Everyone started giving Natalie the side-eye upon hearing Jasmine’s words; none of them were welcoming. She understood Jasmine was trying to put her in the line of fire by implying that she got the job through a backdoor approach. That way, she would quit the job voluntarily when she couldn’t stand being ostracized by other colleagues.
Her anger spiked the moment she saw Jasmine’s smirk. But before she could even say anything, Jasmine’s assistant came running in, gabbling in panic, “Jasmine, something bad has happened!”
Jasmine had just put Natalie on the spot, so she was displeased being interrupted by Penny. Pulling a long face, she asked impatiently, “What’s the rush? What’s going on?”
With her hands on her knees, Penny took a moment gasping for air before she explained, “T-the warehouse… The s-shelf in the warehouse collapsed!”
“What did you say? The shelf collapsed?!” Jasmine grabbed hold of her assistant’s collar.
“Yes.”
“What about the fabrics?” Jasmine started to panic.
Penny swallowed dryly before answering, “Hundreds of bolts of fabrics and textiles are now scattered on the floor. We can’t distinguish the fabrics now because the labels are all detached.”
“Damn it!” Jasmine shoved Penny away and started running toward the warehouse. Now she had no time to bother about Natalie.
All the other designers followed suit to check it out.
Soon, Natalie was the only one left in the office. She pondered for a moment while holding the project document and eventually decided to follow them to the warehouse.
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