Natalie shrieked and pushed him away. “No! You bastard! Haven’t you heard a word I’ve said?”

Without waiting for a response, Natalie rushed into her room and slammed the door.

Sebastian didn’t dare to stop her. He stood there, stunned, as the bath towel fluttered to the ground in front of the closed door.

He saw something he shouldn’t have seen just now.

He cursed, feeling hot all over. Leaning against the wall heavily, he pulled at his collar as though it was choking him.

The next day, Natalie went to work. Her stomach churned with unease the entire time. She knew that Ike wouldn’t spare her for what happened last night.

As soon as she arrived at her desk and sat down, Ike stormed out of his office and threw a stack of documents on her table. “You are fired! Pack your things and get out of here now!”

Natalie picked up the documents and looked at them — they were all design drafts she had previously submitted. “May I know why you’re firing me, Mr. Lyman?” she asked calmly.

cover the injury he had suffered last night. His eyes were blazing with rage. Natalie’s words reminded him of the way he was humiliated last night. “You’re incompetent for your current position!” he spat venomously. “Pack your things and get out of the Larson Group. You’re just a graduate. I’ll make sure you don’t flourish in the

you say I’m incompetent now?” Natalie retorted, clutching her design

the attention of other

and looked up at

have already started executing Quinn’s design plan after you approved

relationship with everyone in the department, and her colleagues liked and respected

any misunderstanding? Mr. Lyman, we all have witnessed

he saw his colleagues standing up for Natalie. He cleared his throat and said, “There is no misunderstanding. The design plan is changed now. She is fired! I’ll pick a new design from what you all submitted earlier. No more questions! I’m the director. If I say she is incompetent, it means she

people around fell silent and cast

he was firing her. Ike had made his decision. Moreover, he was a respected senior designer in the design industry, and no

happened last night,

things. Her heart sank at the

said an intimidating

and found that it

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