"Sure." Avery hung up and felt extremely energetic.There was only twenty percent of battery left for her phone, so she got out of bed to search for the charging cable. Once she charged her phone, she stepped out of her room.It was quiet in the mansion and when she walked past Layla's room, she took a glance inside.Layla heard footsteps and turned around immediately. When she saw that it was Avery, she immediately explained what happened earlier, "Mom, I made Robert cry because he keeps badgering me to play with him."Avery walked into the room with a smile. "I know. I don't blame you for it.""I know you won't," Layla said smugly. "Robert said that you and Dad were talking inside the room. What were you talking about?"Avery pursed her lips in embarrassment for a few moments, before clearing her throat. "It's New Year's soon, so we were debating if we should all go to Bridgedale to see Hayden, or should we ask Hayden to come home. After all, Hayden doesn't have any holidays fo
"What is it?" Elliot asked while removing his clothes."Melvin wants to hire Eric as our spokesperson because he thinks that Eric is popular and that this will increase our sales," Avery said."And what do you think?""What do I think? Don't you know me?" She sighed. "If I go to Eric, he won't turn me down. I just feel awkward because Eric would never accept payment, at least not in accordance with his normal rates... That's just as bad as asking him to do it for free.""If this troubles you that much, just reject your vice president's proposal." Elliot was supportive. "There are plenty of popular idols that you can choose from.""But Melvin is dead set on Eric because Eric is more popular than most.""That's just what you think. You might think that he's the most popular guy in the whole universe, but are you sure that's what everyone else thinks?" He retorted. "There are countless idols out there and all their fans all think that their idols are the most popular.""That makes
The next morning, Juliet arrived at the office just in time to find Avery talking to Melvin about hiring a spokesperson."Let me ask him when he will be free! I'll ask him out and talk to him in person," Avery said to Melvin. "There's no hurry. It's going to be New Year's soon so we can wait until next year.""President Tate, the end of a year is the best opportunity to up-sales! Other firms are working hard toward it so we can't fall behind!" Melvin was focused on their sales. "Why don't you give me his contact number and I'll reach out to him. I promise not to disturb him while he's working.""Let me think about it! You should get back to work for now! I need to talk to Juliet."Melvin glanced at Juliet, before walking out.Juliet closed the door behind him and walked toward Avery, before asking respectfully, "President Tate, what do you need to speak to me about?""Um... Nothing much, actually. I just made up an excuse to send him away." Avery took her thermal flask out from h
She raised her arm and said, "yeah! I was injured on my wrist before, so the doctor asks me to wear this at all times.""Oh! So that means you can't do any heavy-lifting as well, right?"Juliet smiled and was about to answer, when another secretary interrupted her. "Juliet doesn't need to do any heavy-lifting at her position! If you really need to, just ask us for help, Juliet!"Juliet had not expected for her colleagues to be so friendly and did not quite know how to respond. "President Tate has asked me to work with the admin department on matters regarding the annual dinner for now, so I don't think there's any heavy-lifting involved. Thank you, everyone. You are all so nice. When I get my salary, I will buy coffee for everyone.""Sure! I'm on a diet, but I will take whatever you buy!""You are so pretty, Juliet. Do you have a boyfriend? I heard that you are from Ylore. Are you planning to stay here or will you go home after working here for a while?"Juliet went to sit down a
She knew that Grandma would be overjoyed if she brought potatoes home.The children had calmed down shortly after and the teachers started leading their classes to the field to dig for potatoes.Each class was assigned an area and Irene focused on the task at hand, thinking that no one else would be frightened by her any longer.Shortly after, someone kicked her from behind. "You are so ugly! You are a little monster!"A boy waved his plastic shovel and mocked her. "They are afraid of you, but I'm not! You ugly monster! Get out of our kindergarten!"Irene clenched her fists in the dirt and roared, "I'm not a monster!""You are! You are a monster! You are scarier than a monster!" The boy yelled, before shoving her to the ground.Tears filled her eyes, but she held back and reminded herself not to cry. At the same time, she crawled up and shoved the boy back."What are you two doing?! No fighting!" The teachers hurried over to stop them.An hour later, Grandma was pulled aside b
The little boy's parents were stunned and turned to look at the girl.The little girl was with her father, who appeared extremely intimidating with his towering figure and muscular build."What? Did you not hear my daughter? Your son bullied a little girl. Forget getting scratched on the face, even if he gets beaten to death, he only has himself to blame! What a shame it is to be a bully!" the man said.The old woman took the chance to add, "See? Irene wasn't the one who started it, how can you blame Irene? You teachers should know who's being unreasonable and who bullied who. You can't just put the blame on us just because I am an old woman and she is a little girl! It's fine even if you don't want Irene to study here, but you will have to give us a full refund."Not knowing what to do, the teacher said, "Calm down, ma'am. Our principal isn't here today, so I need to call him and speak to him about this.""Sure. I hope you tell the principal who started the fight as well. All Ire
Juliet returned to her rented apartment, taking off her heels and changing into slippers, before walking to the bedroom."It's alright. Just a little tired. Tate Industries is bigger than I imagined, so the annual dinner is insanely big, too. It's my first time seeing something on this scale." Juliet sat down on the bed and switched her phone to speaker mode. Then, she poured herself a glass of water. "I asked around, and all the employees seemed to like Avery.""That just means that the job offer they got from Avery is good. Employees work for their bosses and couldn't possibly know who their bosses are in private," the old woman said objectively. "To know who Avery is, you will need to talk to her friends and observe her behavior in private.""Yeah. It's my first day at work, so I had to be extremely careful not to say or do the wrong thing, or I might not pass the probation, which means I won't have the chance to get to know her.""That's too much work, Madam!""It's fine. Aver
After the call with the teacher, Juliet obtained the phone number of the little boy's mother. She calmed herself before making the call.The mother answered and asked, "Who is this?""I'm Irene's guardian. I've been informed about your son bullying Irene. I would like to ask you to get your son to apologize to her tomorrow at school," said Juliet. "Of course, I won't force him to if he doesn't want to do it.""Hahaha! You are hilarious! Irene scratched my son's face—""Your son had it coming. He was the one who started it. If he doesn't apologize to Irene, he will never learn from his mistake. If you spoil him, he will continue to pick fights with others as he grows up, and eventually, he might wind up getting beaten to death or thrown in jail as punishment," Juliet said swiftly. "That's all I want to say. How you want to educate your child is up to you, but if your son dares to bully Irene again, I will tell Irene to beat him up until he quiets down."The boy's mother trembled in