Chapter 290 - Taking Advantage Of Children

The notebook in Lina's hand was treated like it held the state secrets which were priceless and could not be leaked under any circumstances.

None of the other employees had noticed her strange behavior except two inquisitive young men whose desks were right next to each other.

"What was that all about?" Assistant Leon Jiu questioned as he continued gazing at Lina's closed door.

His eyes then strayed to the door next to hers which would soon be cleaned out as the occupant had been fired just this morning.

'She left rather willingly after the first 20 minutes or so that she spent inside her room.' He recalled and then rubbed his chin.

After Maxene Kang had been fired right before everyone's eyes, she had strode into her office to pack up her belongings.

She spent quite a while inside and appeared once again only after 20 minutes which had seemed suspicious to him.

Leon had been sure that all of her haughty attitudes had washed away and she was wallowing in self-pity behind the closed door after what had happened to her.

However, his prediction had been entirely wrong when he saw her walking out of the room and the building with her head held high.

'Not an ounce of regret on that face of hers!' He exclaimed while shaking his head.

Their department was rejecting resumes sent by unemployed youngsters every day who wished to join Obsidia.

While this woman had practically kicked the job that she had and left the place before her contract had been completed.

Leon was stupefied that there were such fools in this world who would take such drastic steps that would result in them being fired all for the sake of petty office jealousy.

'She could have just slipped some laxatives in Lina's coffees and let her make her fool out of herself instead of doing what she did.' He sighed that people did not have a brilliant brain like his.

While he was thinking of ways in which Maxene could have sorted out her jealousy with Lina, Benji was scowling at him.

'Look at that weird face of his! He must be thinking of something creepy to get that look on his face.' Benji reckoned and then shook his head.

In the short time that he had worked in this office, he had become well acquainted with two people and they were the other two assistants, Miss Julia and this man, Leon Jiu.

While Miss Julia spent most of her time with her boss, it was just the two men who were left to entertain each other.

Hence he could make out that Leon was cooking up something creepy in his mind and Benji for sure did not wish to be a part of this.

For this reason, he rose from his seat and quickly strode in the direction of Lina's office.

By the time Leon had awoken from his daydream of methods of messing with Lina, he could only see the back of the huge man as he entered her room.

'Stingy bastard!' He sneered in his heart when he heard the sound of the lock being enabled after Benji had entered that room.

Having no way to follow after him and laze around during work hours, Leon decided that it was best for him to take a nap while his boss was busy with some other work.

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Inside Lina's office which Benji had just entered as the doors were unlocked, he narrowed his eyes as he watched the woman who sat behind the desk.

Lina jumped up in her fright when she felt someone enter her room.

"Don't you know how to knock!?" She yelled at her assistant who was focusing his scrutinizing gaze on her face.

'What are you trying to hide?' He wondered as he stared at her in an unblinking manner.

The cause of this doubt was the jumpscare that she had when all he did was enter her room.

Soon after which she had moved at a lightning-fast pace and covered something that had been placed on her table.

Her actions could have been missed by anyone else but not Benji who had been trained by Master Wind from a young age.

Therefore he continued to fix his doubting eyes onto her as he moved closer.

"What was that?" He questioned while pointing his finger at the papers that he could see, peeping from underneath the newspapers that she had thrown onto the desk in her hurry.

'It's only Benji…' Lina sighed and then arranged the newspapers in a proper order once again.

As the papers were moved away, Benji was able to make out the drafts drawn on the pages of the notebook which was opened on the table.

The tall man's eyes widened as he glanced around and sighed in relief when he remembered that he had locked the door after he had entered the room.

"Where did you get this from!?" He interrogated in a stern voice while glaring at his boss' face.

Lina was stunned that she was facing his interrogation when she had not done anything wrong.

'Has he been watching too many crime shows at home?' She wondered as this was the only possible explanation for this impromptu interrogation that she was facing.

"Answer me, Nana! Where did you steal this from?" He questioned all over again when he noticed her silence.

What Lina did not realize was that this man was taking her silence as her acceptance of the fact that she had in fact stolen these drafts from somewhere.

'Is that why she was walking in as though she was in stealth mode? Tsk!' He clicked his tongue when he came to this conclusion for her earlier shady behavior.

When the accused heard what this man had just said, her brows furrowed as she glared daggers at him.

"Care to repeat those words!?" She glowered at him with her eyes glowing dangerously.

Noticing the changes in her, Benji was quick to raise his hands in defeat and look away yet he could not push away the suspicions in his mind.

"Then how do you explain the notebook which I presume is filled with such beautiful designs when you and I both know that you suck balls at designing clothes." He muttered in a soft voice as he peeked at her from the corner of his eyes.

Lina rolled her eyes at this assistant of hers who had such great faith in the fact that she could not draw a single draft for clothing even if her life depended on it.

'Hmph! I would have smacked him if he wasn't such a close friend of mine.' She scoffed at him as she prepared to tell him the truth.

"This book belongs to Steph and he gave it to me." She revealed how this precious notebook had ended up in her possession.

'She is taking advantage of children now! Shame on her!' Benji sneered at the woman who was using that young man's affections to obtain these designs from him.

However, in the very next second Lina came to the conclusion that she needed to explain further since Benji's disgusted face was what she had come in contact with.

"He wants me to show these to LY because I offered to do so!" She relayed the entire incident to avoid any more accusations to fall on her head.

'I've had enough accusations for the day!' She declared and did not want to face such a thing ever again.