Chapter 4

Although I didn't know why I felt a bit down, I thought this matter would come to an end here.

But the next day when I arrived at the office, I found myself the center of attention.

Even colleagues from different departments kept glancing back at me every few steps.

Suddenly becoming such an attraction made me feel uneasy.

It was that same colleague I was close with who whispered to me, "Everyone's saying you shamelessly pursued Mr. Winters before, then played with his feelings, and finally dumped him without any shame. Now Mr. Winters is here for revenge. Is that true?"

There was just too much information in my colleague's words.

I was left completely dumbfounded.

When did the office rumors become so ridiculous?

After saying this, my colleague patted my shoulder sympathetically, "If Mr. Winters is here for revenge, you'd better be careful."

With those words, she gave me a gesture of encouragement before leaving.

Initially, I didn't pay much attention to it and just focused on work.

But during lunch, I noticed everyone else had gathered together, pointedly not inviting me.I stepped forward directly, "What would everyone like to eat for lunch? I'd like to join you all."

My words were met with only silence.

In this awkward atmosphere, after a long while, one of my colleagues finally spoke up coldly, "Fallon, you've already dared to play with Mr. Winters' feelings. If you get too close to us, Mr. Winters might misunderstand, and that wouldn't be good."

Someone immediately chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, it's just lunch. You can eat by yourself, can't you?"

I opened my mouth, about to speak, but they had already left in a group.

In the following work session, I discovered that the impact of this incident wasn't limited to just that.

Because they were afraid of being affected by association with me, all my colleagues were trying their best to avoid having too much contact with me.

Some colleagues, in order to better clarify their own position, even intentionally targeted me during work.

"Fallon, look at this PowerPoint you've made. How are we supposed to complete the rest of the work with this!"

I blinked innocently, "This document was given to me by Xiao earlier, he said..."

Before I could finish, I was met with even harsher criticism, "You made a mistake and you're not even willing to admit it. How can we work with this kind of attitude?"The team leader was criticizing me when several voices quietly chimed in from the sidelines.

"She dared to toy with the CEO's feelings. What wouldn't she dare to do?"

"Exactly, she thinks she's so clever."

...

Later, when my colleagues were ordering takeout together, they intentionally didn't include me. So the final scene was them happily enjoying their afternoon tea in a group, while I sat alone at my desk, miserably sorting through files.

Their laughter and chatter filled the air, while I could only scramble to organize papers in the corner, unsure when I'd ever finish the pile of documents.

Ethan was clearly getting his revenge because I had dumped him earlier!

He deliberately spread these rumors around the office, obviously trying to make everyone turn against me and isolate me. But he was wrong - I, Fallon, have never been one to be pushed around!

With this thought, I stormed straight to Ethan's office, determined to confront him and demand an explanation.

For the company's top leader to bully an employee over personal matters was utterly despicable.

I arrived at the CEO's office door and raised my hand to knock when I heard the sound of an argument coming from inside.Listening to the voices, it seemed that Felicity and Ethan were arguing about something.

"You'd better stop this silly game. You're not allowed to badmouth Fallon in any way."

Hearing Ethan's warning, Felicity was unfazed. "So what if I do? She deserves it! Back then, when Fallon dumped you, you were so miserable. That woman made your life a living hell during that time. And now you're actually feeling sorry for her? Have you lost your mind?"

Ethan coldly warned her, "Whether I've lost my mind or not is none of your business. Just know that if you continue doing this, don't blame me for not showing any mercy."

Felicity's voice became choked with emotion, "After everything she did to you, don't tell me you still like her?"

"That's right, I do like her. No matter what she does, it won't change how I feel about her!"

...

Listening to the argument from outside, I was so shocked I nearly let out a scream as I eavesdropped.