I followed Dion into the office. He closed the door and then looked at me with a serious look on his face, "Charlotte Archer, why are you so confused? Although Mr. Cowell is helping you get to the final, you couldn't have copied someone else's work!" "I didn't copy her work. She copied mine instead." I said calmly. "Did she plagiarize you? How could it be possible? You entered the second round with a ranking of being the last one among the 50. This time, the work was well-completed with an innovative idea. At first glance, it was obvious that Mabel had spent a lot of effort on it. You could have plagiarized others' works instead. But why did you plagiarize hers?" Dion's words indicated that he didn't believe what I said at all. He only believed that it was I who had copied Mabel's work. But I didn't blame him. After all, although my design skill was somewhat good in the company, it wasn't at the same level as Mabel's. Mabel had won
Mrs. Emerson and Mabel left. Dion looked at me and confirmed with me repeatedly, "Is this work indeed yours?" I said briefly, "It's true." ...... Dion had no choice but to nod, "Okay, you can put your work aside recently and think about how to prove that this design is yours. If you need my help, come to me." I agreed. After I returned to the office, my colleagues all stared at me with a gloating look in their eyes. Especially Raina, when she saw me come in, she immediately leaned over with a smile on her face, "Hey, Charlotte Archer, why are you so confused? You could have done anything else. How come you plagiarized someone else's work? Once this matter becomes serious, you probably will be fired. At that time, no matter how powerful your backer is, he can't cover you." I ignored her. I just sat down and packed up my things, considering how to compress my work hours recently and concentrate on gathering evidence to prove that the
Mabel began to talk about her design idea as she showed her things. Although her design idea wasn't the same as mine, she talked in a convincing and logical way. Even for some petty details which I drew casually, she even made some sense out of them. Although I didn't speak yet, I felt that I had lost. After all, although I was the author, her eloquence and her capability to deal with the situation flexibly were all above those of me. I was clear that what I would say later surely wouldn't be as good as hers. After Mabel finished her words, I took out something and prepared to talk about my design concept and idea. As soon as I clicked open the picture of the model, everyone on the scene lamented. In my opinion, everyone, like me, could see that my model document was completely the same as that of Mabel. In their opinion, I didn't copy Mabel's work. Instead, I directly backed it up. I began to talk about my design concep
Patrick glanced at Lisa with a light look in his eyes, indicating that he wasn't irritated by her words at all. The look in his eyes indicated that he seemed to be enjoying a show. I could understand what the look in his eyes meant. Lisa surely got his point as well. She said angrily, "Mr. Cowell, I respect you. But I will insist on speaking up for my people. Mabel is a strong subordinate of mine. If I don't stand up for her, who will?" I admired Lisa. I sincerely admired Lisa. And I could understand why she would did so. She believed in Mabel whole-heartedly, which was the reason why she looked so confident here. On the contrary, Mabe's face was pale. And her expression was unnatural. She stood behind Lisa and looked around. Her actions clearly showed that she was guilty. Patrick looked at her and paused for a moment before asking, "Then what are you going to do?" Lisa said in a clear and logical way, "Fire her." Lisa added, "Since
Mabel shouted at Seth over the computer, "How come you are still helping her now? Don't you know that she is in a relationship with the President of our company, Mr. Cowell?" "Shut up." Lisa now knew that she was in the wrong. So she didn't want to make a scene out of this matter. But Mabel refused, "Seth Hyde, didn't you ask me to help you investigate who had hurt your parents? I found out that the one who had asked the accountant to complete the transaction was Mr. Cowell's assistant, Wilson Jacob! You should be very clear about who did this!" Although she was talking about Wilson, I looked at Patrick instead. As for who harmed Seth's parents, both Seth and I knew it clearly. At that time, I was full of doubts. Although Lisa somewhat enlightened me, I was somewhat suspicious in my heart. As the truth was exposed by Mabel, I inexplicably felt a sense of disgust in my heart. It was my disgust for Patrick. Mabel turned her face to me
"We will be together for the rest of our lives." Her words were tightly pinching my heart as if they were invisible hands. And her words made me so painful. Inexplicable jealousy welled up in my heart at that moment. She pulled me, which infuriated me more. I raised my hands and shouted, "I don't want to be involved in your business!" I probably used too much strength. Caroline fell backward. I looked back and saw her sitting on the ground. Her expression indicated that she was somewhat in pain. And she was rubbing her butt with her hands. The people around looked at us. And they looked at me with their eyes full of criticism. I didn't bother to be a good person. When I was about to leave, I saw that people around me were staring at someone else. Following the direction of their starings, I saw a man walking out of the building. It was Patrick Cowell. He wore the same suit I had seen just now. When he saw Caroline who w
I sat down on his bed and smiled bitterly, "But it won't be me." "Why?" Seth got up and sat down beside me. Then he grabbed my hand and said, "Patrick has nothing to do with you anymore. He is going to marry Caroline Archer, right? I know all of this. You are an independent person. You are free. And you don't belong to anyone!" ...... I didn't pull back my hand. Instead, I let him hold my hand like this. Seth looked at me and seemed to be a little anxious, "If you are worried about my parents, you can rest assured that I will handle them well and won't let the same thing happen again." "But it's unfair to you." "It doesn't matter. I don't care. I..." "Seth." Before Seth could say something that made me feel more guilty, I interrupted him and said, "Seth, do you think that the relationship between me and Patrick just started from the moment when I married him on behalf of Caroline?" "Isn't that so?" Seth was stunned. I shook my
"What do you mean?" I was stunned on the spot. Seeing that the doctor was about to leave, I caught up with him and said, "What do you mean? He has been here for just a few hours. Why did you send me your condolence? I had breakfast with him this morning. And he also sent me to work. Moreover, he said..." The doctor interrupted me, "Follow me." ...... I was stunned. I knew where he was taking me. So I stood still and shook my head desperately, "I won't go! You lied to me! How could he have died?" All of these happened so abruptly. And there wasn't any warning. I didn't believe it! How could I believe it? A few hours ago, Seth had been safe and sound. But now, how come the doctor told me that he was dead? I didn't want to see him. I didn't want to believe what the doctor had said I turned around and left. The doctor shouted at me from behind, "Miss Archer, although Mr. Hyde had been in a coma when he was