"What?!" Shen Lin Ya shrieked, the colour draining entirely from her face.
She whipped her head toward the secretary, her eyes bulging in sheer terror as she struggled and failed to process the nightmare unfolding around her.
He... he personally escorted her here under the director's orders?
Slowly, as though moving in horrific slow motion, Shen Lin Ya turned her neck back toward Qiao Meixia. The teenage girl remained unbothered, still sitting in a posture of total tranquillity upon the sofa, casually holding her notebook as if the unfolding verbal execution had absolutely nothing to do with her.
For the very first time, a horrifying and irreversible reality came crashing down upon Shen Lin Ya. Her face drained of all color as she finally realized the catastrophic seriousness of what she had done.
"Miss Shen, you should leave my office for now. I will let the HR department handle your case accordingly." The secretary stated in a cold, unforgiving voice.
