Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 519 It's Great to Be a Woman

"Mackenzie, what nonsense are you spewing now?"

Astrid angrily stepped forward, but I pulled her back to our workstations. There was no point in arguing with someone like Mackenzie-she would only drag us down to her level. Right now, the priority was the Gray Realty project.

"Let's focus on finishing the overall concept first," I said. "Gray Realty's team is supposed to visit today. If all goes well, they might sign the contract."

The project lead from Gray Realty had messaged me earlier, explaining that they were waiting for their boss' approval to proceed. It wasn't going to be a straightforward deal.

After realizing we were ignoring her, Mackenzie shifted her snide remarks to the rest of the team. She was like a bad apple spoiling the bunch, dragging down everyone's mood. She loved flaunting her status as the "CEO's sister" but barely contributed anything meaningful. On top of that, her sloppy work was full of mistakes that we had to clean up, often by staying late.

I couldn't help but wonder how someone from a top-tier university could be this incompetent.

mid-morning, I couldn't stay silent anymore when Mackenzie submitted a half-finished

more seriously? It's been an entire morning, and

my completed work, guilt flashing briefly across her face. "You said I had until

isn't complete,

tone

you want to stay in this company right?

want to start

interests. Otherwise, it's not exactly the behavior one expects from

She glared at me but begrudgingly took the file back. "Fine. I'll fix it. What's the rush? Do you think you were born with your skills? Didn't it take

her grumbling and headed back to my

employee from a five-star hotel arrived with afternoon tea. "Ms. Surrey, today's delivery includes fruit tea

the office turned toward me as Astrid tried to stifle her laughter in the