The moment Anna arrived at the office the next day, she saw Nina sitting sullenly at her desk and staring vacantly at the computer.
Anna walked over and stood behind Nina, looking at the unfinished design on the computer screen.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem? Let me take a look."
Nina dully moved away and leaned on the desk, gazing vacantly at Anna, who was keyboarding.
After a few minutes, Anna tilted her head and smiled a t Nina.
"It's done! You can daydream and rest this morning."
Nina glanced at the computer and wore a faint smile.
"This is such a difficult problem, but you solved it so quickly. Anna, you are the best."
Anna rubbed Nina's head and said, "After all, my work is not busy at all. Any problems, you can just come to me. I will help you solve it."
Nina nodded. "Anna, you are so kind to me."
Nina cupped her face in her hands and looked at the prickly pear on her desk. "He once said that I could feel free to ask you for help if I worked as a designer i n the company. He said you were smarter than me."
"He said that you could protect me in Ackman Group." "He said that I had to use the computer every working day, so he suggested that I put prickly pear at my desk to absorb computer radiation."
"He said that I often burnt the midnight oil for my work. He told me to drink water and eat more nutritious food such as black sesame, tomatoes, and nori to keep fit."
"He said that staying up late was not healthy. He told me to go to bed early. He said I should prefer to get up early to work rather than burn the midnight oil."
"He said that I had better do light work and let him carry financial burdens."
"He said..."
Nina's eyes gradually became red-rimmed.
Anna looked at Nina's sad appearance and felt so sorry for her.
"Nina... Stop thinking about his words."
Anna gently stroked Nina's shoulder and handed her a tissue.
Nina buried her head on the desk silently.
Anna knew that Nina was crying.
More and more employees arrived at the company.
Anna softly comforted Nina. "Nina, you have to stop crying lest other people notice you."
Nina raised her head and wiped her eyes. She took a few deep breaths and smiled again.
"Okay, I'm fine now. You can go to work."
Nina got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face. She finally looked normal and greeted her colleagues with a smile. She then helped them finish their work.
She also enthusiastically helped her colleagues make copies, make coffee, and run errands upstairs and downstairs.
Anna knew that Nina was busy with her work to distract her attention from Michael.
Nina was extroverted, enthusiastic, and also hardworking. Since the second day in the company, she had already been on a good term with her colleagues.
But Anna was different.
Everyone felt that Anna was suddenly assigned to Ackman Group because of her strong family background. Besides, she and Mr. Ackman seemed to have a special relationship, so everyone had a bias against her
Anna would like to change her colleagues’ view of her by her positive work attitude and strong working ability.
Liam, however, had not assigned any tasks to her yet. She sat idle at the desk and only wanted to sleep.
After she muddled along in the morning, it was time for lunch.
The employees all went to the canteen for lunch.
Anna went to look for Nina, who was still busy helping her colleagues make copies.
"Nina, put your work aside. Let us go for lunch."
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