Chapter 534


    A woman’s voice rang out, crisp andmanding, slicing through the murmur of the crowd like a knife


    through warm butter. Everyone. looked back and saw Frederick and Robert Fitzgerald!


    If Frederick could be likened to a zing wildfire, capable of consuming forests in its ferocity, then


    Robert would be the relentless flow of water, carving its path through stone.


    Together, they were an elemental force, a bnce of power and poise that couldmand the


    heavens and the earth.


    And there, trailing just behind Mr. Fitzgerald, was none other than Marguerite’s former assistant, Miley.


    It was clear as day that Mr. Winston and Mr. Fitzgerald hade to back up Yuna, but had Miley


    switched sides too? Was she about to throw her lot in with Yuna after all?


    A few starry-eyed employees basked in the presence of these two paragons of masculine virtue, hearts


    all aflutter, while they pondered Miley’s allegiance.


    As the trio approached, Linda, ever the risk-taker, shot forward to air her grievances to Frederick and


    Robert, “Mr. Winston, Mr. Fitzgerald, you’vee to stand with Ms. Yuna, haven’t you? You’ve got no


    idea-Marguerite’s been running her mouth like she owns the ce ever since Ms. Yuna arrived.


    They’ve been at each other’s throats! You both know this was a position President Penelope reserved


    for her daughter! Now that Ms. Yuna has been brought back into the fold, Marguerite’s been left out in


    the cold.


    Ms. Yuna, bless her heart, even offered Marguerite the janitor’s job out of pity, but that woman wouldn’t


    know grace if it smacked her in the face!”


    Miley, upon hearing this, shot Linda a venomous re.


    She then made a beeline for Marguerite, shielding her protectively and pointing an using finger at


    Yuna, dering with righteous indignation, “I knew it! I just knew you’d start trouble with Marguerite on


    your very first day! Good thing we got here in the nick of time!” Miley’s voice was far from subdued, but


    next to the powerful presence of Frederick and Robert, it barely registered with the onlookers. No one


    stopped to ponder the implications of her words; they all assumed the Fitzgerald brothers were there


    for Yuna.


    After all, it wasmon knowledge that the Fitzgeralds had been searching high and low for their


    daughter. Now that she was back, she was sure to be the apple of their eye.


    And so the jeers began to fly at Marguerite.


    “I mean, Linda’s right! Mr. Winston, Mr. Fitzgerald, you can’t let her get away with this!”


    “People should know their ce. Time to grab a broom and start sweeping up the lobby, sweetheart!”


    “Exactly! This woman’s not fit to hold a candle to Ms. Lockwood. She’s getting what she deserves!”


    They clung to the belief that by siding with Yuna and currying favor with the Fitzgeralds, they’d elevate


    their own standing.


    But for Marguerite, it was a bittersweet realization. Though her stint as head of the design department


    had been brief, she’d worked tirelessly and without pretense.


    On the rare asions that overtime was necessary, she’d even treated her staff to milkshakes and


    pastries out of her own pocket. She had never imagined that the same people who once sang her


    praises were now the ones spewing vitriol.


    Life was an ironic masquerade for her, a series of disillusioning facades.


    Yuna, meanwhile, was being buoyed by the employees’ ttery, really starting to believe that her


    newfound status had activated some kind of golden touch, powerful enough to shatter the bond


    between Robert and Marguerite.


    Emboldened, she addressed Marguerite and Miley with a triumphant air, “Marguerite, my brother has


    arrived. Surely you don’t n to squat on my position any longer! I’m willing to overlook what happened


    before, but you can’t ignore my brother’s honor!”


    The sting of betrayal must be unbearable, Yuna thought. She ached to ask Marguerite just how


    dreadful she felt, but she had to keep herposure.


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    After all, everyone saw Yuna as the victim.


    Especially now, in front of Freddie and Robert, she couldn’t afford to be too aggressive.


    She needed to y the part of the magnanimous sufferer.


    And as the real deal spoke up, the employees awaited Frederick and Robert’s verbal smackdown that


    would send Marguerite packing.


    Their gazes were glued to the two imposing figures, tense with anticipation.


    But Frederick seemed aloof, his gaze unwaveringly fixed on Marguerite, as if no one else existed.


    Robert stepped forward, his smileced with a hint of mockery as he locked eyes with Yuna, his tone


    sardonic, “Who did you say wa your brother?”