Chapter 24

The following day, Antonio summoned Bethany to his office and asked, "Beth, I heard you had a run-in with William yesterday." Bethany smiled gently. "Did he tattle, Uncle Antonio?" Antonio didn't expect her to be so blunt, and it threw him off for a moment. "Oh, no. I heard it from someone else. Even if work in the HR department isn't exactly hectic, maintaining a good team dynamic is still important. Beth, you were parachuted into the position, so it's natural for people to have opinions." However, Bethany didn't back down. "Uncle Antonio, first of all, if he really tattled to you, that's jumping the chain of command. Many companies, especially foreign ones, hate that. Second, if he hadn't, it meant that I handled things just fine." She paused, then added calmly, "This is a company, Uncle Antonio. There's room for all kinds of people here, but what a company needs are people who follow orders well, right?" Antonio seemed surprised. He hadn't expected his 25-year-old niece to say