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?”

design department knew that only Violet and one other design assistant were supposed to start that day.

tried to make sense of the situation but did not get it.

l*ps into a smile, but it did not quite reach her eyes. She spoke with an

incredibly entertaining. They had not expected that, in Violet’s presence, they would insult her from beginning to end. Although they had been eager to please Joanna earlier, they had

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 own abilities to show everyone who the real plagiarist is.” Violet finished speaking and took her seat as if the previous incident had no

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

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They prayed silently in their hearts that

had to hold back her frustration. She stared at Violet’s back with a deep gaze and asked,

internet. Violet turned around and looked at Joanna with a calm expression. “May I ask, did you give me

froze in her tracks, realizing the situation. She thought about her earlier arrogant attitude and felt

that Violet was coming to work that day, and she was well aware that Patrick had personally recruited Violet to replace Gloria as the designer. She was already very angry about

was supposed to assist Violet. Joanna did not have a good impression of Violet, so she did not like her assistant either. Therefore, when Joanna thought Violet was a designer assistant, she deliberately made Violet do odd jobs to vent 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 and pretended to be an assistant just to trap Joanna’s words and make her look bad in front

about it. She angrily got up and stormed

the team watched as Joanna angrily left, and no one dared to speak. They finally realized that Violet, who appeared calm and composed, was not to be

approached Violet timidly. “Hello, I’m Sophia Gibbs,

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