Joshua narrowed his eyes. “Is this how you treat someone who saved your life?“
Luna forced a smile and continued to feed him. “If something similar happens again in the future, I hope Mr. Lynch won’t do this again. Firstly, I’m just an ordinary employee, and I don’t need the CEO to protect me. Number two, even if I got hurt, you can just give me a few days’ leave or even monetary compensation. I don’t need anyone to rescue me.“
Luna shot Alice a glare. “I ‘d rather get hurt than be misjudged for something that wasn’t even my intention.“
Alice’s face was ashen at Luna’s words. She frowned and was about to say something in defense when Joshua cast her a meaningful look that stopped her right in her tracks.
“I’d still save you if this happens again in the future.“ Joshua turned around and smiled at Luna. “ Alice was right. A boss should always protect his employees, especially since you’re one of our star workers.“ He observed Luna’s expression for a while before he added, “Although I do wish my employees could show a little gratitude toward their boss. One way of doing that would be adopting a better attitude when feeding me.“
Luna stiffened at his suggestion. After a moment, she heaved a deep sigh and brought the fork up to Joshua’s mouth a little gentler.
Luna knew Joshua was right. Their relationship was that of a boss and his star employee. She should have displayed more gratitude towards him instead of behaving in such a way.
They soon finished their meal and quickly made their way to the next destination of their field trip. The on-site investigations that happened thereafter went by much quicker than in the morning. They did not have much to do apart from obtaining information about the latest jewelry design concepts and fashion trends.
Although there was no longer any risk of getting hurt, Luna received a different kind of shock that afternoon. She was perplexed and somewhat mortified by Alice’s actions throughout the whole day.
Alice had touched one of the samples on display out of curiosity and flipped through the other company’s design sketches. To make things worse, she even scribbled a few doodles on the notice board that
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