The little girl was in pain and started crying.
Jeremiah looked a bit panicked and hurriedly apologized to the little girl.
Fionna also quickly apologized to the parents by transferring money.
Unexpectedly, the little girl suddenly pointed at me and said, "It's him! It's him who threw this guy's hand over and hit me! I want him to apologize to me!"
Jeremiah immediately looked like he had been wronged.
"Arthur, I don't know how I offended you. If you are dissatisfied with me, just come to me. Don't hurt innocent people."
Suddenly, people dining around me were pointing and whispering at me.
Fionna glared at me fiercely and said coldly, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? Hurry up and apologize to her! Aren't you ashamed?"
With someone's support, the little girl suddenly ran over and bit my hand, refusing to let go.
The more Jeremiah coaxed the little girl, the harder she bit.
I could not be mean to a child, so I apologized to her.
However, Fionna was not satisfied yet. She could not see my hand was bleeding from biting and stubbornly held me back as I was about to leave.
"Arthur, apologize to Jeremiah!"
Jeremiah advised her with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Fionna, forget it. I'm fine. It's just that the little girl got hit and hurt badly."
She looked at the back of the man's reddened hand and felt extremely sorry.
She turned around and pressed my hand into the hot soup that had just been served.
The soup was not hot, but at least the salty soup with a temperature of over 60 degrees soaked through the bitten area, which was enough to make me feel burning and tingling all over my body.
"Arthur, why are you so vicious? This is a lesson for you!"
"Is that who I am in your heart?"
Even though I already knew the answer in my heart, I still asked this question out of shame.
The farce had provoked criticism from everyone.
"Which one is her boyfriend?"
"Are you stupid? It's obvious that the one being protected is the real boyfriend. Can't you see it in such an obvious couple's outfit?"
When their gaze fell on me, they were full of sympathy.
"Hey Miss, that's enough. If you keep pressing his hand, it will be burned!"
I had a pale face and looked at Fionna with a smile instead of anger. She was rarely flustered when we looked each other.
Finally, she was willing to let go of my hand and left with Jeremiah.
When I got home, she asked the errand boy to deliver me a box of burn ointment.
"Arthur, please don't deliberately seek trouble to target Jeremiah. From now on, I hope you can get along harmoniously."
Was she trying to soothe me with a box of burn ointment and enjoy the happiness of everyone else?
I applied the ointment without replying and she still did not come back the whole night.
The next day when I went to the company, my colleagues looked at me with strange eyes.
Sitting at the workstation, Garvin Agler, who had a good relationship with me, lowered his voice and asked me, "Arthur, they all say you seduced Ms. Simpson and got caught by her boyfriend. Now it's rumored within the company ...."
I took the phone he handed over.
Only then did I realize that someone was also on the restaurant yesterday. They created a new group on fire overnight, discussing my failure to climb the ladder.
Before I could explain, Fionna appeared in front of everyone with Jeremiah.
"Let me introduce to you guys, this is the new department manager, Jeremiah Nolan."
It turned out what Fionna said about I should not cause trouble and get along well with Jeremiah was she brought him over to be my superior.
