Amelia and the others stood frozen in place, feeling as if countless needles were pricking them. The weight of their public condemnation threatened to make them faint.

As Linda turned her gaze toward Melissa and Lina, noticing their intimately intertwined hands, she felt an unexpected twinge of pain. However, she quickly put on a gentle smile.

“Let your mother come in,” she said softly.

Lina widened her eyes, slightly taken aback, and smiled at Melissa. “Shall we go in together?”

“No, no, it’s alright…” Melissa felt embarrassed by the trouble she had caused. “Lina, I just wanted to come and see you today. I didn’t expect to cause any trouble. You should go back to work, don’t worry about me. I—”

“Since you’re already here, let’s go up together.” Linda’s voice was gentle, but each word struck Melissa’s heart.

Melissa looked up at her. When their eyes met, it felt as if a thousand words converged in that instant. Linda’s anger, resentment, and helplessness mixed with Melissa’s shame, regret, and reluctance… all intertwined as their eyes locked.

a loud explosion, and then it

a deep breath, and seeing Melissa’s meek demeanor, her heart clenched. She walked over and

at

hard,” Linda said softly. “I think she’d really

stared at Linda for a long moment, her

three of them

time to dwell on how Amelia and the others had offended the boss’ wife and were fired. Her mind was consumed with the thought of not letting those fools

at a 90-degree angle with a forced smile

know you were coming today. Please accept my apologies for not welcoming you properly.

inspect the company on

of the film studio project, I’ve been leading everyone to work overtime with

piercing like a blade. “Was it you or those

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