The Queen's Back

Chapter

25

As a man in a suit passed by the design department, it turned out to be none other than Jeremy.

Barbara put on a pitiful expression, looking at Mona with a face that suggested she was the victim. "Mona, it's all my fault. I didn't hold onto it properly. It has nothing to do with you."

The people in the design department turned their attention to Mona, and a few even began whispering among themselves.

Mona watched Barbara's performance with a sense of disbelief. Seeing Jeremy approaching, she understood Barbara's intentions.

Barbara's plan was to make Jeremy lose all affection for Mona, transferring any fatherly love he had to herself. She also aimed to paint Mona as a spoiled and difficult heiress in the eyes of the design department. What Barbara didn't know was that Mona no longer felt any daughterly affection for Jeremy. All that remained was resentment.

It was because of Jeremy and Beatrice's actions-tampering with the car brakes-that her mother had died in a tragic accident.

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Mona had no interest in befriending the people in the design department, nor she need anything from them. There was no reason to seek their approval.

Mona's gaze remained fixed on Barbara, saying nothing.

For some reason, being stared at by Mona made Barbara feel uneasy, as if Mona could see right through her.

After a long pause, Mona glanced at the spilled breakfast on the floor and said calmly, "Since you know it's your fault, clean it up. The smell is disrupting everyone's creative flow."

With that, Mona didn't spare another glance at either Barbara or Jeremy.

daughter meant no one dared to openly criticize her. Doing

Mona walked away, Barbara watched her with

the scene without intervening. After the affair ffair scandal from the previous day, he knew it was best not to upset Mona over something minor. If she reported it to

Mona had spoken, even though the design department staff felt sympathy for Barbara, no one dared to help her. After all, getting a

up the spilled breakfast alone. Her grip on

resentment. She believed that one day, Mona would experience the same humiliation

scene, and so had the

calmly picked up a design book and began sketching, unfazed by the morning's

scooted her chair closer and

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a while, and I'm a bit

saw Barbara deliberately try to hand you the breakfast this

and knowing Barbara had been involved with someone else's fiancé made her even less

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probably the only one who noticed. Everyone else likely thinks I was bullying

indifferent, showing no concern for her image. Elara felt that Mona seemed to have risen above it

more, the design department manager announced, "Everyone, listen up. We have an opportunity. The famous actress Artemis Rain will be attending an awards ceremony in two months, and our department will design her gown. If you're interested, submit your designs within two weeks. Once she makes her choice, we'll create the gown. That's all, back to work!" After the manager left, the department buzzed with

Mona was

to participate. Whether

Mona?" Elara aske not her design was chosen, she wanted to give

am. Whether I succeed or not,