There were many cases where reckless or unorthodox methods were used by others for the sake of their self-interests.
What Sofia was witnessing was just another example of that and she was more accepting of it since she learned about it earlier.
Unfortunately for her, Sloane would not yet know about such things so she regretted not informing him earlier.
It was one of her responsibilities yet she had failed to prevent him from saying anything that would conflict with how everyone else was used to doing things.
She blamed Sloane but it was her responsibility too so she had to step up before everything got out of hand.
Soia was feeling very anxious as the people in front of her had gone quiet.
She was afraid to raise her head in front of them.
The arrogant voice changed a little and sounded a little more calm and forgiving. "Raise your head. It was not your fault."