Lucy smiled. "You're not pitiful at all. After all, you have Ian Morgan, of all people, behind you. So, how could you be pitiful?"
She added pointedly, "Since Gary was willing to help you, it has to mean you're worthy of his time. He rarely approves of someone else's capabilities."
Cindy quickly responded, "Perhaps he approves of my Ian."
After Lucy heard that response, her expression improved immensely. She chuckled and said, "You should be careful. Some of the other employees in the company have celebrity crushes too, and they might even have a crush on Ian. Won't you be inviting unnecessary hate to yourself when you say such things?"
Cindy looked around. "You have a point. I won't do it again."
Now that Lucy was done with her initial probes, she asked if Cindy wanted to make a change of environment.
Cindy quickly shook her head. She didn't even bother clarifying what Lucy meant as she replied, "I quite like the environment I'm in right now. I'm not that ambitious, and it takes me a long time to get used to a new environment. Now that I've finally adjusted to working with Miss Warhol, I don't want to start anew all over again."
Lucy pouted. "Although there's a lot you can learn from Miss Warhol, she's quite busy. She even has partnerships outside of the company. Plus, she has so many trainees on hand that I doubt she can give everyone enough attention."
After a brief moment of hesitation, Cindy said, "Actually, even though we're called trainees, we don't need a mentor to guide us every step of the way. After all, we're all adults who've joined the working world. We're not completely clueless. While our current focus is simply learning from others because we only just entered the company, we still have to rely on ourselves most of the time. We can't just expect to leech off someone else's knowledge and expertise. That's my perspective, anyway. That's why I don't expect to learn everything from Miss Warhol. There are things I need to pick up for myself as I slowly familiarize myself with the work."
Lucy didn't expect to hear all of this from Cindy, but since it had already been said, she couldn't press any further. "You make a good point," she mumbled halfheartedly.
Cindy couldn't tell whether Lucy understood what she meant.
However, as they carried on with their conversation, Lucy stopped trying to test the waters with her. They peacefully finished their lunch before bidding each other goodbye.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Returning EX (John and Sophia)
So what happens to Ian and Cindy. Is she/ or does she get pregnant? Do they go back to the city and Ian works with Logan? Does Aurora stay in the entertainment industry or return with Ian? Terrible ending, who cares if Aurora was drinking/drunk with colleagues. What happened with Ian and Cindy?!...
Get rid of Gary. Apparently Cindy is too dumb to figure out his motives 😡...
Why are you trying to break them up when they just got together and are a loving couple. Let them stay close and move back to their true friends, Logan, Lola, John and Sophia!...
Sure hope Ian pulls his head out of his behind and works this out with Cindy. His brother needs him at the company and neither one of them truly like the celebrity life. Sophia and Lola will love her …....
I can’t wait for John to take down the Bailey’s including Isabelle so he, Sophia, William and Matilda can live in peace. Introduce Yolanda to Richard so they are out of the picture....
Ugh, don’t break up Sophia and John… they belong together and Sophia is just stubborn for no reason...
Sophia lives John, he just needs to tell her he loves her and get on with their life and family. Too much interference from others....
Sophia is so stupid....
John needs to man up, tell his mother and Isabelle to take a flying leap and confess to Sophia that he made a horrible mistake in divorcing her. This story is taking too long and once again, the bitches are looking like they are on the right side. Awful...