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.

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

to be desired. After sketching for another while, she crumpled

the end, she stopped everything altogether, leaned back against her chair, and cleared out her

couple of times,

to find it was from an unknown number, but she still opened the message anyway, and what she had read

she and Ian

Valerie got her phone number, but she thought the woman's way of

like this before. If anything, Cindy thought there was no reason to explain anything to

was to

and that she didn't let it get to her. Not only that, she advised Valerie to focus on the production

Valerie texted back, but it was only ceremonious this time. She just said they should

quickly after Cindy

for the most part as well. Hence, she

turned to Ian after putting her phone down and clicking her tongue a few times before commenting, "Your missus is rather aloof, I

Valerie's conversation with Cindy to