Dear Sweetheart novel

“Isn’t that obvious? Did you really have to ask?” The female staff rolled her eyes at her coworker. “Rayna had a history of being flirtatious back in Faymon Group, and I heard she was involved with Mr. Faymon too. Do you think Mr. Faymon will really fall for a woman like her? I bet she’s turning to target his assistant, Mr. Tylinski, after failing to get Mr. Faymon’s attention. Mind you, Mr. Tylinski is Mr. Faymon’s confidant, and he ranks highly in Faymon Group.”

“She’s such a minx,” someone chimed in. “Say, do you guys think she’s targeting Kelly because Kelly got involved with Mr. Faymon?”

“Of course!”

“I heard that Ms. Garland wants Kelly to be the new spokesperson of our company’s new product and offered her three million. Is she that naïve to think that she could get a celebrity like Kelly with a measly three million to shoot a three-minute promotional video? Does she think celebrities don’t have bills to pay?”

“I think Ms. Garland’s being too much. If she’s that stingy, why doesn’t she just do it herself?”

“Well, though Ms. Garland’s a scheming woman, I think she’s really quite pretty, and I have to admit that she’s well-endowed.”

They gossiped in the office without restraint and laughed boisterously that they didn’t even notice when Rayna walked in.

She even had to knock on the glass door to attract their attention.

The gossip died down instantly, and they wished the ground could swallow them whole. Rayna’s lips curled into a half-smile when she saw the ashen look on their faces. “I’m sorry for disturbing your fun time.”

Awkward silence hung in the air.

Rayna disregarded the awkward atmosphere and mentioned the names of a few documents that she was looking for. “Who’s holding these documents?”

“M-Ms. Garland, they’re with m-me,” a woman in a checkered dress stammered. She immediately retrieved the documents and passed them over to Rayna with shaky hands.

took the documents but did not leave right away. She remained impassive and looked at the woman who was keeping her head low. “I heard you calling me a scheming woman, that I was the one

sorry, Ms. Garland.” The woman lowered her

can crack jokes

dare to

around the office. Those who lowered their heads or darted their eyes elsewhere were the

working hours. If you’re looking to chill, then gossip in the washroom at your own time,” Rayna chided. “How dare you guys mock your own boss at the office!” She flipped the woman’s lanyard over to take a closer look. Her red lips curled into a sneer. “What a coincidence. You were the one who talked smack about me in the elevator last time. This time, you’re the one again to crack jokes about

said hastily. “I was too naïve

become the team leader for the planning department. Do you think HR and your team manager are incompetent people

did not expect Rayna to question her

the other day and said, “Since you cannot refrain yourselves from gossiping, I might as well make good use of your verbal

Please, forgive us.”

to work long hours, but they would be paid peanuts at the customer service department. It was not a

were to transfer to customer service for a year and come back to the planning department after

to customer service for fourteen months. The company is not going to fire you and compensate you for being

few of them chose

would be difficult for them to apply for similar roles in the industry. Should Rayna choose to spread

and hand over your tasks. I’m going to call your manager to inform him of this. You can

she turned around and

others in the office heaved a huge sigh of relief. It was as if the devil had just

could relax, Rayna suddenly turned

scanned the room and said, “As for the others, don’t think you’ve been spared. If you really cannot refrain from gossiping about your boss, I’d suggest that you take it somewhere where no one can hear you. Oh, and do it in your own time as well. Everyone in the planning department is not going to get a single cent of the quarterly and year-end bonus this year, including

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