Throwing Their Weight Around to Bully People

"You ruined one of my design drafts by being careless. If you had done it on purpose, would you be trying to turn the world upside down?" Willow Lane looked at Molly Lee with hostility and snorted. "Go submit your resignation to HR yourself."

Molly Lee's eyes turned red. She hadn't expected that one tiny mistake on her part would mean having to leave Sterling International.

Her family circumstances weren't very good. She had only gotten into Sterling International because she could endure hardship, and Sterling International was one of the top companies in Chicago. Other places didn't offer such high pay.

Before this, she had always been worrying about Claire Bennett, out of fear that she herself would have to leave her job.

The more Molly Lee thought about it, the sadder she became. Tears kept streaming down her face, making her look utterly pitiful. Some of the staff around them felt sorry for her when they saw it, but none of them dared provoke Willow Lane.

After all, she had just revealed today that she was the boss's wife. How could they possibly dare speak up for Molly Lee?

As for the bootlicking lackeys nearby, they rushed to help Willow Lane even more eagerly.

"What are you crying for!" Chloe Carter stepped forward and gave Molly Lee's shoulder a hard shove, saying without the slightest politeness, "Don't make it look like Willow's bullying you. You're the one who did something wrong!"

Chloe Carter was also one of Maison Verne's designers. As soon as she found out Willow Lane had become the boss's wife, she was the first to go up and suck up to her.

Now, just to make Willow Lane happy, she started laying into Molly Lee without restraint.

She was obviously acting like one of Willow Lane's underlings.

Molly Lee's face was deathly pale. She really wanted to keep her job, and in the end she looked at Willow Lane and stepped forward to tug on her sleeve. "Designer Willow, please be lenient. Don't make me quit. I still have parents at home to support. I'm begging you..."

Seeing Molly Lee pleading bitterly in front of her made Willow Lane feel much better.

Wasn't she the one who had smugly made her apologize that day?

When she was acting as Claire Bennett's running dog, had she never thought about what might happen later?

Now she was finally begging for mercy in front of her, wasn't she?

Even though it wasn't Claire Bennett lowering her head to her, Molly Lee was more or less Claire Bennett's person, so wasn't this basically the same as Claire Bennett backing down?

She believed it wouldn't be long before it was Claire Bennett's turn to admit her mistake to her!

Willow Lane's gaze dropped lightly to the place where Molly Lee was holding her, and disgust appeared in her eyes. She said, "Don't dirty my clothes."

Molly Lee didn't dare keep hold of her and quickly pulled her hand back.

Willow Lane's expression eased slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips as she said, "It's not impossible for me to forgive you. Kneel down and apologize to me first. I'll look at your attitude and then consider whether to forgive you."

After saying that, Willow Lane folded her arms across her chest and waited for Molly Lee to apologize to her.

What Willow Lane had just said was that she would consider forgiving her, not that she would forgive her if she knelt. Even after Molly Lee knelt, she would still make Molly Lee resign.

Everyone watched Molly Lee, waiting to see whether she would let go of her pride.

Molly Lee's face alternated between red and white, but she knew she had run straight into the line of fire and had no second option.

Her knees went weak, and she was about to kneel in public.

Unexpectedly, a force suddenly grabbed her. She turned to look and saw Claire Bennett behind her.

"Director Song?" Molly Lee's face showed surprise.

Claire Bennett had just gone to the restroom and hadn't known something this big had happened here. It was only after she came out that she learned her assistant had gotten into trouble with Willow Lane, so she hurried over at once.

She hadn't expected to see Molly Lee about to kneel and beg Willow Lane for forgiveness.

Claire Bennett had always been protective of her own people. How could someone under her ever be allowed to submit?

The moment Chloe Carter saw Claire Bennett, she immediately jumped out again and said bluntly, "Claire Bennett, good timing! Your assistant just damaged Willow Lane's design draft. As her direct superior, don't you need to take responsibility?"

She paused, revealing an ill-intentioned smile. "I say... why don't you resign too!"

Chloe Carter was a designer, and she believed Willow Lane was going to become the manager in the future.

If Claire Bennett left too, then wouldn't the position of design director fall right into her hands?

So she took this opportunity to target Claire Bennett on purpose.

If she could actually pull it off, that would be best of all!

The staff watching the spectacle nearby started whispering among themselves as soon as Claire Bennett appeared.

"Claire Bennett is here. Before, I thought after revealing an identity like that, she'd be able to throw her weight around in Maison Verne, but who would've thought Willow Lane would become the boss's wife."

"Looks like Claire Bennett isn't all that after all. No matter how amazing Queen is, can she really outdo the boss's wife?"

"True enough, but is Claire Bennett really going to obediently resign?"

Claire Bennett's hearing was pretty good. She caught the hushed discussion around her.