Maybe it was Lily’s instinct. Although the person did not get down from their car, Lily sensed something unusual. She turned to look into the adjacent car and saw Justin sitting in the backseat, motioning for her to go over with his finger.She was rendered speechless but got into his car without a word. After looking at Justin, she averted her gaze to her red Porsche and asked, “How did you know that’s my car?”“You’ve been pretty busy lately,” Justin said profoundly, ignoring her question.“Kinda. I’m sure you’ve heard about everything.” Lily nodded. Since Justin knew which car belonged to her in this massive parking lot, Lily was confident he had heard about the recent commotion on the Internet.“I don’t remember you being this high-key in the past,” Justin said, and this time, he turned to look at Lily.“It might be because the Lodge family has influenced me, or I’m just looking for a style change.” Lily lowered her head, brushed out the folds on her shirt, and tugged it when
Alexander was not home when Lily arrived. She went to wash up, changed into her home clothes, and made herself a cup of hot cocoa before taking a seat to open the folder Justin had given her earlier.He said it was some information she might need, but she did not ask him to search for anything, so she had no idea what it was about. After taking the papers out, Lily glanced at them and caught sight of Nathaniel's name. ‘It’s about him?’Once she scanned the documents, she was surprised to find that it was the result of an investigation into Nathaniel’s background, where the most crucial part was his relationship with his mother.The document had detailed information about Eloise. Everything from her identity to her current status, and even facts like Eloise introducing Frank to Nathaniel. The last page had the most critical information, however. It was the DNA test of Nathaniel and his mother.This information astonished Lily. She knew nothing about Nathaniel’s family, even though t
She fiddled with the doll with her fingers, sighed, and said, "Tell me, where did that young man go?"Across her, the wooden doll stared back with a smile. …Nathaniel called Eloise as soon as he got home, but both of his calls were declined. Seeing this, he assumed that it must be inconvenient for her to pick up his calls, so he dared not to call again. However, he was too agitated to sit still and turned on his computer to look at that day’s sales data and check the situation online. He saw that the sales were still declining, and although the rate of product returns had decreased, there were still many applications for it. Nathaniel had already released a statement, so he could not retract it. Now, the only matter he could focus on was to deliberately slow down the after-sales process and try to minimize the losses while he rebuilds his reputation. At the same time, new staff were being recruited to speed up the processes in the laboratory. Nathaniel planned to launch a few new
"About that…" After a moment of hesitation, he continued, "I didn't aggravate her. She's the one who made things difficult for me. Now that the public has stated their opinion, sympathy is useless. Everyone believes Lily. If the product return rate continues like this every day, it's over for our company.""You…" She was so angry that she could barely stand up. Eloise did not speak. Instead, the sound of footsteps was heard from her end. She was probably looking for a convenient place to talk, and once she found it, she glowered, "She played no role in the plan I gave you! You know exactly what forces are behind her, yet you continue to provoke her. Aren't you just courting death?!""No, I told you. I didn't do anything. She started it first. No matter how pitiful I try to be now, no one would believe me!" Nathaniel felt helpless. Eloise snorted coldly. "I don't think you have to pretend to be pitiful. You're already an id*ot!" Nathaniel was speechless. Then, Eloise said, "Okay,
"Tell us! What did you buy?""That's a big piece of furniture!"Many colleagues gathered around curiously, and some even leaned in to look inside. However, the box was so tightly sealed that all they saw were wooden boards. "I didn't buy it!" Lily shook her head and put one hand on the wooden box. "Did the security say anything else about who had sent it?"Her colleagues all shook their heads and said that they did not know. Tapping her fingers on the wooden frame, Lily not only wondered who sent it but also how to open it. Who knew what was inside this enormous box? Could it be that she had been in the limelight too much recently and someone sent her something to retaliate? When this thought flashed through her mind, she abruptly pulled her hand back as if she was afraid something inside the box would bite her."Wow, this box is huge!" Olivia rushed over with pancakes in her hands. "What's inside?"Lily looked at her and casually said, "A bomb!"Olivia instantly jumped back. Fortun
"Oh, I understand. Don't worry. It'll be fine."After hanging up the phone, she worriedly stared at the enormous wooden box. She had no idea how the security guard brought it up. It was a struggle even to wrap her whole arms around the box. Alexander told her to get someone to move the box to somewhere spacious; who was she going to ask to do that?While Lily was stressing out about this, Olivia, beside her, beamed excitedly. Olivia had already eaten her breakfast and cleaned up before she came over. When she noticed Lily staring at the box, Olivia went toward her and asked, "Why haven't you opened it?""I'm scared this might be a prank." Then Lily turned to look at Olivia helplessly and said, "Besides, how do you dismantle this thing?""It should be quite easy. You'll need a plier and a screwdriver to open it!" Olivia seemed to be well-versed in this."Then, you do it!" Lily instantly took the opportunity to ask for Olivia's help.After rolling up her sleeves, just as Olivia was
“If this isn’t a gift from that b*stard Nathaniel, then… it's from your boyfriend.” Olivia smiled meaningfully at Lily.She was the only one who knew who Lily’s boyfriend was. Lily had wanted to deny it but changed her mind. If she kept denying it, the others would be even more interested in the person, and their curiosity about him might exceed the gift itself. Lily did not want people to keep asking about this matter, so she responded vaguely, “Yeah!”“Wow, look at how creative her boyfriend is!”“Yeah, I’ve seen people gift flowers, chocolates, make-up, and handbags, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone gifting a wooded sculpture.”“By the way, shouldn’t your boyfriend send you rare spices or plants instead, Lily? A gift you’ll surely like!”Her colleagues chattered non-stop. Jenny saw their excitement and coughed, “Why don’t I see you guys actively speak up during meetings instead?” Her sudden reminder woke everyone up. It was still working hours, and they were still i
The trio was stunned when they read the apology post.How could this be called an apology statement? It was more like a shift-the-blame statement. Nathaniel wrote a long article, but the trio could only summarize it as follows: Firstly, Nathaniel had spent the past few days carefully checking, scrutinizing, and researching the experiential records and could finally prove that the previous products were indeed Lily’s work and not Melanie’s.The reason for the previous misunderstanding was because of Melanie’s deception. He was also deceived and did not know the truth. Now that Nathaniel knew, he deeply regretted it and wanted to apologize to Lily.Secondly, the relationship between him, Melanie, and Lily was a personal issue, and Nathaniel did not want to discuss it publicly. However, due to everyone’s concern, he wanted to make it clear that he had no regrets as he was in love.Nathaniel wrote a long article with the conclusion that he was willing to apologize to Lily with utmost