Lucy was taken aback for a second as she could sense a hint of hostility in Cindy's tone.
In actuality, given the differences between their positions in the company, Lucy didn't need to fear Cindy at all. However, now that Gary was added to the picture, she dared not clash with Cindy head-on.
Well, it wasn't that she dared not, but she didn't want to.
Cindy might have entered the company through the back door, but so did Lucy, and the same thing applied to their good affiliations with Otis.
However, adding Gary to the equation, she had this inclination to avoid being on Cindy's bad side. Thus, she had to bear with it even if she didn't like how Cindy talked to her.
Cindy exited the car first when the elevator arrived at their floor, and she didn't even turn to bid Lucy farewell but instead headed straight to her desk.
Lucy, on the other hand, waited for a moment before leaving the car. After that, she stood in front of the elevator and gazed at Cindy's leaving figure.
The warmth and smile on her face had disappeared at this point. Though her lips quirked upward, she didn't look joyous.
Meanwhile, Cindy submerged herself in work after returning to her desk. However, she wasn't in the brightest mood. The working environment exasperated her, and she was ruffled by Ian's issue. It didn't help that she mulled over it the entire lunch break.
Naturally, her ideas were less to be desired. After sketching for another while, she crumpled the paper into a ball and chucked it aside exasperatedly.
In the end, she stopped everything altogether, leaned back against her chair, and cleared out her mind first.
Moments later, her phone buzzed a couple of times, signaling that she had received a message.
She checked to find it was from an unknown number, but she still opened the message anyway, and what she had read amused her.
It was from Valerie. She had messaged to explain the scandal was fake and that she and Ian were nothing more than friends. She hoped that Cindy would believe in them.
Cindy wasn't sure how Valerie got her phone number, but she thought the woman's way of handling this was rather interesting.
It was likely Valerie had never dealt with a situation like this before. If anything, Cindy thought there was no reason to explain anything to anyone.
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...