In actual fact, Vivian did nothing except share her opinion with Paris’ parents.
Back then, Finnick was willing to marry her even when she had no citizenship. Thus, love was what brought a couple together. Likewise, no one could separate them as long as they loved each other.
When Vivian told Paris about it, the latter only smiled at her. In her heart, Paris couldn’t be more grateful to Vivian. The two ended the conversation and soon dove into work.
When the chief editor arrived at work, she called Vivian and Paris into her office. The atmosphere in the room was depressing as she kept staring at the two, not saying a word.
Just as Vivian thought the chief editor was going to stare at them forever, the latter finally broke the silence, “So, tell me, why did you skip work yesterday?”
Although she saw Vivian’s message yesterday, she was still angry at them.
After working for so many years, it was the first time she saw employees flagrantly skipping work. Even though Vivian was the president’s wife, that should not be a justified reason for her violation of the company’s rules.
Vivian kept her head down at the chief editor’s question. After a while, she looked up at the latter and admitted their mistakes, “Actually, we had an emergency yesterday. We’re sorry for violating the company’s regulations, and we’ll accept punishment for skipping work.”
“Fine then. I want both of you to send me a ten thousand words self-reflection report.” With that, the chief editor threw them out of her office. That was when Paris finally came back to her senses. It was an intimidating experience to be scolded by the chief editor. “Vivian, I’m sorry. It was all my fault. I…”
Vivian stopped her from apologizing, “No. I should be responsible as well. Now, let’s start working on our reports.”
With that, she started writing her report. As for Paris, she would work on it later since she still had other work at hand.
The two were required to complete the reports before they were allowed to leave the office. If they failed to do so, their salary would be deducted. To the chief editor, it was an awful offense to skip work.
One could imagine how disastrous it could be if an interviewer suddenly disappeared when interviewing a prominent figure.
Hence, the chief editor would not tolerate anyone who dared skip work. Such a bad attitude deserved severe punishment.
When Benedict arrived to fetch Paris from work, he saw the two young ladies busy working on their self-reflection reports.
He was amused seeing Paris sprawling over the table, writing her report with a pitiful expression on her face.
He made his way to Vivian’s cubicle and poked on her shoulder.
Vivian se dio la vuelta cuando alguien la tocó, con el rostro lleno de disgusto.
Cuando vio que era Benedict, la frialdad de sus ojos desapareció y su expresión se suavizó.
Al recibir la señal de la mirada de Benjamin, Vivian bajó la voz y preguntó: “Ben, ¿por qué estás aquí?”.
Luego, Benjamín llevó a su hermana a la despensa para no molestar a París.
“¿Qué pasó con París?” Benedicto recordó una vez más la mirada lastimera de Paris. Inexplicablemente, la encontró aún más adorable.
Vivian susurró: “El editor jefe nos regañó ayer por faltar al trabajo”.
Se sintió un poco avergonzada al hablar de eso, especialmente cuando había otras personas en la despensa.
“¿Por qué Paris y tú faltasteis al trabajo?” Preguntó Benjamín.
Vivian se quedó sin palabras y no sabía cómo responder.
Sabía que Paris no quería que Benedict supiera sobre su conflicto con sus padres. Aunque todo estaba resuelto ahora, no estaba segura de si debía contárselo a Benedict.
Al ver la reacción de Vivian, Benedict supo que las damas le ocultaban algo. Los ojos de Vivian se movían de un lado a otro.
Finalmente, se le ocurrió una excusa: “Ben, es hora de salir del trabajo. ¡Tengo que irme ahora!” Dicho esto, se escabulló y salió de la oficina con otros colegas.
En el pasado, Vivian habría bromeado con Benedict para disuadirlo. Sin embargo, después de haber pasado por tantas cosas, ya no era la vivaz y descarada Vivian.
