Luna sighed and said, "I remember you gave me the freedom to hire two assistants to work for me, Mr. Lynch. Arianna is one of them. As for the other one, I've decided that I want to hire Theo."
Joshua immediately frowned upon hearing. "No. I won’t allow it."
Luna already knew that Joshua would reject her suggestion. She chuckled and lifted her head to stare straight at him. "You promised me that I would have full authority over the candidate selection and that no one would be able to interfere with my decision."
Joshua squinted at her.
She was right. When he assigned this project over to Luna at the time, he had given her plenty of authority. One of them was that she had the freedom to choose and hire two assistants to help her.
Joshua narrowed his eyes somewhat sinisterly. "Luna, I gave you the authority to do so, but that doesn't mean you can bring private relations into your work."
Luna chuckled, "What are you talking about, Mr.
Lynch? How am I bringing my private life into work?" She unbuttoned her shirt collar and showed Joshua her bandaged right shoulder. "Mr. Lynch, do you remember how I got this injury? Your father-in-law stabbed me with a cutting knife right in the middle of
my right shoulder. Because of my injury, I can't move my right arm as freely anymore, much less hold a pencil like the way I used to.
"Therefore, I've decided to hire Theo to help me so that even though I can't sketch anymore, my ideas and designs can still be brought to life." Luna shot Joshua a contemptuous glance and said, "I wanted to hire him so that the project can be completed on time instead o f being delayed due to my injury. Why do you think otherwise?”
"She's right." Theo laughed and sat down in front of the easel. Then, he picked up Luna's pencil and started to sketch on the paper before him slowly. "I admit that I'm not a world-famous artist. However, I still have my standards, and if it wasn't for Luna, I don’t think Lynch Group would have been able to hire me in a million years."
Joshua could not help but narrow his eyes into angry slits when he heard this. He was furious at this sudden turn of events, but Luna's reason for hiring Theo was perfectly reasonable and justified. Joshua could not vent his anger at all!
He clenched his fists but did not reply. Finally, after a long while, he curled his lips into a smile and said, "M r. Allen is right. If it weren’t for Luna, Lynch Group would not have been able to hire such a talented artist as yourself."
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