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“Work?” Joanna squinted her eyes and didn't seem to believe the explanation she had given“You are here to work? is that what you said? why didn't Zayn send you to the human resources department first? why did he ask his special assistant to send you over to my office under his orders? Explain to me in plain detail how you got to know Zayn and don't even try to lie to me if you think of outsmarting me then you have to face the consequences, do you understand me? Wait! are you here to woo your way into his life, don't tell me you are eyeing our wealth”. She asked with doubts visible in her tone as she glared at the woman with hatred that burns like a furnace of fire.
Bethany looked at her coldly, raising her brows to discontentedly.“ I don't need to explain the fact that I'm here to work to you on papers, do I, Miss Meyer? it would be great and also save both our time if you could make the arrangements now”.
Joanna scoffed angrily, clutching her fists. “That is not an answer to my questions, and now you want me to make arrangements for a suitable place for you to stay? Are you playing dumb games with me?”.
“Miss Meyer, are you perhaps saying that you make the arrangements for me?”.
Bethany asked with a cold tone that sounded like she was threatening her.
In these last few years, Bethany had learned where and when to press the remote button of each of them.
Joanna looked up arrogantly and said with so much anger written on her face.“I won't make the arrangements, so what will you do now?”.
Since there was no director in the design department. she was the manager and held the highest position in the department of fashion and design.
She could do whatever she likes without anyone objecting.
“Okay. I should do whatever I want, then ” Bethany sighed resignedly, then she turned around and walked toward the door, to head to the office of the president .“I'll go to Mr. Meyer. if you aren't going to make arrangements for me. Then, I have no choice but to go to him instead”.
“I'm daring you to do that. Do you think you can threaten me with that?”.
Despite her yelling, Bethany didn't stop walking as she was determined to go to the president's office and report the issue to him.
The unfazed look on her face showed that she was hellbent on making a mountain out of the molehill.
Knowing that Zayn would be mad if the news gets to him like this, Joanna decided to swallow her pride and make the arrangements for her.
She knew that if the news was to get to Zayn right now, he would not think twice about having her suspended from the company or utmost have her fired as well; he never once believed that she was contributing anything to the company in the first place, so why would he want to keep here when there is a better designer to handle things?.
With these thoughts in mind, Joanna called out to her through her gritted teeth.“Fine. I'll go make some arrangements d
for you. You better don't think that you've won over me just now. I hope you tun away from the company in tears and detected just like you came. Hope you remember my words”/
With that, she swayed her butt and walked out through the door first while Bethany followed suit.
Joanna brought Bethany to the office area next to the door.
After they walked in, Joanna clapped her hands loudly to grab the attention of the employees, who were busy working on their laptops. looking around, she said loudly.“Everyone, please stop working briefly. I would like to introduce you all to a new colleague”.
Everyone raised their eyes in anticipation, as Joanna spoke she pushed Bethany to the front .“This is our newest colleague, Bethany Quest. Miss Quest dropped out of the University, but she managed to sneak her way into our department for some reason unknown to all. Please take good care of her while she's here, we never know!”.
She winked at Bethany slightly.
After she made this statement, the people in the design department began to look at Bethany differently.
Some of the people were looking down on her, while some of them had looks of disdain on their faces, and none of them seems to welcome her at once.
Bethany immediately understood what was happening.
Joanna said that on purpose, pushing her toward the devils and the red zone. she was insinuating that she was undereducated and only got the chance to be in this place due to the connection she had. She wanted to isolate Bethany so that it would be hard for her to continue working in this place –she felt suffocated then she won't be able to succeed in her goals then she might have to leave before time.
it seems like Joanna calls the shots around here.
Bethany was getting fed up with her ultimate drama. she was feeling a lump growing in her chest due to the anger brewing up.
She looked at Joanna who was still smiling scornfully. she purses her lips and wanted to rebuke her in front of everyone, But suddenly, someone ran into the workstation as they yelled nervously with all eyes fixed on them.“This is not good, we're in trouble”.
Joanna was disgruntled that the atmosphere that she had managed to create after a lot of hard work was suddenly disrupted by the sudden appearance of her assistant.
“Why do you look so flustered. Did something unusual happen?”. Joanna asked nonchalantly.
“The shelves in the warehouse......fell over” The assistant put both her hands on her knees, and said the words with uneven breath.
Once Joanna heard these words, she was suddenly startled as she quickly head over and grabbed the assistant by her collar, raising her head to look up at her.“What did you just say? The shelves fell over? Why are you so useless. huh?”.
“Yes, it fell over”.
“What about clothes on the shelves, are they safe?” Joanna started to panic.
if zayn hears about this then I'm dead meat.
The assistant swallowed hard before mustering up the courage to answer, “The entire clothes on the shelves also fell over, hundred of clothes are now scattered all over the place, and the label are also scattered all over the entire place, so it's very hard to decipher clothes belong to this or that”
“What? how did it.......” Joanna was so angry that she pushed the assistant away without thinking twice, due to that the assistant almost fell to the floor but she managed to stand on her two feet with the help of Bethany.
When this happens, she couldn't be bothered about Bethany anymore, sobs he didn't notice that she was the one who helped the assistant so she quickly ran toward the warehouse.
She was worried that everything would be ruined if Zayn got to know about it, so she wanted to act fast and cover everything up before he comes around for an inspection.
Seeing the tense atmosphere in the workstation, everyone ran after her including the rest of the designers.
Soon, everyone in the office left and Bethany was left all alone with no idea where to go·go·she wanted to relax back and watch the show but on second thought, she thought she could use this chance to her advantage.
She held the data project file and stood still while watching the exit door. she didn't know where to go after them or stay back and stay put of their nonsense. After giving it a thought, she also ran after them.
Once she arrived at the entrance to the warehouse, she could hear Joanna roaring with so much vigor.
“Why are you standing there like a statue? Get to work. Classify these clothes back to their positions. The clients are coming over to have them taken away soon”.
“But Miss Meyer, these clothes are all top-grade items, we have never seen them before, so how do we decipher which type of clothes they are and where to place them?”.
one of the ladies standing there said with a soft tone.
Joanna didn't care as she pointed her index finger at the woman who had spoken and ordered outrightly, “Hey, stop your nonsense and get to work now. You only have an hour to set everything back to normal... if these clothes are not yet classified by the time an hour elapses, just wait for your punishment. Did you understand?”
this is the second chance I got to make a move I can't let it go to waste now.
Standing by the door, Bethany frowned after hearing what Joanna had asked them to do and the frank threat she had issued.
It was understandable that Joanna asked the designers to have the clothes classified. However, some of these designers have never seen the cloth before. telling them to classify it all in one hour is utterly an impossible task to do.
That was simply making things worse.
“Why are you all standing around here and not working.? Just then, an Icy cold voice came out from behind and everyone froze in shock.