[See that? They do not want to talk to you. They do not even bother showing the bare minimum of courtesy anymore.]
"I saw it." Lucien placed his coffee cup on the desk and pulled out his chair. "But it is rather strange. Yesterday, when Sarah spoke to me, the others simply stayed silent. I thought they were just being shy. I did not expect them to be this blatant today."
[Shy? Hardly. They were warned.]
"Warned? You mean Ethan told them not to interact with me?"
[Not exactly a direct order. But think about it, who in this company would dare to get close to a guy who just got demoted from a prospective Head Assistant straight down to an Intern? Everyone is afraid of being implicated. Besides, Ethan had already spread rumors a long time ago.]
"What rumors?"
[Do you want to hear them? I scanned the internal chat system yesterday. There are a few conversations about you.]
Lucien took a sip of his coffee. "Read them."
