Faux Vows, True Desires

Lucinda stayed mum for a bit, but ultimately didn't say anything.

She put down the documents she was holding, took the cup of water Jennifer handed her, and headed to the staff break area to make Jennifer a cup of coffee which she wanted.

At that time, her workspace was on the third floor, a mixed office space for the staff of various departments.

Although Lucinda's title was assistant manager, she had never met her direct superior and was always stuck doing all the grunt work. Anyone could boss her around since she was the new kid on the block. After Lucinda left with the cup, a woman said to Jennifer, "Jennifer, you shouldn't treat her like that. Even though she's new, you can have her print documents or deal with useless paperwork, but making her brew coffee for you is a bit too much."

Jennifer scoffed, "I'm her senior, she's supposed to make coffee for me. What's so wrong with that? When we first started, we did the same. Anyone with professionalism wouldn't even need me to ask, they'd be proactive about making me coffee, even getting me breakfast and late-night snacks. If you guys are jealous, you can have her do stuff for you too. She's new, so she won't complain. I don't know what she was hired for, the company hasn't even given her a specific job. I bet HR only hired her because of her name. It's the same as the boss' wife, but she doesn't have the same status. She's so plain, even if the boss was blind, he wouldn't give her a second look."

The woman shot back, "I only said a couple of things, and you've gone off on a tangent about the boss' wife. Do you think you're qualified to talk about her? There are plenty of people with the same name in the world, her being called Lucinda doesn't affect you. Don't get ahead of yourself just because you've seen the boss, thinking you're the heroine of some novel. You don't dare say anything to the boss' wife, so you are taking it out on the newbie with the same name."

Jennifer immediately bristled, "Linda, are you saying you never dreamed of such things? Our boss is young and talented, he's a cut above no matter how you look at it. I like him, what's so wrong about that? Is it a huge crime for me to like him?"

Linda fired back at her, "Sure, I've dreamed of that, but at least I'm still single. Your daughter is already in kindergarten, he wouldn't be interested in you even if he couldn't get a wife. We all know what you're thinking and doing. You treat Lucinda like a maid every day, you're not even her direct senior."

While Linda was defending Lucinda, she was really just fed up with Jennifer.

Lucinda came out with Jennifer's cup, hearing Linda and Jennifer's quarrel, she inwardly smirked, "It turns out that there are a lot of people here who likes Stefan."

She had only just started working there and had already heard female colleagues talking about Stefan more than once in private.

Almost everyone on that floor had never seen Stefan.

exception

up close,

the female colleagues couldn't help but fantasize about becoming the heroine of a novel, starting a fairy-tale love

taken by a girl

got to know the boss because of her brother. Then, Lucinda's background was revealed, she was the young miss of the Blue family, set to inherit billions from her biological

and Stefan became a match made in

those who admired Stefan were very jealous

points from the novels happened to Lucinda. She became the

dare to disrespect the

a newbie with the same name as the boss' wife to bully

past as if nothing

is ready," She handed the

immediately started to berate Lucinda, "What kind of coffee did you make? This coffee is too bitter and too hot, are you trying

Jennifer's loud criticism, everyone in the office

brought from home by everyone, the boxes of coffee all have everyone's names on them, I used the coffee you brought from home.

her to brew high-grade coffee from ordinary coffee, she

Jennifer was left speechless.

water next time. I'm a newbie so I still don't understand everything. I'm grateful that Jennifer gives me the opportunity to do

letting her do things, even if they were trivial,

a coffee shop with Cecilia. She knew how to make coffee, make pastries, but she really didn't

herself with the office layout of different departments, understand everyone's job scope,