Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 94 A Collusion

Nicole only went back to her seat after Joanna left. Looking at the draft in her hand, she suddenly lost the mood to continue.

Although Joanna did not adopt an aggressive approach, given today’s situation, Nicole reckoned her coming days in Gardner Corporation would be rather nasty.

She casually took a pen and placed it between her fingers to start spinning it. If she had known that there would be so many troubles in Gardner Corporation, she would not have come at the start. However, she was now already stuck in the midst of all the vexations.

Nicole spent the entire afternoon in her office. Due to Joanna’s return, the entire Design Department became much livelier and Nicole could even hear the noises from the outside as she sat in her office.

Soon, it was time to get off work. Nicole was not in a mood to work overtime, so she packed her stuff and was ready to leave.

Just as she was going to walk out from the office, a gentle voice emerged.

“Ms. Lisa.”

Nicole paused and turned to see Joanna standing at the entrance with a bright smile on her face. Joanna appeared to be quite enthusiastic as if the episode this morning had not happened.

did not strike an

her steadily and stopped in front of her. “Ms. Lisa, thanks for leading our department during this time while I was away. The colleagues insisted on throwing a welcome dinner for me since I’ve returned.

a while as she had no idea what the woman was up to. “I’d love to, but I have

with Joanna this morning in the office. As such, she did not know if Joanna would stir up more trouble, should she accept the

Nicole’s rejection. Instead, she lowered her head and drawled with downcast eyes, “I totally understand. After all, you’re occupied with myriad affairs as the Chief Designer of

Nicole was rendered speechless.

this way, if she continued insisting not to attend the dinner,

exhaled slowly. At the thought of how Colton had done her a big favor, she knew she shouldn’t screw things up at the

night. The timing would be just nice

“Sure. I’ll text you the location

Nicole nodded and hummed before

to admit that Joanna was a very

Nicole thought it was just a welcome dinner and there would be many other staff around, so Joanna was unlikely

the ground floor of the company. There, a woman dressed in bright-colored outfits

while,” Queenie wore a smile