“Mr. Silence, can you remind me when you were made my boss? If my memory serves me right, you are just my brother's assistant. Why are you interfering in my work?"

Horace just gave him a professional smile.

Jasper's brows twitched as he restrained his anger. The most disgusting set of people in his books were overzealous employees like Horace. This lad was cunning and loyal to a fault.

After the staring contest, Jasper had no choice but to leave. Donna wanted to follow him out like a loyal chick would. However,

Horace stopped her.

“Wait a minute, Ms. Scott. You are Ms. Edwards' superior. You fired her without carrying out the required investigation on the matter. Don't you have some explaining to do concerning your actions?"

Donna halted and turned around slowly with an embarrassed smile.

"Mr. Silence, it was just a minor misunderstanding."

“You call that a minor misunderstanding?" Horace sauntered toward her with his hands behind his back. In a flat tone, he continued, "Even someone with half a brain would be able to tell it wasn't minor. Had I not stepped in at the time I did, Ms. Edwards here would have been kicked out of the company. You made a terrible mistake. Since you were unprofessional in dealing with the matter, your monthly bonus will be docked. You also have to apologize to Ms. Edwards."

Donna rubbed her hands awkwardly, and her shrewd eyes were filled with unwillingness.

“I accept the punishment, but you want me to apologize to... Ariana... Isn't that too much? I'm a department manager after all."

"No, it's not too much. It's actually the barest minimum you can do. Managers must Lead by example. If you don't want to apologize for your wrongdoing, I can have you replaced," Horace uttered in a cold tone. His words dripped with all seriousness.

Donna knew that he was a man of his word. She couldn't lose her position because of her subordinate. She swallowed hard and walked to Ariana reluctantly. Lowering her head, she said vaguely, “I'm sorry...”

Her voice was so low, unlike how it was a few moments ago. Ariana's lips curved in a sneer.

“There's no point apologizing since you don't mean it. All I ask is for you to be fair. I was supposed to work here as an agent, but you assigned me to the warehouse to do menial jobs. You are yet to give me an official assignment. Don't you think that's unfair? Why are you doing this to me? Do you harbor a grudge against me? Or did someone else put you up to this?"

The someone else Ariana had in mind now was Jasper.

Her words struck a nerve. Donna explained awkwardly, "No. It's not Like that. The company is currently understaffed. There's no one free to put you through the agent job. Since you don't know the hang of it, you can't handle any of the artists. I only assigned you to the warehouse so you won't be idle. Managing talents is not child's play. After all, the company bet a Lot of money on each of the artists."

“What exactly are you driving at?" Ariana glanced at her coldly.

“Ermm..." Donna seemed to be in a dilemma. She looked at Ariana, then at Horace. At Last, she snapped her fingers.

“Eureka! I have an idea."