His Hybrid Mate

Chapter 141

　　After the truth about Matilda's incident was exposed, people turned their attention to Melissa.

　　Annette left the restaurant with Marcus and said to him, "I'll buy you lunch another time. I have to go back to the office now."

　　Marcus knew that she was going back to question Melissa, so he nodded in agreement.

　　Annette patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you."

　　Marcus whispered in her ear, "You should thank Connor, not me. As long as he heard that you were bullied, he asked someone to investigate."

　　Annette frowned. This was not the first time she had caused trouble for Connor.

　　She felt both guilty and glad.

　　Whenever she needed help, Connor would always get her out of trouble.

　　When Annette returned to the office with Sara, Melissa was having takeout food in the office alone.

　　Melissa smiled and asked, "Have you had lunch? This spaghetti is delicious. Do you want me to order some for you?"

　　Sara's face was cold. "That's fine. How dare we eat your food."

　　"Sara, what is with you?"

　　"That's right. At least I'm acting like this in front of you. It's better than someone framing others behind their backs."

　　Melissa was displeased with Sara's words. "What do you mean by that?"

　　Annette walked in front of Sara and looked at Melissa.

　　She said, "It's simple. We can't afford to offend a villain like you."

　　Melissa stood up and shouted, "Annette, what do you mean? Why do you call me a villain?"

　　"It was you who made that post about Matilda and led others to insult me. From the outside, you looked concerned about me and said that you would help clear my name in the forum. However, you only pretended to care about me."

　　Melissa's sharp eyes shifted away. She said evasively, "I don't even know what you are talking about."

　　Sara said disdainfully, "If so, why are you looking guilty?"

　　"I am not feeling guilty."

　　"Melissa, we have worked together for so long. I know you better than Annette. If you are not guilty, you won't let others insult you. Now, you have to admit it. We had evidence, or we wouldn't have questioned you."

　　Just as Sara finished her words, Alanna pushed the door open and shouted, "Big news!"

　　But when she saw the scene in the office, she quickly shut up.

　　Sara crossed her arms and said, "Alanna, we heard about the big news you mentioned."

　　Alanna asked after a moment of hesitation, "Melissa, you really did that?"

　　"Shut up! It's none of your business!" Melissa walked toward the door.

　　Annette stepped forward to block her way. She asked, "Melissa, why did you do that to me? When have I ever offended you?"

　　Melissa's eyes were filled with jealousy. She said loudly, "I just don't like you. Ever since you graduated and became a student instructor, you have caused so much trouble. Because of you, Kyle came to work in school and set up an annoying point deduction system, making all the student instructors work with fear every day. After Darren took office, you were so privileged. Why? Is it because you are good-looking? I don't feel OK with that. What qualifications do you have to show off in front of us? You are not qualified to stay in school and should be driven away."

　　Annette's eyes turned cold. She said seriously, "You denied my efforts just because of my appearance. You said that you worked hard, but you always focused on your phone or played games during working hours. Tell me, how many times have I helped you release the notice of your class? When your students were in trouble, you asked me to run errands for you. I am also busy, but I have rarely refused you. I earned my place here through my hard work. You think I am not qualified because of your thoughts and even ask me to get out. In fact, you should be the one who gets out."

　　Annette rarely quarreled with anyone. But, she couldn't accept others slandering her.

　　She had worked hard. Even if others couldn't see her hard work, she would still work hard. It shouldn't be a reason to humiliate her.

　　Seeing that Annette and Melissa may fight at any time, Alanna said hurriedly, "Melissa, Annette, stop arguing. Just sit down and talk about the problem. In fact..."

　　"Shut up!" Melissa turned around. "Alanna, don't try to be a peacemaker. Stop being a pushover. You disliked Annette from day one."

　　"Melissa, are you crazy?"

　　Before Alanna could finish her words, Melissa opened the door and left.

　　Alanna was embarrassed.

　　She said guiltily to Annette, "When you first came, I often gossip about you behind your back. You were an influential figure in the school, and people were all talking about you. I liked to gossip, so I told Sara and Melissa a lot of rumors about you. I'm sorry. I didn't know you well at that time, and I shouldn't have followed others and slandered you behind your back."

　　Annette looked at Alanna and smiled speechlessly. "Alanna, you are so unlucky. You tried to stop us from fighting out of kindness, but you were implicated."

　　Seeing that Annette was not angry, Alanna said gloomily, "I can't agree more. I was afraid that you would fight each other, so I tried to ease the tension. Otherwise, I would have stood aside."

　　Alanna continued, "Annette, I swear, ever since we had dinner together last time, I have never said anything bad about you. If you don't believe me, ask Sara."

　　Sara nodded. "I can prove it. You haven't said it recently."

　　Alanna held Annette's hand. "Forget about what Melissa said. She might be jealous of you since you are so pretty."

　　Annette took a deep breath and said, "Forget it. I don't care about the past. Don't talk about it anymore. Let's get back to work."

　　Melissa did not return to the office in the afternoon.