The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Chapter 2175 They Were Barely Even Acquainted

Lucy was taken aback for a second as she could sense a hint of hostility in Cindy's tone.

In actuality, given the differences between their positions in the company, Lucy didn't need to fear Cindy at all. However, now that Gary was added to the picture, she dared not clash with Cindy head-on.

Well, it wasn't that she dared not, but she didn't want to.

Cindy might have entered the company through the back door, but so did Lucy, and the same thing applied to their good affiliations with Otis.

However, adding Gary to the equation, she had this inclination to avoid being on Cindy's bad side. Thus, she had to bear with it even if she didn't like how Cindy talked to her.

Cindy exited the car first when the elevator arrived at their floor, and she didn't even turn to bid Lucy farewell but instead headed straight to her desk.

Lucy, on the other hand, waited for a moment before leaving the car. After that, she stood in front of the elevator and gazed at Cindy's leaving figure.

The warmth and smile on her face had disappeared at this point. Though her lips quirked upward, she didn't look joyous.

in the brightest mood. The working environment exasperated her, and she was ruffled by Ian's issue. It didn't help that she mulled over it the

desired. After sketching for another while, she crumpled the paper into a ball and chucked it

end, she stopped everything altogether, leaned back against her chair,

couple of

was from an unknown number, but she

that she and Ian were nothing more than friends. She hoped

Valerie got her phone number, but she thought the woman's way of handling this was rather

a situation like this before. If anything,

was to do nothing, no matter how

and ultimately decided to reply to her text, saying that she knew the scandal was fake and that she didn't let it get to her.

back, but it was only ceremonious this time. She

after Cindy agreed to

felt much better and recovered for the most part as well. Hence, she got

her phone down and clicking her tongue

Valerie's conversation with Cindy