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A lot of things had happened in MystiArt Productions during the weekend, so it wasn’t a surprise that the company looked like a cemetery this morning.
The employees were supposed to be flabbergasted. In fact, they should be in an uproar, but no…
What happened had greatly shocked them out of their skins and they looked as if cold water had been poured on them.
Even in the CEO’s area where the secretaries would usually banter every morning before the CEO arrived, they all looked gloomy.
“Isn’t this suspicious?”
“I know, right? Despite the evidence staring back at me, I don’t want to believe it. I don’t want to think everything is true.”
“Hmmm… What is the world turning into? Who should we even look up to nowadays? It turns out people we admire the most have the darkest skeletons in their closets.”
“Everyone was just praising him last week. Who knew something like this would happen?”
“I blame the girl. What if she seduced him first?”
“Or maybe he seduced her first. At one glance, one could tell she’s a good girl.”
“What good girl? She looks worse than a slut in this video.”
The secretaries had totally forgotten about their fight last week. Both the new secretaries and the old ones seem to have united as they gossiped non-stop about the latest scandal in MystiArt Productions.
Layla’s eyes were glued to her tablet. She even rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn’t seeing wrong.
“Annie! You must see this.” She left her cubicle and went to Annie’s cubicle which was separated from hers by three other cubicles.
All thanks to the former secretaries, they didn’t manage to secure the cubicles close to each other.
Annie didn’t engage in the fight and she quietly stood back and waited for the fight to be over, before settling her things in the last cubicle available.
Annie was typing some reports into the computer in front of her. The girl was oblivious to the secretaries’ murmurs and whispers as she focused on what she was doing.
So she was a bit surprised when Layla came to her with her tablet.
“What’s it about?” She asked with her eyes still on the computer screen.
Layla grabbed a chair from the nearby cubicle and sat beside Annie. “Hey, you don’t like gossip, Annie. But you must see this.” She tapped on the girl’s shoulder, prompting her to look at the screen.
Annie stared at Layla’s tablet and a small frown settled on her face on seeing the blurry video. One could tell that a man and a woman were making out inside the video even with one glance.
“Why would they upload such kind of video on the forum?”
Annie couldn’t process the employees’ ways of thinking. Surprisingly, no one had ever done that in the company. Wasn’t that person afraid of losing their jobs?
“Don’t you recognize the people inside?” Layla asked.
Annie narrowed her eyes at the screen. She couldn’t make out the faces.
Layla sighed then shifted to Annie and whispered in her ears. “It is the IT Department’s Manager and his Assistant. Can you believe that?”
Annie didn’t hide her surprise and she glanced at the tablet again. The person who uploaded the video was anonymous, and there was also a caption.
Surely, one could tell the words were directed at the IT Department’s Manager even though they were written in a way one had to think first before assuming.
“Hey! Ms. Ju’an. Why are you not in your cubicle?” Assistant Jiang’s voice rang in the area.
Because Layla had been busy showing Annie the video, she didn’t know when the assistant arrived. To the employees’ shock, the assistant came at the same time with the CEO, so they instantly composed themselves.
They had even stood up to greet the CEO while the two girls remained seated.
Layla’s mouth hung open as if she didn’t hear the assistant’s words. Her eyes were on the CEO and she blinked rapidly.
The CEO, however, was only staring at Annie who wasn’t aware of his presence also. Annie looked up from Layla’s tablet and their eyes met.
“What is wrong with them?” One secretary whispered to the girl beside her.
“What else could be wrong with them? They’re lovestruck.”
“I don’t like the way the CEO stares at her.”
“What you should be more worried about is if they’re in trouble. Obviously, the CEO doesn’t look pleased. Isn’t it because they didn’t greet him?”
“Tsk tsk tsk. Newbies are always newbies. Ha! It’s better if they start screening the irresponsible ones out soon.”
The secretaries were an expert in gossiping, no one could hear their whispers. While they stared at the CEO all standing, their lips could be seen moving subtly.
They all thought both girls were in trouble, staring at the CEO’s displeased expression. What they didn’t know was that the CEO was in a trance. Only Assistant Jiang could sense that the man was staring at Mrs. Lim for too long.
“Hey, you! Ms. Ju’an.” Assistant Jiang quickly wanted to dissipate the awkward atmosphere by calling out loudly. “I asked why you’re not in your cubicle.”
Layla broke out of her shock and sprang to her feet. At the sight of the CEO, the girl was speechless and she hurried into her cubicle.
Layla wanted to smack herself in the face, feeling embarrassed. And she secretly glared at the assistant before greeting the CEO.
Annie stood up and greeted the man at the same time, not backing down from his gaze. On the girl’s face was a gentle smile.
The secretaries wondered why she wasn’t intimidated by the man’s dangerous look. They looked back and forth between her and the CEO, and then to Layla who looked as if she would dig up the ground and bury herself in it.
The CEO didn’t answer their greetings and they could tell why. Their thoughts were confirmed that the man was angry. And they weren’t surprised when he opened his mouth and said the command,
“Ms. Lin, in my office.”
The only thing that surprised the secretaries was that Ms. Ju’an wasn’t also summoned.