Sophie starts her first day as a secretary, wearing a bracelet from a boyfriend and facing coworkers' gossip that assistants sleep with their bosses. Mr. Wilson taunts her with sexual insults and then slaps her; she protests while others watch. Mr. Xavier first tells her to wipe her tears, but when Wilson threatens to ruin a business deal over a secretary, Xavier cuts him off and declares, "She's not my secretary. She's my girlfriend." The declaration halts the confrontation and leaves the firm's disputed deal hanging.