Female Novel
Chapter 1945
How was she supposed to explain herself? There wasn’t anything wrong with having lunch togethereven if they didn’t know each other, right? Cindy hadn’t intended to clarify anything, but since thesewere her new colleagues, she felt like she had to build a good relationship with them even if she had todo things she didn’t want to.
So, she ended up answering them. “Miss Warhol saw me alone during lunch today. I didn’t know whereto go, so she offered to show me around.”
Cindy hadn’t expected a simple meal to cause her so much trouble. Sometime in the afternoon, Cindyoverheard others talking about her in the pantry. Her colleagues were claiming that she had entered thecompany by pulling some strings, and they said that she had a decent relationship with Serena.Furthermore, there were some who said that Serena was going to focus on guiding Cindy so that Cindycould take over the role as the main designer. The colleagues even brought up Ian’s name and saidthat he was the one supporting her.
Cindy was utterly speechless toward all these rumors. She knew that Serena only took in a limitednumber of students and that it was hard for one to get in if one lacked the skills. However, Cindy hadbeen in the dark, and she had never expected to have connections that would get Serena to take extracare of her. Initially, Cindy simply applied for this company because of its fame. This is why people saythat it’s bad to achieve things through the use of connections. It really causes a ton of unnecessarytroubles.
In the end, Cindy had no choice but to return to her seat without getting a drink from the pantry. Most ofthe other apprentices at the office held negative opinions toward her as well. Although they were lessverbal about their thoughts, Cindy could tell that they were eyeing her in a rather odd manner.
As Cindy sat on her spot and stared at the draft of her design, she felt rather uneasy. To be honest, Ihate people who get in through their connections, and I hate unskilled people who are able to get goodresources just because they know some influential people. It’s so unfair to others. I feel so helplessnow that I’m in this situation. Yet, this is my only chance, and I don’t want to give up just yet. Afterthinking about this matter for a while, Cindy sat upright and took a deep breath before she started onher incomplete design once more. She figured that she would have to prove herself for those people tostop talking about her.
Ian came over to pick Cindy up from work that night. They met at the entrance of the company. “Howwas it? How was your first day at work?” Ian asked in an anxious tone. Cindy didn’t want to tell himabout the troubles that she had encountered on the first day of work, as she didn’t want him to worry.“It’s pretty good. The designer I’m working for takes really good care of me, and the rest of mycolleagues are nice too.” She had no choice but to emphasize the good parts of her day.
Ian wrapped his arm around her shoulder. “That’s good. You can always tell me if you have anyconcerns, okay?” novelbin
“Okay,” Cindy mumbled. They strolled along the side of the road, and Cindy heard whispers soon afterthey started walking. She couldn’t hear the exact words they uttered, but she figured that they musthave spotted Ian. Cindy didn’t turn around and Ian was used to such encounters, so they simplyheaded to the side of the road to hail a cab.
When the cab came close to them, Cindy turned to glance at the company’s entrance. She could see afew people standing by the door with their fingers pointed in her and Ian’s direction. On a regular day,Cindy would’ve assumed that these people were excited to see Ian. However, after what she overheardin the pantry earlier, she no longer thought so kindly of those people. She had a feeling that thosepeople were talking about Ian using his connections to get her in.
She found it hard to clarify this matter since she had indeed gotten in through connections. However, ittruly had nothing to do with Ian. Once both of them got in the cab and arrived home, Ian looked atCindy once more. “Are you sure everything’s fine at work?”
He had already noticed that Cindy seemed out of it on their way back home, but he didn’t want to askher about it in the car. Now that they were home, he stepped in front of Cindy and put his hands on hershoulders before taking a long look at her face.
Cindy tried her best to keep a neutral expression. She even added a faint smile. “What makes you thinkI’m facing any problems? I’m a newbie there, so I totally expected to be overwhelmed with work on myfirst day.”