“Well, isn’t this convenient?” Emily’s eyes gleamed with excitement. “I’m the head of Human Resources now. Of course I can decide. Get your people out of here—she’s not allowed to stay another second!”
Sure enough, within moments Daniel came out of another office, fiddling with his shirt buttons. God knows what the two of them had been doing.
“Fine, we’ll leave,” I said coldly.
“You two can still make a written apology inside the company, and I might let this slide. But if you walk out, don’t even think about coming back!” Daniel threatened.
I ignored him and walked off with my deputy.
But for some reason, Daniel followed us out.
“Sophia, is it really that hard to bow your head to Emily?” he demanded.
“You’re just being spiteful, openly violating company rules. Can’t you be more reasonable?”
“If you had even half of Emily’s sense, I’d never have had to threaten you with termination.”
His words made me laugh bitterly.
That Cristal champagne was requested by the client. Was one bottle too much to trade for a thirty-million-dollar contract and long-term cooperation? I even risked my alcohol allergy to drink with them.