The Reckoning of Love ( Sophia Yancey )

Chapter 21 Someone’s Picking a Fight

“Alright, I’ll listen to you,” the old man chirped with great delight. “You’re such a kind child. Not only do you worry about Julian, but you also understand that he is busy.”

Celeste

put on a bashful smile, and she asked him to take care of himself while promising that she would go back with Julian to visit him when they had time.

Edmond also caringly asked about her life

cfore ending the call.

“You are going to have your salary deducted if Miss Mack catches you making personal calls during work hours,” a voice rang out.

Celeste looked up when she heard the sound. The one who spoke was a tall and slender man with curly hair and a nose ring. He was holding a coffee cup as he approached and greeted Celeste, “Hey there. The name’s Jack. I’m your colleague.”

Celeste knew that this man with an eye-catching appearance worked in the main office. But isn’t his name Chandler Zeal? she wondered. She had seen his photo from his profile that she read just while ago.

Seeing his outstretched hand, she snapped back to attention and politely shook it with a smile. “Hello, I’m Celeste.”

“Celeste? Oh, wow, like celestial?”

Celeste was in a daze for quite a long time before she recovered while she watched him leave. It was just yesterday when he made life hard for her, but there was not one bit of malice in him. today. Instead, he seemed to have genuinely come just to say hello to her.

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After returning to her workstation, Celeste was approached by a woman with long straight hair and fair skin. The woman slid into the chair in front of her and whispered. “Celeste, is it true that Miss Mack won’t let you participate in the Love Forever series?”

“How did you know?” Celeste wondered out loud.

“It’s alright!” The woman comforted her. “There will be other series for us to work on. We from the Design Department have never had it easy. Miss Mack didn’t let me do the designing as well when I first joined. She said she was afraid my submissions would offend the judges and bring down the overall standard of the department if they turned out terrible.”

“But how could she make that judgment when she never even looked at our submissions?” Celeste wasn’t going to give in. “It’s so one-sided.”

“Well, she is the boss. The woman then shrugged and extended a hand. “And hi! My name is Mirabelle Sunday. Let’s be friends!”

“Hello to you too. I’m Celeste Kiss.”

“You have such a pretty name. It is something out of a fairy tale.”

Celeste suddenly thought that her colleagues were pretty easy to get along with.

Then again, industry leaders like Greatrep Group wouldn’t hire someone incompetent. How could the company thrive if it was filled with substandard and peculiar individuals?

She could accept it when everyone was making things difficult for her yesterday. After all, what had happened was indeed surprising. Anyone who witnessed it would certainly have thoughts about it.

“Celeste, do you know the new CEO?”

“Huh? She smiled and shook her head. “I don’t.”

“Oh.” Mirabelle only nodded without inquiring further.

Chelsea assigned a task to Celeste in the afternoon. Celeste proceeded to meticulously and efficiently help Chelsea complete her task, all in the hopes of earning an opportunity to participate in designing the Love Forever series.

Just as Celeste walked out of the office with a stack of documents in her arms, she bumped into Ella, the secretary of the CEO, who was coming her way.

When Celeste’s footsteps came to a stop, Ella also stopped in her tracks. The two young women of similar age locked eyes. then.

However, Ella had an aura about her, and her gaze was sharp when she looked back at Celeste.

Combined with her custom-tailored professional attire that fit her perfectly, she exuded a sense of competence.

The straight, long legs peeking out from the bottom of her fitted pencil skirt only added a touch. of sensuality to her professionalism.

Still carrying the documents, Celeste then looked away and started to take a step forward to pass by Ella.

To her surprise, Ella took a step across and blocked her path before she introduced herself in a cold and grave tone. “I am the CEO’s personal secretary, Ella Walker. I kindly reminded you yesterday because I understand Mr. Meister very well.”

“Thank you for the reminder, Miss Walker, Celeste replied with a smile and took another step, intending to leave.

Once again, Ella stepped sideways and blocked Celeste’s way. “Are you not satisfied with

something. Miss Kiss?” Her gaze shifted slightly, and her cold eyes had now landed on Celeste’s.

face.

She had already found out Celeste’s name and the department she was in.

The elevator doors opened right then, and Julian happened to overhear what Ella said. However, he was in no rush to get out of his private elevator.

While the doors remained open, he slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants as his deep eyes looked down.

Celeste knew that Ella was trying to pick a fight. She pursed her pink lips, took a step back, and bravely met Ella’s gaze before gently asking. “What does your being the CEO’s personal secretary have anything to do with me?”

Ella didn’t say anything, but she was irked as she stared at the woman seemingly as innocent and harmless as a bunny.

“How ‘personal’ are you, if I may ask?” Celeste added with a smile, rendering Ella speechless.