"Just carry on with your jobs."
As Roo guided the young lady through the bustling departnt, introducing her to the work environnt and staff, their figures gradually disappeared from sight. Their colleagues remained rooted on the spot, still reeling from the shock.
"Good heavens, Mr. McMillian is married? And to such a young, beautiful woman."
"Did he get married? Or are they about to?"
"That girl is staggeringly beautiful. Just her presence alone outshines us all. No wonder she caught Mr. McMillian’s eye."
"I can’t believe soone can be so stunning. Her facial features are so perfectly proportioned, it’s almost unreal."
A female staff mber mumbled, "She looks familiar. I think I’ve seen her sowhere."
"Right? I also feel like I’ve seen her face before. She’s not an influencer, but I’m certain I’ve seen her. I just can’t rember where," another female staff mber chid in.
anwhile, a short-haired woman eating lunch in the cafeteria chid in, "Don’t you guys know yet? Ms. Jennifer heard soone was trying to seduce his son. He ca storming to the company. Guess what happened?"
Everyone turned their attention to her.
"What happened?"
"Did Ms. Jennifer slap that woman?"
"Did they have a fight?"
"Whose side was Mr. McMillian on?"
"His girlfriend or his mother?"
The short-haired woman chuckled. "Ms. Jennifer intended to confront the woman, but she sohow managed to have him laughing and chatting with her. They even left together, arm in arm, looking reluctant to part at the elevator."
"That’s incredible!" The crowd was stunned. "What did she do to win Mr. McMillian over? This is beyond impressive."
The short-haired woman didn’t know exactly what the woman did, but she knew it must have been sothing special to have captivated Mr. McMillian.
When Roo walked into the design departnt with Rose, it stirred up another commotion. Everyone was shocked to learn that the young lady was none other than Rosemary.
"Hello, Mrs. McMillian!"
"You’re so beautiful, Mrs. McMillian."
"Are you here to inspect the company, Mrs. McMillian?"
"Before we t Mrs. McMillian, we always wondered who would be good enough for Mr. McMillian. Now, we finally have an answer."
The design team, mostly younger employees, took the opportunity to rib each other, lightening the atmosphere significantly.
Rosemary greeted them all with a friendly smile, showing no pretentiousness.
"If you have any questions about design, you can ask her," Roo said, giving Rosemary a warm look.
People were even more surprised.
"Mrs. McMillian knows about design?"
"Mrs. McMillian looks so young. Is she still a student? Is she studying design?"
"Is Mrs. McMillian interested in design?"
"Will Mrs. McMillian join the design team at McMillian Corporation in the future?"
Everyone started bombarding Rosemary with questions.
At that mont, Roo’s cell phone buzzed. He glanced at it and told the girl next to him, "Excuse , I need to take this call."
"Sure."
As Roo walked away, everyone turned their attention back to Rosemary, bombarding her with questions.
"Mrs. McMillian, how did you et Mr. McMillian?"
"How did you manage to win over such a cold-hearted man like Mr. McMillian?"
"Can you share so tips with us? I have a crush on a guy too, but he seems unattainable."
"Yeah, teach us, please."
In the corner of the design departnt, two girls sat quietly — one with long hair and the other with short. They didn’t join the crowd around Rosemary, but instead watched the commotion from a distance.
The long-haired girl twisted a pen in her fingers, her eyes coldly gazing at Rosemary, who was the center of attention.
"That woman is no simple matter. I heard she forced Irene, the HR director, to resign, caused the vice president to be fired, and even turned Mr. McMillian’s office upside down, causing a commotion in the entire company. And Ms. Maria, who had connections with Mr. McMillian, also got fired."
The short-haired girl gasped, disbelief etched on her face. She whispered, "No way! Don’t the Paisley and the McMillian families have a long history of cooperation? Could it be that this woman got jealous of Ms. Maria’s relationship with Mr. McMillian, hence the office chaos and getting Ms. Maria fired?"
The long-haired girl harbored similar suspicions, so her gaze toward Rosemary was even more disdainful.
Just because she’s young and pretty.
"She’s getting ahead of herself just because she has Mr. McMillian’s support," the long-haired girl continued to twist her pen, comnting indifferently. "Anyway, when Ms. Maria was leaving, she didn’t look pleased. It seed like she was quite upset."
"This woman seems quite terrifying." The short-haired girl glanced at Rosemary, suddenly finding the beautiful exterior hiding a venomous character.
"Ms. Maria was just praised by Mr. McMillian last week, and so was Irene. She was just promoted to HR director yesterday, and today she’s fired. Surely, this woman felt threatened by their capabilities and beauty, and thus eliminated them. We shouldn’t be praising such a hypocritical woman."
As the long-haired girl finished speaking, she suddenly got up and walked towards Rosemary.
The clicking of her high heels echoed rhythmically, growing closer to her target.
"Mr. McMillian just said that if we have any questions about design, we can consult you."
When addressing Rosemary, the long-haired girl was not respectful enough.
Rosemary looked up, sensing the hostility in the long-haired girl’s eyes. Was this another admirer of Roo?
The dozen or so employees surrounding Rosemary noticed the challenge in the long-haired girl’s eyes, and they couldn’t help but whisper.
"Sheila, what are you doing? Mr. McMillian is still here!"
"This is Mrs. McMillian, our guest. Don’t bother her with minor design issues."
"Mrs. McMillian is just here to observe."
"You should go back to your workstation."
People were afraid that Rosemary might be clueless about design, or that she might not be competent enough and end up embarrassed.
After all, Sheila was exceptionally talented in design and had won several international design awards in recent years.
She was an undeniable design prodigy.
And now, this prodigy was asking for advice from Rosemary, a young woman.
"I happen to have a few new designs that I’ve just finished. Mrs. McMillian, could you take a look and tell if there’s anything that needs to be improved?"
When people saw Sheila’s attitude, they knew she wasn’t really looking for advice, but rather, she was trying to put Rosemary in a tricky situation.
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