Quinn’s eyes instantly reddened. "Sasha, even if you have a problem with me, you can't twist the facts! I clearly confirmed with you. You have no family here, so I asked you to work during the holiday. You'll get overtime pay for it."
Sasha realized she had been set up once again, but her dizziness left her with no strength to argue.
"I’m really sick... I can’t work. I’m just so tired..."
Unable to hold on any longer, she lay back down.
Juno hesitated for only a second before the anger in his eyes flared, fueled by memories of her past actions.
He grabbed the nearby thermos and poured the water over her.
"Still refusing to learn? Addicted to lying, huh? Does this wake you up?"
Caught off guard, Sasha couldn't dodge in time. Her upper body was completely soaked and the bed was drenched as well.
Thankfully, she hadn’t gone to fetch hot water yesterday after being dragged away by Juno. The water in the thermos was now lukewarm, not scalding.
Otherwise, she would have been burned.
Sasha felt both relieved and deeply saddened.
Was it because he didn’t love her? Was it because she was just a stand-in? Did that give him the right to treat her so cruelly, with no regard for her well-being?
But Juno was the factory manager, holding all the power here. She knew that resisting further would only provoke him to greater extremes.
Left with no choice, she forced herself to head to the workshop despite her fever and weakness.
The workshop supervisor felt both distressed and angry seeing Sasha so ill yet still reporting for work.
"How did Mr. Marlow become like this?" she muttered in frustration.
She handed Sasha some fever medicine and let her rest in the workshop for the morning.
"That’s enough. I’ll take responsibility. You’ve done your shift. Go back and rest now," the supervisor said firmly.
With a pale face, Sasha softly murmured, "Thank you.”
Then she slowly made her way back to the dormitory.
As Sasha passed by the scenic lake, she was stopped by Quinn.
"Yesterday, Juno gave me a diamond ring. You must have seen it. Now, look at the ring he gave you—it’s pathetic!"
Sasha found it hard to understand Quinn’s spiteful tone. In just a few days, she had fully realized that she meant nothing to Juno.
Why did Quinn have to treat her like a thorn in her side despite knowing she was just a stand-in?
"I’ll step back. I won’t bother you anymore," Sasha said quietly.