Bill quickly shushed her and closed the door of the private room.“My queen, please, you should be careful when you speak. We can’t offend Maisie!”“What do you mean? She’s just a fresh graduate, so why should you be scared of her? You couldn’t even speak after she called you out.” Laura rolled her eyes while feeling pissed.Bill reached out and placed a hand on Laura’s shoulder to try to comfort her.However, Laura pushed Bill’s hand away in disgust.Bill was not mad. He reached out to hold Laura again. However, Laura did not avoid him this time.“Tell me, who is Maisie? Why are you so scared of her?”“My queen, couldn’t you tell? Mr. Lowe kept siding with her just now and helping her. Otherwise, how would we have lost?”When Laura heard Bill say that, she rolled her beautiful eyes and asked in disbelief.“Do you mean Maisie is having an affair with Mr. Lowe?”“I’m sure of it!” Bill said in certainty, “Baby, if you want to continue staying in this company, you should go and
Ava could tell that those were the voices of her colleagues in the same department.“Everything makes sense now. Who would dare to do that without being in that kind of relationship?”“Yeah, remember how pleased she looked last night? How arrogant!”The two people Maisie called out yesterday, Fiona and Kendra, were gossiping loudly and unrestrainedly in the elevator. They even mentioned Maisie by name.There were a lot of employees from other departments as well, and a lot of them heard their conversation. Then, they messaged their colleagues about this. Soon, this news spread to everyone.Ava could not listen to this anymore, so when the elevator arrived at their floor, she followed her two colleagues out.“Fiona, Kendra,” she called out to the two women in front of her.Fiona and Kendra stopped walking and eventually realized that Ava was also in the elevator.When they recalled what they had said in the elevator just now, their expressions started to look unpleasant.Ava wa
Ava could guess what was going on. She quickly ended the call with Madeline and tried to comfort Maisie.“Maisie, please don’t get emotional.”“Wait, Ava, what did I just hear? You just said that Mr. Lowe and I are trending. What does this mean?” Maisie asked hurriedly.The two of them at one side could not wait to tell Maisie what was going on when they saw that Ava was still hesitating. “Maisie, don’t you know what happened? Someone exposed your relationship with Mr. Lowe online!”“What? My relationship with Mr. Lowe?”“Yeah! Don’t you go on the internet or watch videos? It’s all over the internet. It even showed proof that you have an extraordinary relationship with Mr. Lowe!”“Someone even said that you snitched to Mr. Lowe, so that’s why he sided with you and fired Laura.”“I snitched?” Maisie pointed at herself angrily. “Did I have to do such a thing? It was obvious Laura had ill intentions and she plagiarized Ava’s work. The company treated her well by only firing her.”
When Bill saw that it was his superior, he was so scared he started breaking out in a cold sweat.“M-Mr. Lowe, you’re here,” he greeted timidly.Tom walked over and lowered his head to look at Maisie, who looked very aggressive.“What happened? Why are you so mad?”Maisie was fuming as she glared at Bill who could not even form his words properly. “Ask him!”Tom looked at Bill sharply after he heard that. “Answer me.”When Bill heard this, he was even more terrified.The rest of the people in the office raised their widened eyes to look in their direction.Plus, they could tell that there was something unusual going on between Tom and Maisie judging from how gentle and patient he was with her.How could a normal employee speak to their boss like that?It would be a fantasy!When they saw this, Fiona and Kendra were even more excited. “Did you see that? What’s being said on the internet is real! Ava, do you believe us now?”“But Ava, which one of your friends is so powerful
“Maisie, where did you go?”“I went to find Laura but I couldn’t find her,” Maisie told Ava honestly and sat down. Then, she glared in the direction where Bill’s office was. “He must know.”Ava understood what Maisie was trying to say, and she comforted Maisie, saying, “Alright, don’t be mad. I believe you. Those things online are all fake. You and Mr. Lowe are innocent.”When Maisie heard Ava say that, she felt much better.However, even though Ava believed her, their other colleagues did not.During lunch, Ava wanted to treat Maisie to a meal but Maisie ran away after she said she wanted to use the restroom.Ava waited for a while but Maisie was still nowhere to be seen. Hence, when she was about to call Maisie, the nosey pair walked over.“Ava, are you still waiting for Maisie? I saw her going to Mr. Lowe’s office just now.” Fiona told Ava with a righteous expression, “And you still believe there’s nothing going on between her and Mr. Lowe. Ava, she’s lying to you!”“No.” Av
When Maisie said that, the air in the office seemed to freeze.What?What did she say?Tom had been backing her for the past 22 years?22 years?They remembered that Maise had just graduated, so she was about 22 to 23 years old. Did it mean that she knew Tom the moment she was born?What did this mean?Everyone was shocked.Laura held her cheek that was hurting from the slap, and she had a look of astonishment on her face.“W-What do you mean?” She was confused.Maisie’s grip on Laura’s collar tightened. “Do you still not understand, you idiot?”“...” Laura’s face turned dark after she was scolded and beaten.She was trying to get out of Maisie’s grip but Maisie was very strong.“Why? Do you feel uncomfortable? You should’ve known that you’d end up like this when you posted those things online to slander me!”“...”Ava watched this from one side, and she had no intention of stopping Maisie. However, she was also worried that something bad would happen to Laura if Maisie
Tom was very straightforward. He did not beat around the bush before going straight to the topic.“When I walked in, I heard you questioning Mai what proof she has that you’re the one who posted the fake news online. She doesn’t have proof, but I do.”“...”“I asked IT to look up the IP address of the person who first posted that news online. I can tell you with certainty that I know you’re the one who did it. Also, I called the police to let them handle this. You can talk to the police if you have any questions later.”“...”Laura’s face was frozen completely when she heard this.Bill was standing at one side, and he took a few steps back as he was losing his head out of fear. He was terrified of being implicated.After Laura was stunned for a few seconds, she felt that Tom might just be scaring her, so she scoffed.“You called the police? Whatever. I didn’t do it anyway. I’m innocent! Plus, if those things online are real, then it’s not fake news and there’s no defamation!”
A very domineering voice suddenly penetrated everyone’s ears powerfully. Then, a woman who seemed to be wearing all the luxury brands in the world on her body appeared in front of Laura with a strong aura after walking through the crowd.That woman lifted her stern eyes. There was a look of fearlessness and boldness in them that looked similar to Maisie’s.She looked at Laura whose face was turning red and white before lifting her hand to slap her across the face.“Ah!” Laura yelped in pain. Before she understood what was going on, she could feel the same searing pain on her face again.Laura clutched her face and lifted her head to glare at that woman. “H-How dare you slap me?!”“Yes, I’m slapping you because you deserve to be slapped. You shouldn’t have spread those rumors online, then! I’m being very merciful by just slapping you.”The woman replied calmly, but her eyes were piercing.Laura’s jaw dropped open. After being stuck in a trance for a few seconds, she remembered th