Ruka looked back at her. “You have only yourself to blame for courting death. Who else could you blame?”
Mia’s words were getting fouler by the minute. “D-Didn’t you get ahead in your career by sleeping with someone? I wonder how old is the one you’re serving. You’re such a disgrace to us women. Pffft!”
Ruka’s face blushed instantly. “Shut up!”
Mia sneered when she saw how Ruka blushed. “I’m right about that, ain’t I? You pretend to be innocent and beautiful on the outside, but you must be promiscuous in private. How disgusting.”
Ruka was really pissed off, but she knew it was meaningless to argue with such a person. She turned around and returned to the office, and Mia came in behind her shortly after that..
The others also heard that Mia had been fired. They appeased her on the outside. but they were inwardly happy. After all, it was a great thing to lose a competitor.
Mia pointed at Ruka. Tm telling you, you guys have to watch out for her. Who knows when she’ll have her backer fire all of you one by one so that she can take advantage of the situation?”
Inara retorted with a sneer, “Is she even capable of that?”
Mia recalled what Victoria had said, though. Even my superior has to write a self criticism sa Ruka’s hackaround really isn’t as
simple as Inara thinks. However, she wasn’t kind-hearted enough to tell Inara about it.
“In any case, just be careful of her. I’m leaving. Even if I can no longer stay in the translation department, I’ll do very well in another industry, Mia said before leaving.
Ruka covered her ears while being immersed in her own thoughts. Mr. Ren is the one who dealt with this matter and stuck up for me, she thought.
Just then, Victoria’s voice rang at the door. “Ruka, come with me for a minute.”
Ruka stood up and went out with her.
Victoria reached the flower bed nearby. before turning to look at Ruka. “You didn’t hurt yourself last night, did you?”
‘No, I’m fine. Thanks for caring about me, Miss Parfait.”
“If you come across anything next time, just give me a phone call and don’t bother Ren again. You know that with his status, it’s inconvenient for him to be involved in many things,” Victoria said, reminding Ruka.
Ruka’s heart sank. She nodded, saying, “Alright, I’ll try my best not to bother him.”
Victoria couldn’t help but ask again, “I hear that you got into his car last night. Did he send you home?”
Ruka pursed her lips. For a moment, she didn’t know how to answer the question.
A barely noticeable flicker of jealousy flashed across Victoria’s eyes. Did she stay at his place again? “Ruka, let me treat you to dinner this evening. Take it as an occasion to connect with each other and chat about our work,” she suggested with a smile.
Ruka was stunned for a moment. Of course, she knew that this wasn’t the only reason Victoria wanted to have dinner with her. As an intern, however, she couldn’t decline her superior’s invitation to dinner. “Alright, let me treat you to dinner,” she said to Victoria.
“There’s a nice restaurant nearby that does a good job of protecting its customers’ privacy. Let’s meet up after we’ve finished work,” Victoria replied. Then, she patted Ruka on the shoulder and left..
