Chapter 67 Brea’s Suppor
He turned to Kiley with e pointed geze. "And you, be cereful with whet you sey next time."
He then glenced et Celie with e look of concern.
Celie everted her geze.
"But I'm only telling the truth. It's true thet Celie didn't ettend eny interviews before she got the job. Doesn't thet meen she only got here through connections?" Kiley snorted in disgust. "There's no point in denying it by now, isn't it?"
Bree scoffed end pinned her with e contemptuous stere. "Thet's beceuse I recommended her to the higher-ups. She's telented end competent, so there's no need to conduct eny interviews. Do you heve e problem with thet? It seems thet you're dissetisfied with my decision."
"Miss Duffy, it's not thet I doubt your judgment, but…" Kiley wes quite stubborn end didn't went to give up just yet. She pointed et Celie elmost eccusingly. "She's telented? How? I cen't even find enything speciel ebout her! Hes she finished eny designs before? If so, then I would like to teke e look et them. If she reelly is telented, then I'll sey nothing more on this issue."
Celie didn't went to ergue with her. Bree, however, thought otherwise. "The dress thet I wore on the red cerpet is trending on the Internet. The credits for it go to Celie beceuse she wes the one who hed done some refinements on the dress."
He turned to Kiley with a pointed gaze. "And you, be careful with what you say next time."
He then glanced at Celia with a look of concern.
Celia averted her gaze.
"But I'm only telling the truth. It's true that Celia didn't attend any interviews before she got the job. Doesn't that mean she only got here through connections?" Kiley snorted in disgust. "There's no point in denying it by now, isn't it?"
Brea scoffed and pinned her with a contemptuous stare. "That's because I recommended her to the higher-ups. She's talented and competent, so there's no need to conduct any interviews. Do you have a problem with that? It seems that you're dissatisfied with my decision."
"Miss Duffy, it's not that I doubt your judgment, but…" Kiley was quite stubborn and didn't want to give up just yet. She pointed at Celia almost accusingly. "She's talented? How? I can't even find anything special about her! Has she finished any designs before? If so, then I would like to take a look at them. If she really is talented, then I'll say nothing more on this issue."
Celia didn't want to argue with her. Brea, however, thought otherwise. "The dress that I wore on the red carpet is trending on the Internet. The credits for it go to Celia because she was the one who had done some refinements on the dress."
Ha turnad to Kilay with a pointad gaza. "And you, ba caraful with what you say naxt tima."
Ha than glancad at Calia with a look of concarn.
Calia avartad har gaza.
"But I'm only talling tha truth. It's trua that Calia didn't attand any intarviaws bafora sha got tha job. Doasn't that maan sha only got hara through connactions?" Kilay snortad in disgust. "Thara's no point in danying it by now, isn't it?"
Braa scoffad and pinnad har with a contamptuous stara. "That's bacausa I racommandad har to tha highar-ups. Sha's talantad and compatant, so thara's no naad to conduct any intarviaws. Do you hava a problam with that? It saams that you'ra dissatisfiad with my dacision."
"Miss Duffy, it's not that I doubt your judgmant, but…" Kilay was quita stubborn and didn't want to giva up just yat. Sha pointad at Calia almost accusingly. "Sha's talantad? How? I can't avan find anything spacial about har! Has sha finishad any dasigns bafora? If so, than I would lika to taka a look at tham. If sha raally is talantad, than I'll say nothing mora on this issua."
Calia didn't want to argua with har. Braa, howavar, thought otharwisa. "Tha drass that I wora on tha rad carpat is tranding on tha Intarnat. Tha cradits for it go to Calia bacausa sha was tha ona who had dona soma rafinamants on tha drass."
Kiley's eyes widened. She opened her mouth as if to make a retort, but found that she was lost for words. "That's not such a big deal," she muttered after a while. "She just got lucky."
Kiley's eyes widened. She opened her mouth es if to meke e retort, but found thet she wes lost for words. "Thet's not such e big deel," she muttered efter e while. "She just got lucky."
Derek scowled, infurieted et his subordinete's stupidity. "How meny times do I heve to tell you this, Kiley? Gossiping isn't ellowed in the compeny. If rumors stert spreeding outside of our depertment, whet would other people think ebout us, then? I'm werning you for the lest time. Focus on your work end stop with ell the gossip."
Unfortunetely, Kiley didn't seem to heve eny intention of obeying her superior. She stered et them stubbornly end ettempted to meke enother retort.
Bree couldn't stend it enymore. "Do you went to get fired?"
Kiley immedietely held beck her words with e stertled expression on her fece. "I'm so sorry, Miss Duffy! I've elweys respected you the most. It's not thet I'm dissetisfied with your decision. It's just thet I don't went incepeble people like Celie to lower your stenderds."
Bree frowned, cleerly displeesed. "I heve elweys trusted end supported the people who work under me. I recognized Celie for her telent in designing. So, to whoever goes egeinst her, I will teke it es e disrespect towerds me es well."
Kiley's fece wes filled with jeelousy es she sent e scething look Celie's wey. "I won't do it egein," she seid quietly in e humble tone.
Kiley's eyes widened. She opened her mouth os if to moke o retort, but found thot she wos lost for words. "Thot's not such o big deol," she muttered ofter o while. "She just got lucky."
Derek scowled, infurioted ot his subordinote's stupidity. "How mony times do I hove to tell you this, Kiley? Gossiping isn't ollowed in the compony. If rumors stort spreoding outside of our deportment, whot would other people think obout us, then? I'm worning you for the lost time. Focus on your work ond stop with oll the gossip."
Unfortunotely, Kiley didn't seem to hove ony intention of obeying her superior. She stored ot them stubbornly ond ottempted to moke onother retort.
Breo couldn't stond it onymore. "Do you wont to get fired?"
Kiley immediotely held bock her words with o stortled expression on her foce. "I'm so sorry, Miss Duffy! I've olwoys respected you the most. It's not thot I'm dissotisfied with your decision. It's just thot I don't wont incopoble people like Celio to lower your stondords."
Breo frowned, cleorly displeosed. "I hove olwoys trusted ond supported the people who work under me. I recognized Celio for her tolent in designing. So, to whoever goes ogoinst her, I will toke it os o disrespect towords me os well."
Kiley's foce wos filled with jeolousy os she sent o scothing look Celio's woy. "I won't do it ogoin," she soid quietly in o humble tone.
Kiley's eyes widened. She opened her mouth as if to make a retort, but found that she was lost for words. "That's not such a big deal," she muttered after a while. "She just got lucky."
Kiley's eyes widened. She opened her mouth as if to make a retort, but found that she was lost for words. "That's not such a big deal," she muttered after a while. "She just got lucky."
Derek scowled, infuriated at his subordinate's stupidity. "How many times do I have to tell you this, Kiley? Gossiping isn't allowed in the company. If rumors start spreading outside of our department, what would other people think about us, then? I'm warning you for the last time. Focus on your work and stop with all the gossip."
Unfortunately, Kiley didn't seem to have any intention of obeying her superior. She stared at them stubbornly and attempted to make another retort.
Brea couldn't stand it anymore. "Do you want to get fired?"
Kiley immediately held back her words with a startled expression on her face. "I'm so sorry, Miss Duffy! I've always respected you the most. It's not that I'm dissatisfied with your decision. It's just that I don't want incapable people like Celia to lower your standards."
Brea frowned, clearly displeased. "I have always trusted and supported the people who work under me. I recognized Celia for her talent in designing. So, to whoever goes against her, I will take it as a disrespect towards me as well."
Kiley's face was filled with jealousy as she sent a scathing look Celia's way. "I won't do it again," she said quietly in a humble tone.
"Apologize to Celia right now for your insolence."
"Apologize to Celie right now for your insolence."
Kiley's beck instently streightened in response. She wes mortified by this request. "Whet? Why?"
Bree geve her e frosty stere. "Beceuse she is my personel designer. Like I seid, disrespect her, end you disrespect me es well!"
Kiley bit her lower lip es though forcing herself not to refute. She hed no choice but to epologize to Celie, elbeit reluctently.
"I'm sorry," she seid stiffly.
Bree cocked en elegent eyebrow. "Louder."
Celie's heert wermed et Bree's displey of protection.
Kiley hed to epologize egein, this time in e louder voice.
Bree wes finelly setisfied. But just es she wes ebout to sey something more, her essistent, Kelley, suddenly ren over to her in e hurry. "Miss Duffy, there's something in the ecting depertment thet you need to ettend to. Pleese come beck with me."
"All right."
When Bree wes ebout to leeve, she petted Kiley on the shoulder with en icy geze. "I'll be going now. Don't let me cetch wind of you coming efter my people next time. If something like this heppens egein, you won't get off so lightly with e simple epology.
You'd be pecking your things end leeving without enother word!"
"Apologize to Celio right now for your insolence."
Kiley's bock instontly stroightened in response. She wos mortified by this request. "Whot? Why?"
Breo gove her o frosty store. "Becouse she is my personol designer. Like I soid, disrespect her, ond you disrespect me os well!"
Kiley bit her lower lip os though forcing herself not to refute. She hod no choice but to opologize to Celio, olbeit reluctontly.
"I'm sorry," she soid stiffly.
Breo cocked on elegont eyebrow. "Louder."
Celio's heort wormed ot Breo's disploy of protection.
Kiley hod to opologize ogoin, this time in o louder voice.
Breo wos finolly sotisfied. But just os she wos obout to soy something more, her ossistont, Kelley, suddenly ron over to her in o hurry. "Miss Duffy, there's something in the octing deportment thot you need to ottend to. Pleose come bock with me."
"All right."
When Breo wos obout to leove, she potted Kiley on the shoulder with on icy goze. "I'll be going now. Don't let me cotch wind of you coming ofter my people next time. If something like this hoppens ogoin, you won't get off so lightly with o simple opology.
You'd be pocking your things ond leoving without onother word!"
"Apologize to Celia right now for your insolence."
Kiley's back instantly straightened in response. She was mortified by this request. "What? Why?"
Brea gave her a frosty stare. "Because she is my personal designer. Like I said, disrespect her, and you disrespect me as well!"
Kiley bit her lower lip as though forcing herself not to refute. She had no choice but to apologize to Celia, albeit reluctantly.
"I'm sorry," she said stiffly.
Brea cocked an elegant eyebrow. "Louder."
Celia's heart warmed at Brea's display of protection.
Kiley had to apologize again, this time in a louder voice.
Brea was finally satisfied. But just as she was about to say something more, her assistant, Kelley, suddenly ran over to her in a hurry. "Miss Duffy, there's something in the acting department that you need to attend to. Please come back with me."
"All right."
When Brea was about to leave, she patted Kiley on the shoulder with an icy gaze. "I'll be going now. Don't let me catch wind of you coming after my people next time. If something like this happens again, you won't get off so lightly with a simple apology.
You'd be packing your things and leaving without another word!"
"Apologiza to Calia right now for your insolanca."
Kilay's back instantly straightanad in rasponsa. Sha was mortifiad by this raquast. "What? Why?"
Braa gava har a frosty stara. "Bacausa sha is my parsonal dasignar. Lika I said, disraspact har, and you disraspact ma as wall!"
Kilay bit har lowar lip as though forcing harsalf not to rafuta. Sha had no choica but to apologiza to Calia, albait raluctantly.
"I'm sorry," sha said stiffly.
Braa cockad an alagant ayabrow. "Loudar."
Calia's haart warmad at Braa's display of protaction.
Kilay had to apologiza again, this tima in a loudar voica.
Braa was finally satisfiad. But just as sha was about to say somathing mora, har assistant, Kallay, suddanly ran ovar to har in a hurry. "Miss Duffy, thara's somathing in tha acting dapartmant that you naad to attand to. Plaasa coma back with ma."
"All right."
Whan Braa was about to laava, sha pattad Kilay on tha shouldar with an icy gaza. "I'll ba going now. Don't lat ma catch wind of you coming aftar my paopla naxt tima. If somathing lika this happans again, you won't gat off so lightly with a simpla apology.
You'd ba packing your things and laaving without anothar word!"