Arabella's POVRachel furrowed her brow even further, taking my threat as a bluff, and just looked at me mockingly. "What have we done to you? You started all this yourself. We were defending ourselves."The women nodded, agreeing with Rachel's twisting of the facts. Some other employees were quietly whispering, but too softly for me to hear."You were the one who grabbed Jennifer's hair first, then poured water on her on purpose." One of the women said, inflaming my actions that were initially an act of self-defense.The woman next to her nodded. "Look, her makeup is a mess. The clothes she was wearing were also soaked. Do you know how much all these clothes total? You have to compensate!"They were getting noisier and trying to corner me, but I pointed at myself, who was already feeling the stickiness all over my body from the water and sugar solution. "Here! You see? Jennifer poured the drink on me first. I was the one defending myself, not you."Chloe had already cleaned my face w
Arabella's POV"Mr. Sean?" An employee spoke out of turn and made Sean turn his head, but then he closed his mouth and looked away.The man scanned the employees still in the room before reaching my eyes, taking in my state for a few moments before stepping closer to the center of the commotion in our division room. Rachel's desk.Some employees still looked surprised and immediately allowed Sean to pass quickly. I could see that they seemed uncomfortable with the man's sudden presence, stopping the commotion almost at its peak."It's a mess in here. What did you guys do?" Sean asked again, staring at the water splattered on the chair from my splash on Jennifer, as well as from the sleeves of the blazer I was still wearing.I was still trying to remain calm, feeling somewhat relaxed as the women had finally retreated to Rachel's side and were no longer interested in my phone. Liam and my other friends also retreated to give Sean more space.I know I'm still the new kid on the block, b
Arabella's POVI looked at Rachel's face, which looked incredulous at the answer Sean had given me. Everyone else there was the same, their expressions showing their ignorance of what was going on between the CEO of their company and a new employee like me."Bella, what is the meaning of this? Why do you and Mr. Sean seem to have known each other for so long?" She asked back and forth. "What should I do?"Chloe looked confused, asking questions in succession and alternately looking at me and Sean, who was now stepping closer. I patted her hand lightly a few times for her to let go."I'll explain later, Chloe. Sorry." I said briefly, having to set my heart to get through this well.Sean had already allowed me to escape this troublesome situation without asking, so I also had to adapt quickly and take advantage of my lover's kindness."You-how could you be so rude to Mr. Sean?" Rachel asked, shouting at me when Sean was very close to me.From the faces of the woman and most of the emplo
Sean's POVArabella and I were now in my room. She doesn't seem to be shaking anymore and is now wiping her blazer, which still looks damp. Her hair, which she had previously put up in a ponytail, was now letting down so that a few drops of water immediately wet the floor.She looked guilty, looking at me while looking at the floor. "Sorry, Sean. Your office is full of water droplets from my hair and clothes.""It's alright. I can ask someone to clean it up later." I said, going over to my desk to get an unused handkerchief from the drawer, then returning to Arabella and wiping her face gently. "Are you cold? I'll get you a blanket in the meantime. Sarah is buying new clothes for you."Arabella shook her head, smiling a little while holding my hand that was wiping her face earlier. "I'll wait until your secretary arrives. Thank you, Sean."I nodded, watching Arabella wipe her neck with my handkerchief before going to her hand. I remembered that from the footage, the woman had shown me
Sean's POVI paused, confused by the words Arabella had just said to me. "Do you regret saying that in front of the others?" I asked.Arabella nodded, looking sullen and trying to hide her face behind my suit. "I told you that I wanted to hide the information about our dating, but in the end, I told you everything myself."I still felt confused, feeling that the fact that we were dating was known to everyone in the company was not a big deal to me, but I tried to understand Arabella's words for a few moments. I didn't want to interrupt her.She looked at me, looking like she was about to cry with her mouth line still pointed downwards. "I'm like a child, no different from those women who only dare to talk about me in groups, Sean.""I wanted to behave professionally until the end, but they've also gone too far in bothering me when I've been working well. I would've been too quick to retaliate and make a scene like earlier."Arabella paused, then quickly shook her head, muttering in an
Sean's POVI was in my home office, making sure the dismissal of the women went smoothly and correctly. They should all still be in the office after what happened earlier. I called my secretary, who was immediately connected."How was the dismissal? They were all present and received the dismissal statements in person?" I asked.Sarah said yes. "They were all present, sir. The personnel division also did not give you the severance pay you requested and only gave you a letter of dishonorable discharge.""Good." I smiled dispassionately, hearing my secretary's report on the woman who had been rude and abusive to Arabella.They very much deserved the dismissal.I heard my secretary relaying the words of the personnel division. The head of the division confirmed that the troublemaking women would have a hard time finding jobs with this problem."Getting a job with a letter of dishonorable discharge will make it difficult for them, not to mention the internal problems they've been having a
Sean's POVArabella and I walked out of the house, feeling the sunshine and tranquility of the morning that we didn't usually encounter on our way to work. She took my hand, strolling down the front of the beautiful yard with some flower bushes and ornamental plants.I wasn't someone who liked plants personally, but thanks to Emi's suggestion a few years ago, I could now see Arabella's smile when she touched one of the flowers that had recently bloomed. She looked amazed and didn't stop cooing happily"Look, Sean. This flower is beautiful." Arabella said, pointing out a thousand-finger-sized flower with white petals.I felt that Arabella was much prettier, but I only nodded in agreement, so she returned her gaze to the flower. Complimenting every flower she touched and smelling to see if there was any natural fragrance to them.I smiled, feeling happy just looking at her smile all morning. She looked at some of the other plants as we walked, taking pictures of the ones she thought wer
Arabella's POVI rushed to my room as soon as my walk with Sean ended. I picked up my cell phone, feeling excited to call Wanda to tell her what we had just talked about. I didn't want to keep this happy thing to myself.Within moments, Wanda picked up my call with her usual excitement. "Bella! How have you been?""I'm good," I replied, still easily startled by my friend's voice that seemed to pierce my eardrums if I didn't put my phone away first. "You good too?"Wanda was heard snorting. I could imagine her hand gesture that suggested she had nothing interesting to talk about as she said. "The usual. I work, eat, sleep, repeat." She sighed."What about you, Bella?" Wanda suddenly sounded excited again. "I'm sure you have something to talk to me about if you call first. Try telling this to your friend."I was silent, hearing Wanda's mediocre activities. I was reminded of the problems I had when I worked in the office for the first time."I've been working the last couple of weeks too