Brettley furrowed his brows as he walked over and hugged Fiona in his arms. Then, he glared at Bethan and the people behind her coldly.
His tone was ice-cold as he warned, “Bethan, Fiona was just being kind, yet you and your staff accused her of trying to poison you. Shouldn’t you all apologize to her?”
Bethan raised her eyebrows and smiled mockingly. “
Apologize?”
She crossed her arms at her chest and looked at Brettley flatly. “I’d like to ask you something, Mr. Morrison: What are the rules of Morrison Group?”
She then turned around and sat on the chair, her arms still hugging her chest as she eyed Brettley’s face coldly.
“I ‘m the design department’s director. Ms. Blake, who’s in your arms, only reported to work yesterday and is the lowest intern in the design department. What right does she have to enter my office?”
Bethan’s words hushed everyone in the office.
Every country or place has its rules, and that went for Morrison Group as well. That went especially for the design department, a department where there would be classified information. Some rules could not be broken easily.
As a lowly intern, Fiona intruded right into Bethan’s office, who was their design director. This was enough reason to be fired.
The only thing different was that Fiona was the president’s girlfriend.
The entire company belonged to her boyfriend, so no one dared to stop her nor say anything.
No one expected that Bethan would openly bring this up in front of Brettley. Everyone held their breath as they watched this scene unfold.
Brettley furrowed his brows, and his expression was rather ugly.
“Fiona just reported to the company yesterday, and she’s probably not clear on the company’s rules yet. Why are you so overbearingly demanding?”
“I’m overbearing?”
Bethan smiled. “Everyone in this office should still remember what happened yesterday. My assistant, Arianna, got burnt by Ms. Blake’s coffee while bending down to look for something. She got admitted into the hospital and almost lost her job. At that time, why did you not advise your beloved Ms. Blake not to be so overbearing then?
“Your darling Ms. Blake has made a mistake clearly that is stated in the rules and regulations of the company, yet you ask me not to be so overbearing?”
Bethan sneered and swept a glance at the miserably pale Fiona nestling in Brettley’s arms.
“Ms. Blake, since you’ve decided to come to work at Morrison Group, why didn’t you even bother reading the company’s rules and regulations? Even if you don’t understand it completely, you should at least have some common sense, right? I’m not around, so what right do you have to enter my office?”
Fiona bit her lip at Bethan lambasting her. She choked on her words and could not say anything.
After a while, she said with reddened eyes, “B–But… I saw Shannon and Zayne entering your office, so –“
“Shannon is one of my designers, and Zayne is my assistant.”
Bethan sneered. She raised her eyebrows and looked at Fiona’s miserably pale face.
“Who the hell do you think you are?”
The entire office was in silence at Bethan’s words. They could see that Bethan was finding fault with Brettley and Fiona for yesterday’s incident.
Although Fiona was wrong, she was still the girlfriend of Brettley, the group’s president.
The entire company belonged to Fiona’s boyfriend. A t that moment, what Bethan said was clearly treading on dangerous grounds.
Everyone lowered their heads and suppressed their breathing. They were afraid that they might attract trouble upon themselves.
Brettley’s expressions were extremely darkened with Fiona still in his arms.
His deep eyes looked at Bethan closely. His gaze was as i f he could tear Bethan to pieces whenever he wanted to.
Among the silence, Fiona bit her lips and inhaled aggrievedly.
“I see… I’m in the wrong…”
Fiona pursed her lips and sobbed, “Just treat it as it’s all my fault. Brettley, don’t make your relationship with Ms. Bethan so tense because of me.”
She lifted her head and looked at Bethan pitiably. “Ms. Bethan, just take it as this is entirely my fault.
Don’t be angry, and don’t be hostile toward Brettley. I only wanted to please you, to stop making you hate me, but… “
Fiona got out of Brettley’s arms. She immediately bowed lowly at Bethan, who was sitting on the chair. “I was wrong. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”
Looking at how Fiona aggrievedly compromised, many staff instantly felt compassion for her.
“Director Bethan is too unreasonable and unforgiving. Ms. Blake only came in yesterday, and she might genuinely be unfamiliar with things.”
“Yes. Getting the president’s girlfriend to apologize to her… She’s only a designer. How arrogant.”
“What do you know? This is because the president was targeting her three assistants yesterday, so she’s taking it out on Ms. Blake now.”
“I feel for Ms. Blake. She’s the president’s girlfriend. She had already tried to please Bethan in such a lowly manner, yet…”
“You’ll only get bullied if you’re too kind…”
Bethan heard every word, even though they spoke hushedly.
Naturally, Fiona had heard them, too. She had an inconspicuous hint of smugness in her eyes.
“Don’t worry, Ms. Bethan. I’ll resort to being a timid little dog and try not to make you angry.”
The moment Fiona said that, an explosive fit of rage erupted in Bethan’s heart.
Shannon and Zayne looked at each other, and their faces contorted uglily.
‘Being a timid little dog and trying not to make you angry.’
These were almost the same words Bethan was forced to say to Brettley at the hospital the day before!
Fiona was doing this deliberately!
While it might seem she was apologizing to Bethan, she was, in fact, mocking what Bethan said yesterday.
Not only that, but Fiona was reminding her of it and provoking her, too!
Bethan angrily stood up from her chair. “Ms. Blake, why do you have to make me sound like a bully? I’m only pointing out the mistakes that you’ve committed. I only want you to pay for the things that you’ve done. Why do you make me sound like I’m a bully and a domineering b*tch?”
The atmosphere dropped a few degrees upon Bethan’s words.
Brettley narrowed his eyes.
“Bethan, it looks like you’ve already forgotten what you went through yesterday.”
Bethan shuddered a little. She narrowed her eyes and wanted to say something else when Fiona already took one step by Brettley’s side.
“Brettley, I’ve already apologized for this matter. Forget about it.”
Fiona smiled and tugged at Brettley’s hands. “Ms. Bethan is right; I shouldn’t have intruded into her office without permission. I went against the company’s rules. I ’11 on my behavior and read it out in the next company meeting.”
Then, Fiona pursed her lips and suppressed her voice, saying in a voice only she and Brettley could hear, “Furthermore, I don’t have that many days to live. Don’t ruin your power in Morrison Group because of me.”
Seeing how mature and understanding she was, Brettley looked a little heartbroken.
It was not about feelings toward her–he only pitied Fiona.
Brettley sighed and hugged Fiona in his arms. “Let’s go.”
Fiona bit her lips and said shyly, “We’re still at work. Where are you taking me to?”
“To my office.”
It was then Brettley suddenly thought of something, and he coldly glanced back at Bethan. “I want to see you at my office ten minutes after this. Otherwise, you’ll bear the consequences.”
“Fiona did that on purpose, I swear! “
After Brettley left with Fiona in his arms, Shannon was so furious that she threw everything Fiona touched on the table into the bin.
“She entered Director Bethan’s office and deliberately put some white powder into her water to let us catch her! “
Shannon merely grew angrier the more she talked.
“She did all that on purpose! When we entered, she was still muttering to herself how ‘no one will find out’! Who in the right mind would know that she put vitamins in the water when she said such things? “
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