Monique shook her head. "It's alright, I can go back by myself."
"The lift is on the other side…" Charlotte pointed in the direction behind Monique.
"Oh right, I‘m going the wrong way! This is my first time at the PR department!" Monique immediately softly responded.
Charlotte did not comment further as she accompanied Monique to the elevator. Charlotte could feel Monique trembling the moment when she supported her.
Charlotte helped Monique to the entrance of the planning department. From there, Monique insisted on entering the department by herself. Charlotte respected Monique's decision and headed back to her department in personnel.
Monique went straight to the washroom instead of going to her seat to calm herself.
She washed her face and walked out of the washroom as though nothing had happened. Then, she went back to her desk.
Nonetheless, the gossip spread way faster than Monique had imagined.
The moment Monique stepped out to the PR department, curious Amelia was already texting Hannah. "Hey Hannah, the newcomer from my department was summoned to your personnel department. I wonder what happened…"
Hannah replied, "No idea, Charlotte was here, but no one from the planning department showed up."
Later, when Yvonne was having a huge argument with Monique, Hannah quietly snapped a picture of Monique and sent it to Amelia. "Is she the newcomer from your department?"
Amelia replied, "Yes, it's her! What's going on?"
Hannah continued, "Oh my God, I think she's the chairman's chauffeur!!"
Amelia was astonished. "Impossible!"
"She had a huge fight with the newcomer from our department, who claimed to be the chairman's sister-in-law, and that so-called sister-in-law said, in her own words, that she was her sister. That woman threatened the so-called sister-in-law that she’ll be fired if she doesn’t take the job seriously, so now she’s finally willing to do some work!"
Amelia was so shocked that she had forgotten to give Hannah a reply. Amelia tried to deny the entire time the fact that Monique was the chauffeur. Thinking back, it was highly possible, judging from Mr. Walt’s polite attitude to Monique, and her similar figure.
"Well… I'm just asking around… Hehe. So, your proposal. How's it going? Is there anything else you're not sure about?" Amelia changed the topic.
Monique nodded with a smile. "Thanks to your thorough explanation earlier this morning, my mind is so much clearer. I’ve only got the ending part left. I'm going to type it out now, then I'll have to trouble you to go through it for me. Just let me know then which part needs amending."
Amelia smiled. "No problem. Then I'll head back to my desk for now. Feel free to ask me anything if you have any problems."
Amelia marched back to her desk and Monique tried to gather all her attention to continue with her proposal. The moment she was about to start typing, her phone rang. Frustrated, Monique picked up her phone. It was a call from a teacher at the kindergarten.
School hours were not over yet and the teacher called. Did Angel get into trouble?
Monique quickly answered the call, "Hi, Mrs. Sophia."
"Angel's mom, Angel got into a fight with the other kids!"
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