From Wife to Aunt: His Worst Nightmare novel Chapter 23

Chapter 23

I smiled faintly and shot back, “Is there something shameful about going out to work on your own? Aren’t you doing the same thing?”

Claire choked on her words for a moment, then said sharply, “Zara Yaxley, don’t forget you’re still on probation. I’m your superior, so I have the authority to decide whether you stay or go.”

I nodded calmly. “Of course I remember. I’ll do my job properly. Do you have any other instructions, Ms. Murray?”

She had probably only just found out that I’d joined the company today, so she hadn’t had time to figure out how to make things difficult for me. In the end, she waved me out.

Back at my desk, I couldn’t help feeling uneasy.

After all, my direct supervisor turned out to be a college rival I’d never gotten along with. This job was clearly not going to be easy.

Just then, my phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message from Juliet.

“Isn’t Steve’s daughter a complete idiot? I deliberately went to her class today to take a look. The teacher said she doesn’t even know how to pull her pants up after using the bathroom!” I replied, “With Steve’s IQ, he shouldn’t have fathered a mentally challenged kid.”

Juliet answered, “Maybe that mistress of his dragged down the overall intelligence? That girl is unbelievably dumb, and her temper’s also terrible.

“She pushed over another kid on her very first day. Now, none of the other children wants anything to do with her.”

I knew why Juliet was telling me all this. It was partly to help me vent and partly out of her own bias and resentment.

Even though I didn’t like Isabel and her daughter, I still replied, “Don’t make things hard for her. I don’t want to take my anger out on a child.”

I didn’t dare keep chatting with Juliet for long. After all, I was afraid that Claire might see it and use it against me later.

I spent the entire day familiarizing myself with work. Right as it was time to clock out, Claire deliberately assigned me a news article to write, something that had to be published the very next day.

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Chapter 23

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With no other choice, I had to work overtime.

By the time I finally finished writing and sent the draft to Claire’s email, it was already 10:00

When I got home, the villa was brightly lit.

Dorothy was crying so hard she could hardly catch her breath. Apparently, she’d wet her pants at kindergarten today and had been mocked by her classmates.

She said through choked sobs, “I’m not going to kindergarten anymore! I’ll never go again! Nobody wants to play with me!”

Steve had already called in two maids, instructing them to follow Dorothy around and take care of her personally, starting the next day.

Since this was unrelated to me, I didn’t plan to stop when I passed through the living room.

That was, until I heard Isabel say to Steve, “This is obviously the kindergarten teacher being irresponsible and bullying Dorothy. At this rate, what if Dorothy develops some psychological problems?”

The moment she finished speaking, Steve called out, “Zara, come here.”

I knew that if I didn’t go over, he’d find an excuse to go after Juliet next.

I turned back and asked coldly, “What is it?”

His narrow eyes studied me carefully. “Where did you go all day today?”

I almost laughed from anger. Did he seriously think I’d spent the entire day lurking in some corner of the kindergarten, plotting with Juliet, and instructing her on how to treat his precious daughter?

I paused slightly, then shot back, “Does my whereabouts have anything to do with your daughter wetting her pants today?”

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