2 Chance Encounter 2 (1/2)
The administration offices had nearly a hundred staff members to ensure the happiness of the school's students. Or more specifically, to ensure that the students parents kept making significant donations to the school.
It was typically a lively but focused environment, as the excess staff often had plenty of time to chat with each other while still working.
However, the staff were currently buzzing around the office like a bunch of school children. Every staff member had a different opinion on what happened and they all wanted to be the one who everyone believed.
Just moments ago, the dean had walked through the office with a student following him. While this wasn't common, the more experienced staff members had initially remained calm because they had heard a VIP was arriving.
The thing that set off the waves of gossip was when the dean went out of his way to fawn over the student. He gave her a tour of the entire office, offered her food and drinks from the administrative staff's personal cafeteria and checked at the end if things were eating into her time.
Normally, even this much would only draw questioning gazes from newer members while the more experienced ones nodded in understanding, but what excited the situation was the student's city-toppling looks.
There were several young women in the office who had worked for years to get jobs at Maple-leaf Academy for the chance to interact with rich men.
These couple women were annoyed at seeing a young rich woman who had the chance to have what they had to work for. One of them was specifically interested in the dean himself and was enraged at seeing his fawning attitude, but didn't want to be the one to start a rumor.
After the staff had time to process what they saw, one of the more outspoken women hoping to find a golden spoon to eat off of couldn't contain herself.
”So what he's treating her so well? That girl probably slept with him to get in. I bet she couldn't even pass the test!”
The calculating woman, Taylor Jordan, glared at the woman who spoke and stood up.
”Anne! Just because that young girl is beautiful and the dean is fawning over her, you spread rumors? If I hear you say anything like that again I'll tell the dean myself.”
Taylor smirked internally as she saw the more reasonable members of staff all nodding in agreement.
As she thought, the best way to make herself look better is like this.
Meanwhile, there were several men who all glared at each other, having seen the others equally stupefied faces when the girl walked in.