Adrienne looked in the direction she was heading.
Through the transparent glass window of the bookstore, she saw Lizzie sitting in a wheelchair, chatting and laughing with an old man.
“Lizzie was so shameless, was she trying to suppress you and not let you submit the draft!”
There was only one bookstore in town, and Adrienne used to come here often. She was familiar with Fredrick, the owner of the bookstore..
Seeing Fredrick being so close to Lizzie and then thinking about Johanna’s expression, Adrienne automatically thought, “It must be Lizzie causing trouble and making Johanna’s translation work difficult!”
Johanna didn’t answer directly, just lowered her head and twisted her clothes with her fingers.
The look of injustice on her face only confirmed Adrienne’s suspicions.
“I went to confront her!” Adrienne was furious, she turned around and headed towards the bookstore.
“No!” Johanna quickly grabbed her, a hint of panic in her eyes. “Don’t do this, Adrienne. Don’t go looking for Lizzie, it will only make things difficult for Theron.”
Adrienne was stunned.
Johanna lowered her eyes, looking more helpless but also with a hidden strength. She gently tugged on Adrienne’s sleeve, her voice soft
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but firm, “You know, the relationship between Mr. Howland and Lizzie… if we make a scene, it will only make things difficult for Theron.”
She lifted her head, tears in her eyes, but she held back from letting them fall. “I don’t want to make Theron uncomfortable because of my own issues.”
With those words, along with her pitiful appearance, it completely triggered Adrienne’s anger.
She looked at Johanna with concern, “You always consider Lizzie! But what about Lizzie? She ruined your job out of jealousy, and now she’s trying to sabotage your translation work, You can tolerate it, but I can’t!”
Johanna looked worried, but she said calmly and gently, “I can always find another job.”
After hearing this, Adrienne was filled with anger and said, “Nowadays, jobs are like finding a needle in a haystack. Where else can you go to find another job? She’s pushing you into a corner!”
“There’s always a way,” Johanna said calmly, as if she didn’t care.
Actually, she was quite panicked. She lost her job and couldn’t do any more translations. She also had to pay Vanessa’s rent and urgently needed money.
She deliberately asked Adrienne, “Do you know if there’s a black market around here?”
Adrienne’s body stiffened, her face instantly turning pale as she quickly looked around to make sure no one noticed their conversation, before lowering her voice and saying, “Hanna! You can’t do that! It’s a mistake, if you get caught, you’ll be punished! You’ve already been suspended because of Lizzie, if something else happens, you’ll really
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have no way out!”
Johanna nodded slightly, “I know…”
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But her right hand, deliberately reaching for the watch on her left wrist, fingertips slowly sliding over the dial, “I’m just asking casually.”
Adrienne’s eyes landed on that watch, and she felt a pang in her heart, realizing Johanna had smashed that watch! It was the only keepsake Efren had given her!
Adrienne was burning with anger, she wanted to confront Lizzie.
But as soon as she made a move, Johanna grabbed her and dragged her back to Equinox Research Institute.
The two of them entered the dorm together, then Adrienne walked out of the dorm and headed straight to the office area.
Theron had just finished training and returned to the office when he got a call from security saying that a Ms. Stanley was looking for him.
He immediately thought it was Adrienne, thinking something had happened to Johanna, so he quickly came out to the entrance of the office area.
Adrienne saw Theron and “spilled the beans” about what she saw outside the bookstore today.
Adrienne kept badmouthing Lizzie, painting her as a scheming villain, constantly suppressing Johanna and not letting her take on translation jobs, almost driving her to death.
Finally, Adrienne’s eyes turned red and she said emotionally, “She even asked me where the black market is. I think Hanna wants to sell her watch!”
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Theron didn’t really listen to what Adrienne said next, he just noticed Lizzie went to the bookstore in town. He had a feeling and decided to go find Lizzie right away.
Adrienne saw Theron’s reaction and secretly felt proud, thinking he was standing up for Johanna.
She returned to Equinox Research Laboratory and excitedly told Johanna, “Theron went to find Lizzie, definitely standing up for you!”
Johanna pretended to scold Adrienne, “You shouldn’t do that, you can’t ruin their relationship.”
But deep down, she was secretly pleased, thinking that her translation work would soon be finalized with Theron’s intervention. So, she took out the manuscript again, made some revisions to the translation, determined to pass the review this time.
