Chapter 16

As Martin arrived at Quinlan Group, everyone was just starting to clock in. As they moved about, all of them stole glances at a certain spot in the office. Alessa was disheveled and exhausted. She hadn't gotten any sleep last night with the bodyguards forcing her to kneel on the floor. She couldn't hold on anymore and was on the brink of collapsing, but she couldn't stand the way people looked at her. She used to be at the top of the world, yet she was so utterly and publicly humiliated right now. If she could kill Jasmine, she would've done it in a heartbeat. Alessa screamed hysterically, "Jasmine is such a bitch! She deserves a horrible death. How dare she seduce Martin? What a freaking bitch!" She shouted ceaselessly, and everyone heard her harsh, cutting remarks. But things were different now. She had fallen from grace, her authority stripped. Now, her actions invited nothing but scornful glances. Some of the staff who were quite close to Jasmine started retorting to Alessa