"I can go wherever I please. You, a mere secretary, have no authority over me."
Holly scoffed, her gaze filled with arrogance.
"With me here, you’re not going anywhere."
I studied her in surprise, wondering where she got this audacity.
"Miss Green, I’m officially notifying you that you’re fired."
Instead of backing down, Holly smirked and folded her arms.
"You want to fire me? Do you even have the authority?"
She let out a mocking laugh as she shamelessly responded, "Do you really think your position means anything?"
I pushed her away and stood up.
"Holly, you’ve provoked me again and again. Do you think I’m someone you can bully?"
Her smirk vanished as her face changed, twisted in rage. After that, she grabbed my collar.
"Eleanor Hawking, you’re nothing but a dog raised by the Woods Family, yet you dare to act superior to me?"
She tightened her grip around my collar as she said, "Let me make this clear, Eleanor! No one in the entire Woods Corporation can fire me except Mr. Woods himself."
If I hadn’t been so furious, I would’ve thought I was hearing things. A mere secretary, daring to shout at me in front of everyone? It seemed I had been far too low-profile all these years.