One day in a routine meeting, Charis couldn’t control herself anymore and exploded on the spot. She lost her composure, saw them talking outside the meeting room.
She even flipped a table and yelled at them. Later, she learned that the top executives were discussing the business plan that she had suggested at the time. No one ever laughed at her. She was just imagining things.
After that day, the same thing happened with more frequency. Charis had become a completely different person.
She felt that she looked so awful now that she felt embarrassed to attend meetings with other partners, and she turned down invitations to banquets and parties again and again. Given her disfigurement, how could she wear a dress and socialize gracefully? Little by little, the invitations stopped coming.
So Charis began to think that those people deliberately stopped inviting her because they found her ugliness repugnant.
The perfect opportunity had arrived. Due to her fragile mental state, Charis had been making many mistakes at work. At first, Brandon thought it was normal, considering the traumatic blow she had just suffered.
When employees complained about her carelessness, he tried to appease them by saying, “Miss Turner just went through a serious accident.
We need to be patient and give her some time to recover.” Since Brandon himself had given the order, the employees couldn’t say anything. They had no choice but to tolerate Charis.
Every day, the Larson Group employees received tea in the afternoon. One day, a group of employees gathered for tea and dessert. “When I went to the bathroom today, I accidentally saw Miss Turner taking off her mask,” one of them whispered softly.
“She looked in the mirror, talked to herself, and then screamed madly.” Another colleague expressed surprise, saying, “Really? I’ve never seen her without a mask since she returned to work.”
The first employee confirmed, “Well, I saw it with my own eyes… She saw me… Let’s just say I was shocked when I saw her face… Anyone who saw her face would have been terrified. She looked like a living corpse! The rotten kind, of course,” she said, shaking her head with a deep sigh.
Suddenly, a cup of hot tea spilled on the employee’s face.
She screamed, covered her reddened face, and rolled on the floor in pain.
Charis dropped the empty cup from her hand and spat on the woman on the ground.
“Spreading rumors about me? I’ll rip your mouth out!” Without warning, she pounced on her colleague, wrapping her fingers around her neck and slapping her repeatedly.
People around them were scared. Some were brave enough to intervene and try to stop Charis. Eventually, when Charis calmed down, the injured woman had to be rushed to the hospital.
This incident caused a sensation, and the employees couldn’t help but complain to the management about Charis’s appalling behavior. But Charis didn’t stop there. Later that same day, she made a mistake in a meeting and had a big fight with a business partner of the Larson Group. That was the final straw. Finally, Brandon called her into his office to talk.
As Charis sat down across from him, Brandon slid a business card down the table and got straight to the point. “You can’t continue like this. I know a psychologist who is very good at what they do. You should go see them.”
Tears started rolling down Charis’ cheeks as she put her trembling hands on the desk. She knew the day would come when Brandon would let her go, sooner or later. And this was it!
“Do you think I’m crazy?” she asked with a trembling voice.
Brandon shook his head and explained his reasoning patiently. “I don’t think you’re crazy, but I do believe your state of mind is delicate right now. I understand how you feel. I don’t want to blame you, but I strongly suggest you seek professional help. Otherwise, it will affect your work and life in the future.”
Charis clenched her fists tightly. In her eyes, Brandon was just making excuses. She knew he must be upset with her.
After all, her face was disfigured now, and she couldn’t work as skillfully as before.
How could he possibly fall in love with her? “Okay, I hear you,” she scoffed coldly. As soon as she left Brandon’s office, she collapsed and ran out crying, not taking his business card. Obviously, she didn’t want to see a psychologist.
Rubbing his aching temples, Brandon waved and sighed.
In her current fragile state, Charis couldn’t do anything right. But considering the fact that they were friends, he couldn’t just kick her out of the Larson Group. He could only hope that she would figure things out.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.
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