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.

returning to her desk. However, she wasn't in the brightest mood. The working environment exasperated her, and she was

ideas were less to be desired. After sketching for another while,

leaned back against her chair, and cleared

later, her phone buzzed a couple of times, signaling that she had

an unknown number, but she still opened the message anyway,

messaged to explain the scandal was fake and that she and Ian were nothing

sure how Valerie got her phone number, but she thought the

Valerie had never dealt with a situation like this before. If anything, Cindy thought there was

Valerie didn't do anything underhanded, the best case was to do nothing, no matter how ugly

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

was only ceremonious this time. She just said they should grab

ended very quickly after Cindy

she felt much better and recovered for the most part

down and clicking her tongue a few

read Valerie's conversation with Cindy