Chapter 0008
Miranda’s POV
Lily’s mocking laugh echoes throughout the large reception area of the building. Her laughs used to cut into me like shands of glass, but now I welcome them. I welcome the challenge she throws my way.
“Are you dreaming? Is your head up in the clouds?” She laughs again, this time turning around in the room to gain any support she could. “Come back down to reality, Miranda, It’s nice down here.”
“I wonder,” I begin, my voice calm and my smile sickeningly sweet. I take a single step forward, closing the gap between us. “Are you still wracking your brain over the formula issue? Hm?” My voice is loud enough for nearby employees to hear.
The room suddenly goes quiet. Numerous sets of eyes land on us, and hushed whispers itch our ears. Lily’s expression darkens.
I smirk. By the way her employees speak in hushed tones and stare with bewildered eyes, I can assume that the formula problem isn’t well known, just as I anticipated.
“Don’t talk nonsense like that! You, of all people, should know better than to make baseless and false accusations like that!” Lily sharply snaps at me. Her fingernails dig into my skin, and I wince. Lily puts a fake smile on her face and drags me toward the elevator.
We take the ride up, standing in a tense silence, and walk down a hall into her office, where she shoves me away from her.
1 quickly regain my balance and place my hands behind my back. The smirk remains on my face as Lily closes the space between us. I can feel her breath on my face as she lacks down at me.
“Who the fuck do you think you are, huh!?” She spits at me. I raise an eyebrow, unimpressed. “Did you think that you could walk in here and create chaos?!”
I wipe my face where flecks of her spit land, disgusted by them. I shrug in response, refusing to respond to her. She doesn’t deserve what I have to say. Then again, she doesn’t deserve much.
“You have always been such an ungrateful bitch!” Lily yells. She puts space between us and turns away, yelling in frustration. “Is this some kind of revenge plan you have?!”
She swivels back to me, anger written all over her face. “I refuse to let a nobody, half–breed, bitch like you come in the way between me and my success!”
I can’t hold back a chuckle. I cover my mouth and quickly kill my laugh. I tilt my head to look at her and simply ask, “Are you done?”
“Why, you little-“Lily rushes toward me, hand raised in the air. Her hand is about to connect with my face when the door to her office swings open.
Both of us turn our heads to look at the door, curious as to who would enter at a time like this.
“Lily. This is no place for chaos. Control yourself.” The voice is loud and commanding. I can’t help but feel drawn to it. The base of my spine tingles.
My stomach turns on itself when I recognize the person who walks through the door. It’s the man from last night, the one who yelled at me and accused me of being a human trafficker. My jaw drops as he walks in, his gaze like icy daggers poking into my skin.
When his eyes meet mine, his face flashes a look of surprise, but he quickly covers it up as Lily approaches hist
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side. She throws herself onto him, dramatically wrapping her arms around him.
“I don’t understand why Miranda is slandering me and my company! She’s probably here on some extortion scheme!” Her gaze meets mine, and I swear the corner of her lips curl into a smirk before it disappears.
The man’s expression hardens, his eyes never leaving my face. He shrugs Lily off of him and takes a couple of steps towards me. I hold my place and don’t flinch as he nears.
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