Lifting the clothes a little up from the skin, Wendy began to fan her wound with her palms. Then she rushed to get a cup of cold water, pouring it down on her clothes to cool her skin down.
But it's a dress. So she could not just turned it over to check her skin.
Seeing Wendy's painful face, that woman curled her lips into a smile. Then she pretended sorry and said, "Oh my god, young girl, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to pour the coffee on you."
Wendy looked up.
She would say "That's all right", if this woman was really innocent.
But...
"We haven't even touched. So why did you pour your coffee on me?"
"What do you mean? We just met. Are you implying that I did that on purpose? "
"Aren't you?"
Their quarrel quickly attracted quite a lot of onlookers.
Seeing this, the woman pulled Wendy out of pantry.Then she began to make a show, "You guys, come here to help us judge this situation. I made coffee. When I turned around, she and I happened to collide with each other. My coffee was splashed a little onto her, and I soon apologized to her. But then she framed me and said that I did that on purpose. It was just an incident. But how could she fit me up?"
Looking at her hypocritical face, Wendy felt annoyed.
She was so unlucky.
People around started to smooth things over. Maybe because she was just a temporary worker, they were all trying to explain it for the woman, persuading her to not make a fuss.
"Wendy, don't be angry. In this office, we are all friends. No one would intentionally do this to you."
"That's right. It's just a small thing. Lily has said sorry to you. We can just let it go at that."
Looking at the crowd, Wendy knew nobody would trust her, even if she explained she did not touch her at all.
Perhaps, even they trusted Wendy's words. But given to the fact that she was only a contractor, they would still choose to help Lily.
After shooting Lily a cold look, Wendy walked out to the washroom.
She slowly lifted her clothes. Then she found that her lower abdomen had already turned red and swollen.
A colleague happened to walk inside. Then she was astonished by the injury.
She then walked to her, "It looks serious. Wendy, you should go to the hospital now."
Wendy was also afraid that it would get worse.
So enduring the pain, Wendy left the washroom to ask a leave from her supervisor.
Hearing that Wendy was going to the hospital to check the injury. Lily snorted, "What a princess! It's just some water not a bullet."
Wendy said coldly, "It's boiling water."
"But it was blocked by your clothes."
"Lily, there were even blisters on Wendy's stomach. I saw it in the washroom just now. It looks pretty serious." said the woman Wendy just met.
Lily looked at her coldly, "Joye, stay away from our business. I know you do not like me. But you can just tell a lie."
"A lie? I saw it with my own eyes just now. The fact is that young girl's lower abdomen was actually burned by you. And you should take the responsibility."
Just then, the manager's office door was pushed open. Johnson walked out and asked unhappily, "What's going on here? Why do you make a ruckus here? Wanting to be fired? All of you."
Lily pouted her mouth, walking to Johnson. "Mr. Johnson, I really can not stay here anymore. I have been working here for so many years. But just now, I was framed by a new contractor. How can I stand that?"
Lily then repeated her words that she said in the pantry before.
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