Sabrina couldn't help but gasp. She never thought Emma would come up with such a way to punish her. Ruth, who was still holding the pair of old shoes, was also stunned. Ruth might walk around saying that she was from a wealthy background, she was barely capable enough to brag in front of the normal working class and was hardly comparable to ladies of truly wealthy families. The only reason she was called over by Emma was nothing more than to run errands for her. Emma did not even spare a look at her when they were in her car, it was only when the car passed by a bridge that Emma pulled out a thousand dollars and passed it over to Ruth."Go on, go buy a pair of old shoes from that cobbler over there," she had ordered.Ruth didn't understand why she needed old shoes and asked, stuttering. "Miss....Ms. Poole, what...what do you need them for?""To hang them around Sabrina's neck," Emma replied cheerfully.That was the moment Ruth realized how creative the second lady of the Poole Family w
Though, there were still people in the crowd outside the office who viewed the situation from a different perspective."Man, gossips really can kill these days!""Right? I mean I kind of pity that Sabrina girl, it's not that big of a deal that she gave birth to a child before marriage.""I don't think she really is that bad of a person, either. Master Ryan has been going after her since day one but she never responded to him.""They are now saying that she sold herself to construction workers, like they have seen it themselves! Geez!""Bullying these days are really going out of hand. They don't even care if people die because of it. Let's not get involved, there's nothing we can do anyways."Most people were whispering to one another, when a voice in particular was loud enough to pierce through the air."You people are lawless! How dare you come here to the office and try to beat someone up in public! I am calling the police!"It was Yvonne, she pushed her way through the crowd and st
Yvonne turned to look at Sabrina in disbelief. "Sa-Sabrina...are you...is what Ms. Poole said true? You are the prison that Sebastian Ford dragged back that everyone in the South City has been talking about for the past two months?"An excruciating pain pierced through Sabrina's heart for being exposed in public. It felt as though she was stripped naked for all eyes to see and she simply couldn't find her voice to respond to Yvonne's question. She wasn't about to tear the wound open herself.Sabrina stood quietly as the light in her eyes faded, while the office erupted into heated discussion."Oh my god! So it was her?""The two of us were just talking about the woman Master Sebastian brought back in the elevator on the first day she showed up to work, she was standing right next to us! She knew that we were talking about her and still she managed to not say a word about it, what a scheming skank!" One of the women who had gossiped about Sabrina sneered, with no remorse concerning the
Everything could be traced back to Sebastian. Emma had been the first woman to have ever been romantically interested in him back when he was still exiled. She fell so deeply in love with him that she could die for him, but Sebastian never paid her any attention. Her pursuit soon escalated into an abnormal obsession yet still, he refused to even look her way. That was when her love towards the man had transformed into a twisted hatred towards any woman that came close to him. Six years ago, Emma had harboured the same level of malice against Serene. But when she snuck her way into the South City fully intended to stab Serene to death, she heard news that Sebastian was not interested in Serene to begin with. She also discovered that Sebastian's mother was suffering from critical illness and was near the end of her life. Knowing just how merciless a man Sebastian was, Emma immediately decided that it was best that she avoid showing herself before the man and to retreat back to Kidon City
Linda was startled and her hand that was holding the shoe froze in the air. She snapped her head around only to find that the man who shouted for her to stop was Andrew, the youngest man in the office. Andrew had just turned twenty years old and had just graduated from University to work as an intern in the office. He had remained quiet before when the other male designers were speaking out for Sabrina, but had finally found his voice this time. Before Linda could react in any way, Andrew kicked her down to the ground, which wasn't challenging for a strong young man like himself. He did not risk waiting for Linda to react and immediately scooped Sabrina up in his arms, before dashing out like a ferocious lion.At that very moment, even Sabrina was taken by surprise by this young boy. She had plenty of interaction with Andrew for the past few weeks at work, he was a quick-thinker with a natural longing towards knowledge. He often ran after her calling her “Sis”, and Sabrina was more tha
At the very moment, Yvonne wanted nothing more than to snatch those shoes and beat both Ruth and Emma to death. Before she exploded, Linda once again reached to grab one of the shoes from Ruth."Ms. Mann, I hate Sabrina, too. Let's do it together and see who can ruin her face best, how's that?"Emma's smirk deepened at the sight of the two fighting over who was going to beat Sabrina up, and that was when Yvonne decided she could no longer take it."Ruth, you moron!" she shouted. All eyes immediately gathered on Yvonne in awe.With no intention of hiding her contempt, Yvonne screamed at the top of her lungs, "Ruth! You call yourself a princess all the time like you are someone important, when you are nothing more than a mere employee like the rest of us! Real ladies from wealthy families wouldn't even blink over buying all those expensive skin-care products that you couldn't afford! Being poor isn't wrong! But allowing yourself to be used like a weapon by the wealthy elites is simply pa
Sabrina stood protectively before Yvonne with a bitter smile on her face. "Just do it, whatever makes you happy. I won't run off with whoever comes to my rescue. Do it."Sabrina closed her eyes and stood as she waited for Linda to strike. Many of her colleagues who were at the scene couldn't help but feel sympathetic towards Sabrina at her words. It was normal for colleagues to encounter conflicts with one another during their daily operation, that was a part of the office dynamic. But there had never been conflicts so severe that warrant a public beating with the sole intention of destroying someone's face. Most people had always despised the kind of person Linda was, and some decided to leave as they couldn't bear looking at the cruelty that was about to unfold before them.Linda, on the other hand, had only grown more vicious. She resented the fact that Master Ryan had his eyes on Sabrina since day one, she resented Sabrina for not pointing out the mistake on her blueprint even thou
Linda's eyes widened in shock and shrieked after finally coming to register what had just happened. "Dear...dear policeman, wh-why are you here? Please don't arrest me, you should be arresting this woman instead! She's a home-wrecker, a prisoner that escaped from prison before! She is a scammer who forged a fake resume, she- Ouch!""No matter what this lady has done wrong, you do not have the right to attack her!" the police said. "Assaulting someone in public like this is a complete violation of state law! Please come with us!"With that, the police began to drag Linda out. Bruises were starting to form around Linda's wrist as she resisted. She tried her best to ignore the pain and screamed frantically, "Ms. Poole, Ms. Poole, please help me! You were the one who asked me to beat Sabrina!""Scum!" Emma scoffed. She stood by as Linda was taken away by the police and refused to say a word to help.Once Linda was taken out of the office, she turned to the crowd and asked sharply, "Who was