When My Ex's Worst Enemy Became My Sanctuary novel Chapter 30

The next morning, Walton called Dorothea into his office.

“Dorothea, I heard you and Nash had a bit of a disagreement yesterday.”

Dorothea smiled, calm and gentle. “Did Nash come running to complain to you, Walton?”

Walton hadn’t expected her to come right out with it. For a second, he was caught off guard. “No, I just heard some things from around the office.”

“HR might have it easy most days, but you still need to care about team spirit. You were brought in from the outside, so it’s normal for Nash to have his opinions.”

Dorothea didn’t back down. “Walton, first, if he did complain, that’s jumping the chain of command. Most companies really don’t like that. Second, if he didn’t, then there’s nothing wrong with how I handled it. Let’s be real, this is a company. We have plenty of people who like to do their own thing, but what we really need are people who actually listen. Wouldn’t you agree?”

Walton looked at her, surprised these words were coming from a twenty-five-year-old.

His gaze grew thoughtful. “You’ve clearly put some thought into this.”

“Not really.”

Dorothea smiled softly. “Walton, the company wouldn’t have grown from a single hotel into a whole chain without your hard work. I just came back because I wanted to see what my dad built, and I want the company to keep getting better. We want the same thing, you and I.”

Her words seemed to put Walton at ease. “You’ve got a good heart.”

And with that, the whole Nash incident was over.

Nash had thought that spreading rumors would at least cause Dorothea some trouble. But when he saw her return to the office, calm as ever, and even posting the monthly work tasks in the group chat, he started to panic.

Was she really going to dock his bonus?

Dorothea ignored Nash completely, treating him like he was invisible. There were plenty of people ready to do the work, she didn’t need to beg a deputy director.

***

Around noon, Carmen called Dorothea in a rush.

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