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She must be a mistress
Robin shrugged, “I just heard that she was introduced to Mr. Houston by Dr. Diaz. I’m sure she must be quite close to Dr. Diaz.”
“Really?” One of the other colleagues gasped, “Could she be his relative then?”
Robin scoffed, “What relative? When did you hear our boss allowing any special treatment for his friend’s relatives? That woman at least has to be Dr. Diaz’s girlfriend for Mr. Houston to make an exception. All of us went through hell to get to where we are right now and this woman just spent several nights with the right person to get what she wanted. How convenient!”
Some of the colleagues laughed while others just shook their heads.
Joy didn’t like the assumption, “Hey, Robin, it’s really not cool to say that.”
“Joy, you’re the most experienced and talented on our team, and yet you still haven’t got to Team A after so many years’ efforts. To be honest, I don’t care about promotions or anything. But if this chick got to Team A before you could just because she has the ability to we around, I would be so mad on your behalf,” Robin didn’t mind stirring s**t. She didn’t like anything about that new girl, especially her doe eyes and pretty face. Robin always thought she was the prettiest girl in this department. She couldn’t bear having any competitors. Besides, that we somehow managed to get her hot boss’s attention so easily. It was another thing that got on Robin’s nerves.
“The Viceroy Group works on merits, not personal connections. I really don’t want to hear any of this anymore,” Joy took her food and stood up from her seat, moving to another table.
Even Joy had said that, she also didn’t like the fact that her new colleague somehow managed to overshine everyone on the team without doing anything.
Soon, there would be a competition between the designers in the company. If she could manage to get first place, she would probably also get the chance to be assigned to Team A. Joy had prepared for this for so long. This new girl’s presence brought so much pressure on her.
When they returned to the office after lunch, Suzy was still busy sketching at her table.
Joy decided to check her out a bit. Just to figure out how talented this new girl was.
She took in a deep breath before walking over with a smile on her face, “Suzy, I noticed you didn’t have any lunch. I got you a sandwich.”
Suzy looked up and smiled, “Oh, thanks! That’s really sweet of you.”
“You’re welcome. It’s really no big deal,” Joy nodded, acting just like a caring colleague. However, her real purpose was to figure out what Suzy had been sketching in her draft book.
She felt more relieved when she noticed that Suzy’s drafts were rather mediocre.
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Everyone worked quite hard until the afternoon. And soon, it was time to go home.
Suzy looked up and noticed her colleagues were still working. None of them showed any intention to leave. Suzy was a bit hesitant and then she thought of her babies.
Mandy and Willy were still at home waiting for her. Besides, she had already finished today’s work. She had no reason to work overtime.
Suzy stood up from her seat and collects her stuff.
When she walked out of the office, she heard Robin’s sarcastic voice behind her back, “Privileged people are surely different from us. They can leave on time just because they have special connections yet we have to work our asses off. Life is unfair.”
Other colleagues laughed. Suzy, however, suddenly went extremely upset…
But she kept walking. She couldn’t leave Willy and Mandy to the social workers only. They needed her at home.
It was winter and it was already getting dark outside.
Suzy walked across the street, wrapping her coat around her slim body, not aware of the pair of pale eyes staring at her behind the blackened Bentley window.
Vince rubbed his chin as his eyes bored into the beautiful young woman’s face. After a short thought, he suddenly decided to get off his car.