They knew reflecting Sarah's defiant nature and bad temper to their superior would make no difference.
After all, as an indispensable designer, her position had earned her an unwritten right to be arrogant and overbearing. Who cared if she was grumpy and self-absorbed?
"Okay," Sarah answered.
She took a deep breath and prepared herself to go inside.
Right at her heels, her assistant took a step inside. However, Jeff stopped her. Without thinking, Jeff said in a bland tone, "At the behest of President Chloe, only Sarah is being summoned. Please stay where you are."
"What? No! I'm coming with Sarah!"
Sarah's assistant had never been treated like this before and now she was completely exasperated. Being told to stay outside struck a nerve in her. Blinded by her rage, she stepped up to Jeff and snapped at him, not caring at all where she was or who was inside the meeting room.
Jeff was a stranger to Sarah's assistant, that's true. But Sarah herself should know him well. Hadn't she shared information about Jeff's position in the company with her assistant?
As an assistant to the CEO, Jeff only did things that the CEO herself commanded.
He was not a common employee of the company who could be scolded by Sarah or her assistant.
With a light glance at Sarah, Jeff wondered why Chloe summoned her, but Chloe should have no love for Sarah in his opinion.
This kind of thing was common in the company. Jeff did not want to meddle at first. It was no use being involved in a dog-eat-dog quarrel with Sarah's assistant.
Jeff wanted no argument, so he just glanced at Sarah's assistant and let her enter the meeting room as well.
Sarah also gave her assistant a cold look, which scared her.
Unexpectedly, before they could enter the meeting room, Chloe stepped out.
Too late, she happened to hear all of Sarah's assistant's words.
Chloe could not help laug
with a straight face.
But she was still not sure, so she turned her head toward Derrick who was standing behind her. He nodded to her and mouthed, "Yes, she is Sarah."
Okay.
Now that she had finally found the culprit, things would be much easier.
But what excuse should she make to fire her?
Was it possible to fire her without grounds?
Well, it was not impossible. It would just be troublesome and questionable.
Sarah had been working in this company for a long time. It would not be appropriate for Chloe to fire her without any valid reason.
If she had known, she would have made the best plan before coming here.
But now, she caught their overbearing behavior on the spot. It would be a pity to simply forgive Sarah.
So, Chloe planned to make it a quick move.
Besides, she had to go home and continue writing her novel.
Derrick stood behind Chloe, so he did not know whether her expression was relaxed or not.
But Derrick did not see that Sarah had captured the changes in Chloe's expressions.
Sarah did not really know why. Perhaps it was her intuition as a woman that told her that the new CEO did not like her very much.
But why?
Chloe did not have any reason to hate her. They had never even met each other before.