Now faced with Charlotte Thompson’s questioning, Teddy Carter found himself unsure of how to respond.
After hesitating for a mont, Teddy slowly spoke: "After coming to the company, Florienna started feeling unwell and asked for leave, so she didn’t attend the eting."
As he spoke, Teddy quickly changed the topic: "Miss Thompson, is there a new task being assigned during this eting?"
"Indeed, there are new tasks that need to be distributed to the teams, but those aren’t the most important matter."
At this point, Charlotte paused for a mont, then stood up and seriously asked, "Where is Florienna now?"
Teddy hadn’t expected Charlotte to bring the subject back to Florienna again, which made his expression slightly awkward.
Following Charlotte’s movents, Teddy quickly got up and replied, "Florienna... she should be resting in the office right now."
"How is that acceptable?" Seeing Charlotte furrow her brows, she spoke up, "If she’s already sick, she should take sick leave and go ho to rest. If she stays in the company, what if her condition suddenly worsens? Everyone is working; who has the spare ti to care for her?"
"No, I need to go check on her."
Seeing Charlotte stepping toward the office door, Teddy hurriedly followed her.
"Miss Thompson, there’s no need for such trouble. I’ll talk to her later—it’ll be fine."
"How could that be sufficient? No matter the illness, it’s never a trivial matter." Charlotte shook her head adamantly, refusing to heed Teddy’s words and headed straight for the design departnt workspace.
The design departnt’s workspace was close to the conference room, so it didn’t take Charlotte much ti to reach it.
When Charlotte arrived, she discovered Florienna sitting at her workstation, leisurely snacking and watching a drama—where was the hint of anyone being sick?
Moreover, her phone next to her was vibrating faintly, as if she’d just received a ssage.
Seeing this, Charlotte’s gaze swept over the other designers nearby. She noticed the female designer who had earlier helped request leave for Florienna looking visibly flustered, hurriedly stuffing her phone into her pocket.
Charlotte let out a cold snort, then raised her eyes to look at Teddy beside her.
"Designer Carter, is this the sick person you were just telling about?"
Teddy’s face turned an alarming shade of pale as he quickly walked over to Florienna’s desk and directly pulled her headphones off.
The abrupt action startled Florienna, making her crush the chips in her hand.
She turned angrily but when she saw Teddy standing next to her, her furrowed brows softened slightly as she prepared to complain.
But her peripheral vision caught sight of the group standing near her desk, including Charlotte herself.
Florienna tried to say sothing, but Teddy cut her off fiercely:
"Didn’t you tell you were sick and unwell, so you couldn’t attend today’s eting? I took the trouble to request leave for you, and here you are watching dramas and eating snacks? Do you even care about the company’s rules?"
Teddy scolded loudly, subtly signaling to Florienna with his eyes in places where Charlotte couldn’t see. This allowed Florienna to finally notice Charlotte standing nearby.
Florienna’s face froze, panicking as she tried to get up from her chair, only to clutch her knee and let out a cry of pain.
"Team Leader Carter, didn’t I tell you that I injured my knee and walking is difficult for ?" Florienna said with an overly pitiful tone.
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