"Ms. Luna is the director. She's uncomfortable being discussed by others, it’s only normal that she gave everyone a lecture. You..."
"What do you mean by that? What do you mean that I'm uncomfortable being discussed by others so I gave everyone a lecture?"
When Luna heard what Fiona said, she sneered. Luna crossed her arms around her chest and looked at Fiona coldly.
"Ms. Blake, care to explain?"
Luna almost had a clear understanding of Fiona's character after a few short days of interaction.
Fiona always liked to pretend to be innocent. On the surface, she might be pacifying the situation peacefully, but every word she said was stoking the fire.
Just like what she said to Charmaine at the moment.
On the surface, she wanted Charmaine to stop talking, but what was her real intention?
She was implying that Luna was in a bad mood because everyone was talking about her, so she abused her power as a director in retaliation.
Fiona's face turned a little pale upon Luna's words.
She bit her lips and obediently lowered her head. She did not dare to look at Luna.
"Ms. Luna, I'm sorry, I have misspoken. I did not mean that..."
"Then, what do you mean?"
Luna smiled.
"I'm going to say it one more time. I am the person in charge here. I do not want my staff to gossip about their colleagues and superiors during working hours. I want to reorganize the office culture.
"Although everyone might be discussing me today, if there were rumors about how Ms. Blake used her identity as Joshua's girlfriend to abuse others, I would say the same thing too."
Then, Luna narrowed her eyes and looked at Fiona, who had her head lowered and was almost in tears.
"Ms. Blake, do you hear me?"
Fiona sniffled her nose. Tears fell uncontrollably.
She lifted her head and looked at Luna with reddened eyes.
"Director Luna, in your eyes, am I someone who would abuse my power as Joshua's girlfriend?"
Luna laughed a little. She imitated Fiona and covered her mouth.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I misspoke. I'm not saying that you're abusing others in the design department. I’m only stating an example."
Then, Luna swept a glance at Charmaine who was next to Fiona.
"Since you think that this is a bad example, I'll change to another one, Ms. Blake.
"If one day Charmaine becomes the president’s girlfriend and the others were gossiping about how she bullies the other staff because she was the president's girlfriend, I would still step in."
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