"What's with the commotion? Are you guys out of work to do?" Lewis warned coldly.

Everyone froze. They were agitated for one second and went totally silent the next.

Lewis walked over while everyone scattered away from Larissa and back to their seats. They buried themselves in their work, fearing meeting his eyes.

Judy was flustered too. She wiped her tears off and slightly lowered her head. She sniffed loudly, drawing Lewis' attention.

He frowned and questioned Larissa, "What happened?"

She took a deep breath and kept her cool.

She had never thought of catastrophizing things from the beginning, let alone letting Lewis and Gary find out about it.

Otherwise, things would go out of hand.

"Judy and I had a disagreement about work. It was a small dispute." Larissa tried to make it sound as trivial as possible.

However, the others took her compromise as a sign of guilt.

Judy dipped her head lower wordlessly. Tears flowed down her cheeks again.

There was a pool of tears on her de