A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1679

Soon, someone among them finally stopped gawking and feigned care. “Aww, don’t cry a river over this now! The sooner you get used to it, the better. Gee, a while ago, you defended her to the point of getting into heated disagreements with us. Now you know, huh? Being ‘Mrs. Tremont’ for a while had really gotten into her head, I’ll give you that. B*tch always thinks she’s several levels above us. And then she got dumped hard, but she still thinks she’s ‘The Madam’ and the boss of us. Ludicrous, right? Oh, wait... We gotta watch our backs, the boss has mandated us to never talk sh*t about Arianne, so we better zip it now, I guess. Come on, Robin, don’t be too upset, ok? At least you get to keep your job in Tremont Enterprise. It’s not like Arianne has the power to fire you or anything.”

It was then that the supervisor approached them, chastising, “Oy, what do you think you people are doing here? This isn’t time for talking, shut your pie hole and go back to work! Miss Cox, you’re with me.”

Libby brought Robin to a remote stairway, and after a quick survey, making sure that no one else was within earshot, she suddenly dropped her voice into a hushed tone. “Okay. Why did Arianne suddenly hit you, dear? How did the two of you come to that?”

Robin sniffled. Her voice was thick with tears. “C-Can... Can you keep it a s-s-secret if I tell you?”

Libby seemed oddly excited. “You can count on me to keep a secret, sweetie. I’m all ears.”