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…”
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, Bethan failed to concentrate on her work. She frowned and pushed open the door to the office gruffly. “What happened?”
“It’s fine.”
The moment Bethan’s words left her mouth, Fiona hurriedly bit her lip and turned to face Bethan. “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.”
Bethan 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.”
Bethan 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. Bethan 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 Brettley’s number. “Brettley, 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. Bethan’s assistant. Even though she always said she wanted to chase me away, I ‘m sure she didn’t do it on purpose…”
Listening in on Fiona’s phone call with Brettley, Bethan 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.
Brettley 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 Bethan 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. Bethan’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, Brettley, 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! “
Brettley narrowed his eyes slightly.
Fiona’s complexion turned pale as a ghost. “What nonsense ! “
Then, she hurriedly held his hand. “
Brettley, 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…”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.