“Yeah, it was just a call.”
Mona blanched.
It was true. Cordelia had not said anything. She had just been telling Mona’s situation as it was when she called Trinity.
She was the one who had been too eager and impatient to get on Trinity’s new production and make an impression in front of the director! That was how Cordelia managed to trick her!
Mona shook in rage. She gnashed her teeth. “You tricked me!”
Cordelia looked stern and cold. “You defy the company rules and kick up a fuss over here. You really think you’re a princess with some fans on your side?”
“Cordelia, you—”
“The fans can put you on the pedestal. Similarly, they can drag you down to h*ll!” Cordelia’s words were impactful as they hit Mona like a rock.
Mona froze, intimidated by Cordelia’s authority.
“There’s me too.” Cordelia crossed her arms and smiled. “I can let you throw a fit here at this door, and I can ruin you for good! Try me if you don’t believe it!”
Mona took a deep breath, her chest rising and falling.
The assistants went up to remind her softly, “Mona, Ms. Cordelia is Madam Baker’s senior assistant. She’s also the supervisor of the whole Imperial Media. You can’t offend her!”
“What? I have to be scared of her now?”
“Yes! What else?” A voice suddenly rang behind the bookshelf.
Mona was shocked as she watched the shelf part to both sides. Helen walked out of the room with a smile. She brandished a phone and looked at Cordelia.
“Ms. Cordelia, I’m going to switch my career to a professional videographer soon!”
Cordelia beamed and held Helen’s arm, looking mischievous like a little girl.
Mona’s assistants were instantly alarmed. If the video of Mona throwing a fit in the office got out, the goody two-shoe image that they had painstakingly created for her would be destroyed!
“Ms. Cordelia, let’s talk about this…”
Cordelia snickered. “Good that you know you’ve done wrong. What happened today is a small lesson for you. Defy the company arrangement again, and it won’t be over this easily!”
She let Helen back home after that and continued with her work. The others left as well.
Mona took a few steps out but halted and snapped her head back to glare at her.
“Cordelia, what’s so good about you?” She scoffed, “If it weren’t for Mr. Zephyr, would you be able to come to this today?”
Cordelia’s hands that were flying across the keyboard paused with a dark glaze over her eyes.
“Nelly’s unlike you!” Mona said arrogantly, “She has the Tanners, one of the four major families, behind her. What do you have as support? Hah, even if you do marry into the Hamertons, you won’t live a happy life!”
“Are you done?” Cordelia looked up. Her eyes were as if they could freeze someone.
Mona could not help taking two steps back.
Cordelia got up slowly, her gaze lofty and proud. She looked like a phoenix that overlooked the world.
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