Chapter 21 Asking for a Commission

Emily broke down in tears and fled, leaving everyone gaping at me in stunned silence. I offered a smile to the onlookers. "You don't have a backer, and yet you dare to hang around here?" Their shock was evident. They couldn't believe that I, the one they'd always considered a pushover, was finally standing my ground. But actually, I hadn't meant to make things hard for Emily. If she hadn't gotten in my way, I would've gladly kept the peace. But it was clear she had no intention of doing the same. When I returned to the design department, I could feel the shift in the way everyone looked at me. In a company this big, the gossip mill was always churning. And sure enough, as soon as I opened WhatsApp, I found everyone was buzzing about what had just gone down. "Has Summer been possessed or something? She's been looking alarmingly thin lately. Could something be seriously wrong with her?" "Maybe she finally snapped? I mean, who wouldn't lose it after being cheated on for three year