Chapter 46: A Show-Down

In a situation like this, most people would have been mortified, guilt-ridden, and full of regret. After all, finding out that you had treated your own boss in such a humiliating way would be enough to make anyone want to crawl under a rock. But Christina was not like most people. Sure, there was a bit of internal struggle, but embarrassment? Not at all. Regret? Far from it. In Christina’s mind, she had treated Dylan exactly as he deserved. "Relax, Chris! Maybe he doesn't even remember me. He meets so many people. He wouldn't be petty enough to remember someone as insignificant as me," she thought, trying to calm her nerves. It was clear that she was underestimating Dylan’s penchant for, as Darren liked to call it, childish pettiness. But now, as he looked at her like a wolf eyeing its prey, a bad feeling slowly crept into her heart. Christina instinctively shrank back, trying to hide behind Jason, who remained oblivious to the tension filling the room. Dylan's eyebrows lifted sligh