My Reborn Admirer Wins Over My Heart (Oriana) novel Chapter 589

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She had intended to give Janet some respect, but she hadn’t expected Janet to be this unreasonable. “Ms. Cohen, you are deliberately making things impossible.”

She was here to be a designer, not a coffee courier!

Janet might be a brilliant jewelry designer, but how could her personality be this awful?

Suddenly, all those Lustre Line gold pieces Zara had sitting at home didn’t seem so appealing anymore.

Zara’s defiance only måde Janet smirk instead of getting angry. “If you can’t even handle a small punishment, how do you expect to prove you have the ability to stay in this department? If you can’t satisfy me, get out.”

“You-”

“What is all this noise? Is this a workplace or a market?”

Zara took a deep breath, rolled up her sleeves, and planted her hands on her hips, ready for a fight. But behind her came the distinct click–clack of dress shoes on marble.

A somewhat familiar voice drifted over. Without turning around, Zara knew it was Philip Buckley, the CEO’s special assistant she had been video–chatting with recently.

Sure enough, Janet, who had been imperious and domineering just a second ago, instantly smoothed her feathers, adopting a tone of polite respect.

“Mr. Buckley, what brings you down here personally? If you needed something, you could have just called me up to the top floor.”

Philip looked stern. He swept a glance at Janet and cleared his throat. “If I didn’t come down, how would I know your department was in such chaos?”

Janet pressed her lips together. “Mr. Buckley, I apologize for the scene. I was merely reprimanding a new hire.”

Reprimanding?

Just reprimanding?

She was practically trying to enslave her!

Zara, brimming with righteous indignation, spun around, ready to lodge a formal complaint with Philip.

But the moment she turned, she met a pair of mocking eyes–eyes that seemed to say he had expected exactly this. That someone as naive as her would stir up trouble on her very first day.

Zara was speechless.

Why was this guy here too?

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Meeting Kenny’s faint, knowing smile, the balloon of Zara’s anger was pricked, deflating instantly.

Great. Just great. Kenny was definitely here to watch her fail.

While she had been frantically cramming for the past few days, he had been making snide remarks.

“With your three–minute attention span and princess temper, you’ll explode the second someone upsets you. How long do you think you’ll last?

“Work isn’t one of your romance novels. Don’t go disrupting the company’s operations.”

And now, just as she was about to explode, he caught her red–handed. Zara felt utterly humiliated.

Philip was waiting for instructions from the new chairman.

But watching her droop her head like a wilted flower, furiously picking at her fingers and avoiding eye contact, Philip was unsure how to proceed.

He didn’t know if the chairman wanted to continue her “undercover boss” routine or if she wanted him to severely reprimand Janet for insubordination…

While he hesitated, Kenny suddenly spoke, his voice slow and deliberate. “So you’re saying that reprimanding a new hire justifies disrupting the work of every single employee in the room? Is this a reprimand, or a power trip?”

Zara’s eyes widened in disbelief as she looked up at him.

Did the sun rise in the west?

Wasn’t Kenny here to laugh at her inability to handle hardship? Why was he defending her?

Kenny naturally felt Zara’s burning gaze on him.

What’s with that reaction?

Feeling awkward, he chose to ignore her, fixing his dark, intense gaze on Janet instead.

Janet’s expression shifted.

She didn’t recognize Kenny, so she replied coldly, “Sir, this is an internal department matter. It’s not for outsiders to interfere.”

“Janet, allow me to introduce you,” Philip interjected smoothly. “This is Mr. Kenny Caldwell, visiting us from Group headquarters for an inspection.”

Mr. Kenny Caldwell of the Caldwell family?

Although Lumen Gold was a top–tier jewelry company domestically, within the vast empire of the Caldwell Group, it was mid–tier at best. Even when headquarters sent people over, it was usually the CEO’s assistants. Noah, and even Cordell, who now held the reins, hadn’t shown their faces in years–let alone the future heir most likely to inherit the entire Group…

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A collective gasp went through the office. The two female colleagues who had been gossiping about Kenny earlier buried their heads so low they practically disappeared into their desks, terrified out of their wits.

Janet straightened her face, recovering quickly to offer a more respectful, cautious greeting. “I apologize for speaking out of turn, Mr. Caldwell.”

She paused, then attempted to explain. “The design department operates on a tight schedule. She is a parachuted hire who arrived outside the recruitment period, and she has repeatedly disregarded company rules. If I don’t supervise her strictly, I fear she will become increasingly unmanageable.”

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