Chapter 224 Well, too bad! She didn't want to play!

Instead, she'd simply take her severance pay, and go! Now, that was her kind of game!

With zero objections nor reason to linger, Willow bustled about packing up her things.

Just then, a figure appeared in the doorway to her office...

Willow sensed the visitor, but she was too eager to get going, so without even looking up to see who it was, she said, "Whatever this is about, I'm afraid you'll have to take it up with my replacement. I've just been let go."

"Fired on your very first day in your new position... that speed record will be hard to beat! Why, it's quite possible that you'll become a legend in the secretarial profession!" It was a sharp, feminine voice, full of mockery and disdain.

A most unpleasant voice to hear.

Willow looked up when the owner of that voice walked in: a woman in fashionable office clothing and exquisite make-up.

The sight of her was so unexpected that it took Willow a while to realize that it really was Edith Price.

was she

worked together to frame her for theft, and conceal the fact that Jasper Hughes was the father

Willow

away from here with my conscience clear, and my head held high. At least I'm not the sort of person who can't be satisfied

that Edith was this

grin on her face wavered, just for an

desk at Willow. "Just because you parted your legs for the boss doesn't mean the whole world is now yours to fool. Someone needed to take the fall for

frowned at these words, regarding the woman with confusion

proven that Edith herself was the

the express purpose of creating a crime for which Willow could

though Edith was the one

with one solid

to waste any more time bandying words with

she hefted her bag

anyway: a coffee mug, some eating utensils,

"Don't think too highly of yourself, Willow Nason. You'll never be fit to marry Jasper Hughes. If

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