Cecily used “you all.”

Clearly, she overheard my conversation with Candy.

If she had listened more carefully, she should have known that my ultimate goal was to downplay the issue.

It’s normal for colleagues to disagree, but I didn’t expect her to bring in Lucius.

She heard it, and naturally, Lucius did too, which made it look like Candy and I were gossiping behind our colleague’s back.

Candy probably didn’t expect things to escalate this ...