Chapter 23

The girl who had just arrived was dressed in jeans and a white T–shirt. She caught her breath and apologized, “I’m so sorry. Something happened on the way here, and that’s why I’m late. I’m really sorry.”

The others in the department fixed their gazes on her, each with a different expression.

“Could you be Violet Webb?” someone asked first, with a disdainful tone.

“Late on your first day of work? Quite impressive.”

“And dressed like this? Do you think this is college?”

“Tsk tsk, is this the renowned jewelry genius? Ha,” a colleague sarcastically remarked.

The girl was taken aback and did not quite understand the situation. “No, I’m not. I’m Sophia Gibbs, the new design assistant.”

Upon hearing that, Joanna was struck dumb first. She looked to Violet, who was sitting on the side, with questioning eyes, and asked, “Isn’t she supposed to be the design assistant?”

that only Violet and one other design assistant were supposed to start that

to make sense of the situation but did

did not quite reach her eyes. She spoke with an indifferent tone. “Hello, everyone. I am Violet Webb, the ‘exception‘ you mentioned who isn’t even fit to fetch

had been eager to please Joanna earlier, they had only

unfazed by the reactions of the others as she continued calmly, “I know that Gloria is incredibly talented, and I would never dare to think my skills match hers. I simply want to look up to her as a senior and a role model. As for the plagiarism accusations, you’re right. You can’t believe everything you read online. I’ll use my

in the room became awkward and tense. The other designers and assistants all acted as

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their hearts that Violet would not hold it

the first to join in on the insults earlier, now had to hold back her frustration. She stared at Violet’s back with a deep gaze and asked, “If you’re Violet, why didn’t you say

attention on the internet. Violet turned around and looked at Joanna with a calm expression. “May I

realizing the situation. She thought about her

was well aware that Patrick had personally recruited Violet to replace Gloria as the designer. She

her frustration. She had initially thought that Violet was just a small assistant, so she had not bothered to ask for her name. Now looking back, she felt utterly embarrassed. She believed that Violet had intentionally remained silent

as she thought about it. She angrily got up and stormed out of the

angrily left, and no one dared to speak. They finally

I’m

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