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.

an assistant, her status as the Clem family's eldest daughter meant no one dared to

with a

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 the Clem family elders, it would not

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

grip on

would experience the same humiliation she felt now, but a

the scene, and so had the others. Mona's image in their eyes was tarnished, and Barbara couldn't help but

calmly picked up a design book and began

closer and asked, "Mona, what are

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been a while, and I'm a bit

this morning. When you didn't take it, it fell," Elara

Her pitiful demeanor only fooled gullible men, and knowing Barbara had been involved with

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I know, but you're probably the only one who noticed. Everyone else

concern for her image. Elara felt that

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,

Mona was

to participate. Whether

her design was chosen, she wanted

nodded confidently. "Yes, I am. Whether I succeed or not,