“You should be an extra on a film set instead of wasting your talent here!” Fiona mocked as she looked at me.
She then reached out to snatch my cell phone.
“Let me hear who’s the other extra on the phone. You’re making it seem so realistic!”
I avoided her and coldly said, “Fiona, you’d better stay away from me. Otherwise, you’ll regret it immensely.”
“Aspen, you’re a poor graduate, and you’re talking to me about regret?”
It was as if she had just heard a huge joke.
“I think you’ve gone insane from all the overtime. Pack your things and leave now!”
She kicked the chair next to my desk and grabbed my backpack.
“What are you doing?”
“What am I doing? Since you’ve exploited the company’s free electricity, I’m obviously checking if you’ve stolen other things from the company!”
After that, she dumped the contents of my bag onto the table.
There were a few rumpled books, an old water bottle, and half a bag of cookies.
I felt embarrassed, as though I was being stripped naked.
“Hah! So poor!”
Fiona looked at me with a mocking expression.
“Aspen, I know what you’re planning!
“You pretend to work overtime every day, but you’re actually trying to seduce the boss so you can be rich!
“Since you want to get married so badly, I’ll be kind enough to help you today!”
She took out her cell phone and made a call.
Before long, someone answered the call in a playful voice.
“Hello, Fiona! Why did you suddenly have time to call me today?”
“Cut the nonsense. Let me introduce you to a potential wife. She’s a young and pretty graduate!”
The person on the other line was Joe White, and his interest was immediately piqued.
“I love girls with an education. Hurry up. I want to hear her voice!”
Fiona then passed her phone to me.
“Here. Talk to Joe. He’s rich, you’ll be able to live a good life even from his leftovers.
“Isn’t that much better than using the company’s electricity?”
Furious, I swung my arm and knocked her phone off.
In response, Fiona rushed forward and grabbed my collar.
“You witch! What’s wrong with you? Why did you knock my phone off? I’m going to teach you a lesson!”
Our colleagues noticed that things were getting heated, so they immediately called the police.
By the time we stepped out of the police station, it was already nighttime.
However, my appearance had quickly reached the highest-ranking officer in the region.
The police were all apologizing to me as if they had done something wrong.
I did not want to disrupt their work with my private matters. Hence, I decided to address the issue without filing an official report.
Fiona was still staring viciously at me as she cursed, “I’ll let you off the hook today, you witch. Next time, I’ll…”
I ignored her as I got into the luxury car that my family had sent to pick me up.
My parents were delighted by my sudden appearance.
After all, they had not seen me for a long time.
My mother pushed a plate of fruits toward me with a frown.
“Aspen, you look sickly. You should just quit. It’s not like you need to work…”
My father was reading the newspaper, but he also looked up in silence when he heard this.
“Mom, Dad,” I said softly, “I shouldn’t leave any loose ends.
“Trust me. I can handle my work.”
Later, I took a comfortable bath. Just as I lay on my bed, my cell phone started buzzing.
Picking it up, I saw numerous missed calls and vulgar texts from various unknown numbers.
I also received many strange follower requests on my social media. They all came with the same insulting message.
[Witch! You’re shameless, and your parents probably regret giving birth to you!]
