could she possibly have known that Ms. Blake would be frightened?“
Luna turned around to gaze at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch, let's look at the security footage.“
Since Joshua wanted to get to the bottom of this and get back at her for bullying Fiona, Luna was happy to oblige. She, too, was curious to know what really happened just now!
However, Fiona's expression became uneasy when she heard Luna's suggestion. She let out a small cough and first glanced at Luna, then back at Joshua. ”Actually, I wasn't injured during the incident. Let's
..not pursue this matter anymore. It's not a big deal anyway... ”
Fiona had planned her route so as to pass by Arianna, then deliberately slowed down and waited for Arianna to make a noise before spilling the coffee. If they looked at the security footage, then everything Fiona did would be exposed.
As soon as she thought of this, Fiona gently pulled on Joshua's sleeve and said, ”Joshua, you're too worried about me. I 'in actually fine. It's just a small matter. We don't need to check the security cameras for this... Let's not pursue this matter anymore.”
She turned around to glance at Luna, then said in a soft voice, ”Ms. Luna, the reason I called Joshua here is that Shannon insisted on sending me to the hospital, so I called him here to mediate the situation, not to fire your assistants. Please don't get me wrong.”
Then, she gave Luna an earnest look and continued, ”
Ms. Luna, don't worry, I won't get Joshua to fire your assistants. Today is my first day of work, so I don't want to cause too much trouble.”
Fiona lif ted her head to stare at Joshua with a tender expression. ”Joshua, am I right?”
”Ms. Blake, maybe to you, this is just a small matter , but to me, it's not.” The more gentle Fiona's attitude became, the more determined Luna was to get to the bottom of this.
Arianna had not done this on purpose! If she had, then Fiona would have insisted on checking the surveillance tapes to prove her point.
Luna recalled the pained expression on Arianna's face when Samson and Zayne had brought her away.
Apart from the small amount that spilled onto her front, Fiona had poured almost an entire cup of boiling hot coffee onto Arianna's back.
Luna could not sit idly by and let this matter go, considering the extent of Arianna's burns compared to Fiona's.
Since Joshua was adamant about sticking up for Fiona, Luna would do the same for Arianna.
As soon as she thought of this, Luna grabbed a chair and sat down gracefully, fixating her cold stare on Joshua. “We must get to the bottom of this.
“Today is only Ms. Blake's first day working with me, but already she has spilled her coffee and threatened to fire my assistants, claiming that they were plotting to get rid of her. If this is the case, then what would happen tomorrow and the day after that? Does this mean that every person who upsets Ms. Blake is a bad one and should be fired for it?
“Does this mean that a week from now, even I, the Design Director, would have to give in to Ms. Blake's orders?“
Joshua's expression darkened when he heard this. He lowered his voice and snapped, “Luna! Fiona has already tried to resolve things, don't be so stubborn! “
”Am I not telling the truth?” Luna scoffed, then ordered in a stern voice, ”Shannon, go to the control room and get the security footage. I want to see if my assistant deliberately frightened Ms. Blake in order to get rid of her, or if someone is attempting to frame her! ”
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“Yes, Ms. Luna. “ Shannon turned around and walked away when she heard Luna's orders.
Fiona, who was standing next to Joshua, scrunched up her nose in resignation and pouted. Tears were welling up in her eyes as she said, “Ms. Luna...what are you trying to say? Do you think I'm wrongfully accusing Arianna and trying to frame her?“
Fiona's voice was starting to shake. “Okay, if that's what you want to think, then go ahead! Everything is my fault! “ She sniffed and wiped her tears away. “ It's all my fault. It's only my first day of work, and I've already caused so much trouble that you have to check the security cameras in front of everyone...“
“I shouldn't have insisted on coming to work at Lynch Group because I was bored, and I shouldn't have come to the design department and caused you all this trouble. I'm sorry that I made you upset. I shouldn't have gotten scared and spilled the coffee all over Arianna...“
Tears rolled down Fiona's face like strings of pearls as she continued, “It's all my fault. Everything is my fault. “ The longer she went on, the more unstable her breathing became.
Joshua noticed this and frowned. He immediately grabbed hold of her so that she would not fall.
Fiona took the opportunity and sank right into Joshua's arms like a ragdoll. However, she was still sobbing. “Joshua, I'm sorry. You should ask Human
Resources to fire me now. Don't fire Ms. Luna's assistants. Otherwise, everyone will think I'm behind this...“
Watching Fiona's face grow paler and her breathing become more labored, Joshua knew that she was about to collapse at any moment.
He bit down on his lip and lifted his head to glare at Luna. “Do you really have to complicate things and humiliate Fiona like this? She's my girlfriend. Even if you don't respect her, you still have to respect me. She didn't do anything wrong. Besides, even if she did do something wrong, why do you need to humiliate her in front of so many people?“ Joshua's tone was as steely as his gaze.
Luna stood motionless and felt a little dazed when she heard this.
How long did Joshua know Ms. Blake? Three days?
Luna could not believe that Joshua was talking to her like this, all because of a woman he had known for only three days!
Even if he did not love her, even if he was faking his feelings toward her, Luna was still the mother of his children! How dare he even treat her like this?
Luna suddenly felt like laughing when she thought of this.
Why did she have to emphasize that she was the mother of his children? Obviously, he did not want anything to do with his children anymore, considering he refused to pay their medical bills.
How could a man like this have the right to be Nigel and Nellie's father?
The answer was: he did not.
Luna let out an exhale and answered in a stern voice, “Well, Mr. Lynch, initially, I didn't want to complicate things at all, but you wanted to fire my assistant. Therefore, I decided to stand my ground and search for the truth in order to defend my employees. Is there anything wrong with that?“
As soon as she heard this, Fiona started sobbing even louder. Her face was as white as a sheet of paper as she said, “Joshua, that's enough. Don't argue with Ms. Luna because of me anymore... It's all my fault...“
All of a sudden, Fiona started hyperventilating, and her eyes became unfocused.
Joshua's expression darkened. He knew that Fiona was triggered and that she could collapse at any moment. The doctor had warned him that Fiona's emotions had to be kept under control. Otherwise, the consequences would be dire!
Initially, Joshua refused to let her come to work at Lynch Group out of consideration for her and Nigel's health. However, Fiona had insisted on coming, claiming that she had nothing to do at home. Joshua did not want to force her into staying at home against her will, so he had no choice but to let her work at the design department.
He did not expect that Fiona would have a run-in with Luna after only a few hours.
Moreover, the reason for their disagreement was Luna's assistants!
As soon as he thought of this, Joshua picked Fiona up in his arms. ”I'll bring you to the hospital.”
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Then, he turned around and glanced at Luna coldly. “ I won't fire your assistants, but please keep an eye on them in the future! If I discover them deliberately making Fiona's life difficult or saying things like wanting to get rid of her...I won't let this slide so easily! “
“I...“ Luna was just about to say something in reply, but before she could finish her sentence, Joshua had already strode away, carrying Fiona in his arms.
He did not even want to hear if she had anything to say.
He cared so much about Fiona that he was willing to take her to the hospital immediately, as soon as he realized she was upset.
However, he never paid any notice to Luna at all. She had lost two children just recently and had to work hard in order to pay her remaining two children's medical bills. He did not even care how she was feeling after having been treated like this.
Luna watched him leave and could not help feeling like an idiot. How could she have believed Jude and thought Joshua had fallen in love with her? How could she possibly have thought his feelings towards her were real?
Even if Joshua never had an affair with Aura and never plotted to murder Luna six years ago...
It did not mean anything.
If a man did not care about you nor the children you shared... This did not mean he was a good person.
“President Lynch is head over heels for Ms. Blake...“
“I hope I can find someone like him who brings me to the hospital as soon as I cry and become upset.
That's so sweet.“
“Shh... Don't talk so loud in case Ms. Luna hears. It must be torture for her to see how sweet President Lynch and Ms. Blake are.“
“Oh, you're right. Let's go back to work. She's heartbroken now, so we better not get on her bad side...“
Although the employees had deliberately lowered their voices, the office was too quiet, so Luna could still hear their whispers and murmurs.
She curled her lips into a sneer. Heartbroken? For Joshua?
Was he deserving of her love?
Luna let out an exhale and composed herself. Then, she turned around and went back into her office.
She sat down in her chair, looked at the proposal on her desk, and suddenly, for the first time ever, felt like she could not concentrate on her work.
Every time she picked up her pencil, she would recall the way Joshua looked when he carried Fiona in his arms and walked away.
Luna hurled her pencil away in frustration and clutched her head in her hands, silently scolding herself for caring too much.
Why did she care so much about them? “Director Luna.“ Shannon, who had left for the
control room a while ago, suddenly reappeared with a somewhat sheepish expression. “The people in charge of the control room said... we can't get our hands on the security footage without President Lynch's permission.“
“I had to plead with them for a long time and told them that I had lost my belongings, so I needed to check if someone in the design department had stolen it. Only then did they allow me to take a quick look at the footage, but they forbade me from taking it out of the room.“
Then, she let out an exhale and took out her phone. “ I secretly recorded it on my phone. Do you want to look at it?“
Luna squinted and took Shannon's phone from her. There was a video recording of the security footage with Fiona and Arianna in it.
From the video, it was evident that Fiona could have taken another shorter route from the kitchen back to Shannon's desk. Still, she deliberately chose the longer path so that she could pass by Arianna.
Even before Arianna got up from her seat, she seemed to be looking for something around her desk, and Luna could even hear Arianna swearing underneath her breath.
When Fiona made her way past Arianna's desk, holding the cup of coffee cautiously, she even slowed down her footsteps and adjusted the angle of the cup.
Finally, Arianna slammed her desk drawer shut in frustration, and Fiona spilled the coffee all over Arianna. She even flung the remainder of the drink on Arianna's back after realizing there was still some leftover in the cup.
“You were right. Ms. Blake spilled the coffee on Arianna on purpose." Shannon sighed, staring at Luna. “I think Ms. Blake knows that Arianna is your assistant, so she targeted her in an attempt to send you a message telling you not to mess with her.”
Luna narrowed her eyes and watched the recording again. “Well, it's true. I shouldn't mess with her at all.”
Shannon paused for a moment, then said, “Director Luna, I don't think you should give in to her just like this. Why don't I show this video to President Lynch? That way, he'll know what kind of person Ms. Blake truly is!"
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Luna snickered when she heard this.
She shifted into a more comfortable position in her chair and gazed at Shannon impassively. “So what if he sees this?“
She stared at Shannon with a self-deprecating expression and sneered. “Even if he finds out what kind of person his precious Ms. Blake is, do you think he'll punish her? Or will he simply admit his mistake of wanting to fire Arianna?“
Shannon froze upon hearing this. She was perfectly clear that... none of the scenarios that Luna mentioned would happen.
Joshua would never punish Fiona, nor would he admit he was wrong.
However, Shannon was still feeling disgruntled about this. “Does this mean we should just let this matter slide? Arianna was so badly scalded...“
Luna rubbed her brows in frustration and recalled the pained look on Arianna's face.
She let out a sigh and said, “I'll let Mr. Lynch pay for Arianna's medical expenses.“
When Joshua refused to pay Nigel and Nellie's medical bills, Luna did not object or argue with him because, deep down, she never wanted to let Joshua have custody over the two children.
Since she had raised them all by herself and never planned on letting Joshua take custody, it was natural that she would be the one to foot the medical bills.
However, this was not the case for Arianna.
Since Joshua was so fond of Fiona, he would not want Arianna to sue her in court over such a trivial matter, would he?
Shannon sighed, then lowered her head to glance at the time. “It's lunchtime. Director Luna, I'm going to visit Arianna at the hospital. Do you want to come with me?“
Luna rubbed her brows again and said, “Alright. Let's go together.“
The reason Arianna was targeted and framed by Fiona was that she was Luna's assistant. Luna was the reason she had gotten hurt in the first place, so naturally, she was obliged to visit her in the hospital.
After calling Samson to confirm which hospital Arianna was at, Shannon and Luna made their way to the hospital.
However, they did not expect that Arianna and Fiona would be at the same hospital.
As soon as they stepped foot in the hospital building, they saw Joshua hurrying back and forth to take care of Fiona. He had retrieved Fiona's medication from the pharmacy and was trying to coax her into eating it.
Fiona was sitting on the bench like an obedient and adorable little princess. Meanwhile, Joshua appeared like a handsome butler, taking care of her meticulously.
He handed her the medication and twisted a bottle of water open, then passed it to her as well.
Fiona swallowed the medicine obediently and took a sip of water. Then, she lifted her head to give Joshua an endearing smile. “I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me. Didn't you hear what the doctor said? I was just too agitated, that's all. It's nothing to be worried about.“
Joshua lowered his head, took the bottle back from her, and twisted it shut again. “The most important thing to me right now is your health. I can't possibly let anything bad happen to you.“
Fiona gazed at him, her eyes glimmering with emotion. “Thank you, Joshua. There's no other man who treats me better than you do.“
Fiona knew that the reason Joshua was treating her so kindly was because of him and Luna's son, but...
She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Luna and Shannon out of the corner of her eye, who had just entered through the door and had noticed the two of them. A glint of triumph flashed through her eyes.
So what if Joshua's feelings for her were fake?
As long as she remained by his side, he would eventually develop real feelings for her!
As soon as she thought of this, Fiona lifted her head to stare at Joshua. “Having a boyfriend like you is the biggest blessing of my life! “
Joshua lowered his head and curled his lips into a smirk. “Meeting you was also the biggest blessing of my life.“
If it were not for Fiona, he would not know what to do about Nigel's illness.
Luna had already lost two children. He could not let her lose a third one.
“Can you hug me? " Fiona bit down on her lip and said in a voice so low that only she and Joshua could hear, “I want to feel what it's like to be held in your arms."
Joshua fell silent for a while, then finally reached out to pull her into his arms.
He still remembered what he had promised Fiona, which was to treat her like a regular boyfriend would before she passed away. He would try his best to fulfill her every wish except sleep with her.
Despite being a distance away, Shannon could still hear Joshua and Fiona's sappy conversation. When she saw them hugging, she could not help furrowing her brows and shuddering in disgust.
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“Mr. Lynch's taste is becoming more and more questionable. What did he see in her? She looks very mild-mannered and gentle, but that's all. No matter if it's looks, talent, personality, or responsibility, she doesn't hold a candle to you at all! “ Shannon grumbled in indignation. “What is President Lynch even thinking?“
Luna shrugged and peeled her eyes away from Joshua and Fiona, then strode in the direction of the elevator. “Don't compare me to Fiona. She doesn't match up to me at all.“
Maybe it was her who did not match up to Fiona. Or at least, this seemed to be the case to Joshua.
Shannon bit down on her lip and turned around to glance at the two people somewhat disgruntledly before running to catch up with Luna. “Director Luna, are you going to give up just like this?“
Luna pressed the up button and stared at the indicator above the elevator door. “Give up on what?“
“Give up on pursuing Mr. Lynch, of course! “
Just as Shannon said this, the elevator doors opened. Luna took a step back to let the people inside the elevator come out, then strode in gracefully. “I 've never even planned on getting together with Joshua.“
She curled her lips into a smirk, glanced at Shannon, and gave her a gentle yet broad smile. “He doesn't match up to me.“
Shannon was so stunned by her answer that she did not know what to reply. She had envisioned Luna's answer to this question countless times before, but never did she once imagine that... Luna would say Joshua was not a good match for her.
After a long while, Shannon finally came to and replied, “Yes, you're right! “
“You're absolutely right! Mr. Lynch only has eyes for commoners and pretty faces. He doesn't deserve to be with someone as outstanding as you! “
Just as she finished her sentence, an arm slipped through the crack in the elevator doors and forced them to slide open again.
A displeased Joshua stood outside with one arm between the elevator doors and the other holding onto Fiona.
However, Shannon did not notice them there and instead continued to compliment Luna. “Director Luna, you're the most outstanding, independent, and beautiful woman I've ever seen. President Lynch must be blind...“
“Ahem.“ Before she could finish, however, Luna shot her a meaningful look, signaling her to shut up.
The atmosphere inside the elevator grew a little eerie. Shannon seemed to notice this and suddenly felt a little suffocated. She bit down on her lip and turned around tentatively—
Only to come face to face with the two people
standing behind her. Judging from the dark expression on Joshua's face, he had overheard what she said about him.
The color immediately drained from Shannon's face. She extended her arm out stiffly to greet Joshua. “Hi
Nice to see you here, President Lynch...“
Joshua ignored her and entered the elevator, pulling Fiona along with him. “I'm blind, so I can't see you, Ms. McCartney.“
His pointed reply rendered Shannon utterly speechless.
What were the two of them doing here? They were out in the hospital lobby just now, immersed in their public displays of affection, so what were they doing in here?
Shannon felt ashamed. She had been caught talking bad about Joshua by Joshua himself... Did that mean she was going to get fired?
As soon as she thought of this, Shannon bit down on her lip and tried to salvage the situation. “That's not what I meant... President Lynch, I...“
“I think Shannon is right.“ Fiona leaned her head on Joshua's shoulder and said in a soft voice. She was still holding onto Joshua's hand, and there was a gentle smile on her face. “Ms. Luna is indeed an independent, unique, and beautiful woman.“
Then, she lifted her head to shoot Joshua an affectionate glance. “Joshua, if it weren't for the fact that we're together now, I would've thought you and Ms. Luna are a great match.“