“Brother, What are you doing here?” This was the design team workplace , which was one level lower than Hosea Lindley’s office. What the heck was he doing here? Did he come to see this woman? Shirley Lindley wondered.

“I could almost hear you people quarrelling noisily from my chamber! How could I not come down to see what going on here?” Hosea looked at his sister with a sign of warning in his twinkling eyes.

Hosea’s serious gaze frightened Shirley whose heart was tightened and pounded; she was so scared to look at her brother directly and she turned her head away.

“No one can tell me what’s happening here?” Seeing Shirley who had lowered her head and was speechless, Hosea didn’t want to embarass her more in front of everyone. Then he turned his head to Samyan and stared at her mercilessly and furiously. Everyone was silent. Hosea Lindley was the owner of the company and no one dared to tell him lies. He was always a good- tempered gentleman who seldom or never got provoked in front of people; but there was once a rumor that the person who pissed him off was in very deep shit.

“If nothing happened, where the heck those noises came from? Cheton, Could you explain to me what happened here?” Hosea glanced at Icy Wilkinson who was holding the invitation. Actually, he had been standing outside of the workplace listening to their arguments, and fully comprehended the situation. Everyone was paying attention to the quarrel and no one noticed him. So he just wanted to watch how Icy would respond to the troubles. Cheton explained this incident genuinely to the boss, who did not understand why these people were attacking and rejecting Icy; she was only a newbie afterall.

“So you don’t agree with my decision about the arrangement of this coming exhibition.” Hosea eyeballed samyan and his tone was full of dissatisfaction. “What do you mean? That is your decision? You sent that invitation to her?” Both Shirley and Samyan were quite surprised and anxious. If that invitation came from Hosea, then no one could intervene and it was wise to stay away from this mess. Shirley thought to herself.

"Which part on the invitation that you cannot understand? Yes, I sent it to her.” Hosea gazed at his sister. What did she think she was doing here? Why was she involved in the management of his own company? Why was this even her concern? “No, dear brother. I just thought this isn’t fair for other employees who had more experience." Shirley was getting anxious and she bursted out, hoping his brother would change his mind to cancel that invitation.

Why isn’t it fair?” Icy could not tolerate anymore and retorted, “I didn’t steal it, nor did I use any tricky method to obtain it? Why is it unfair for me to receive it? Also, it is not about fair or unfair. You are rejecting and isolating me. Nothing more shall I say.”

An opportunity to attend an exhibition could cause all these troubles. It seemed her life in this company would not be easy in the future, unless she could prove that she was as talent and gifted as Cheton, then she would earn respect from other people, otherwise, there won’t any any place for her here.

“Oh, do you really think you obtain this invitation through a fair competition? You got it because…” Before Shirley could finish her sentence, Hosea stopped her. “Enough! You have gone too far. Go back to your office or go home. Now.” Hosea Lindley was already running out of patience with his sister; he heard everything before he showed himself. Brother and sister grew up together; how could he not understand what Shirley was thinking right now? She pretended to be friendly and to reconcile Icy with Samyan. Her real intention was to turn everyone against Icy, to isolate her within his company. Hosea could not allow this happen, not even his sister.

Shirley was quite shocked and angry as her brother talked to her like that in front of so many people. “Brother. You must not be seduced by her! She is not as innocent as she seems to be. During college, she slept with many men.” “If that is the case, you two hanged out quite often in school, are you and her same kind of person?” Hosea squinted his eyes at Shirley, hoping her to stop all this craziness immediately. “I understand. I was only trying to help, to give a fair opportunity to everyone. If brother doesn’t care about me and my concern. Then I shall go now.” With two watery and red eyes, Shirley turned her head to look at everyone, putting on a mask of compassion and sympathy, as if she had been doing all these for other employees. “That's it. Please go back to your work. Everyone.” Shirley said to all staffs and then she thought to herself. “Icy Wilkinson. You are dead for sure. I won’t let you go easy.”

Hosea Lindley walked to Icy’s desk, picked up the invitation and put it in her hand. Looking at her sophisticatedly, he then turned around and headed back to his chamber. “What is going on? This is unbelievable. We thought Mr. Lindley always loved his younger sister. But now, they had a quarrel because of Icy.” People started their little discussion again as soon as Hosea entered the elevator. Icy did not look nor listen to any of them; she quietly sat down and buried herself with works.

Not long after Hosea reached his desk, his personal assistant visited Samyan. “Mr. Lindley wants to see you now.” The ways she looked at and talked to Samyan were very strange. The supervisor face turned pale and she knew that the boss must be very mad this time; it is time for her to get packed.

Very soon, the office became peaceful again when everyone returned to her desk. Icy finally had time to study the invitation, which provided some guidelines and requirements for her to prepare a portfolio of her works. In a foreign country, she actually had some achievements, but in her mother country, she needed to start from zero.

Cheton passed by and saw her face full of confusion. “Don’t worry too much. Look at the deadline. You still have one full month to do you works. You just needed to submit your portfolio before that date.”

“Thanks. Icy raised her head and looked at Cheton sincerely. Peace did not last not. Samyan returned to the workplace from Hosea and people started talking again. “Are you happy now? I got fired.” She throw a letter of employment termination on Icy’s desk; her eyes were red and watery; obviously she had been crying. Icy felt very confused. It was her supervisor who started this argument, not Icy who in fact did not do much. Samyan herself was the cause of this outcome. If she didn’t come bully Icy, nothing would have happened; So it really made no sense for Samyan to blame anyone.

“How can you blame me for your problem?” Icy smirked and replied, “Is there something wrong with your brain? You made mistakes, caused problems and blame other people.”

“It is not my fault; it is your fault! I have been working here for eight full years and never received any invitation. Now because of you, I got fired." How could she possible calm down? She had a family to feed and now it wasn’t easy to find a job, and the whole family would be starving.

“It is not my problem. You worked here for eight years. And the disturbance today indicated how incompetent and clumsy you are.” Icy said firmly. Samyan was obviously incapable to do her job as a manager. Hosea had no choice, but to fire her.