"Miss Young, I know that isobutylparaben is an illegal substance, but since Mister Wolf developed the new cosmetics, he's been completely in charge of the production. Furthermore, everything in the production line was strictly done following his wishes. I had no right to interfere. Furthermore, I gave the document over to Mister Wolf before the products were sent out. He signed off on it," Guido took out the document for everyone to see, and they quickly saw that Leon signed it."Mister Wolf, the proof is right there! The workers on the production line were all working under your orders. They added isobutylparaben under your mistaken instructions! What do you have to say about that?!" Ashwin said with a cold smile.Before Leon could even respond, Ariel stood up and said, "Mister Mercer, before the matter has been investigated, you don't have to be so quick to pin the blame on Leon!"Saying that Ariel shot a sharp look at Stanley, "Mister Wallace, you're the workshop manager overseei
"Ariel, could you be mistaken?" Leon said with uncertainty.After working together for a few days, Leon trusted Stanley quite a bit.However, thinking about how Stanley looked over the documents before Leon signed them, Leon started to be a little unsure.After all, it was suspicious that Stanley did not notice any problems with his skills."Miss Summers, this has nothing to do with me. I'm innocent," Stanley never expected that Ariel would point right at him. He started to panic a little as his palms started to sweat anxiously."You know yourself if you're innocent! As the manager of the workshop, how could you not notice anything at all faces such huge problems in production?! Similarly, if anyone wanted to harm Leon, they would need your help. Otherwise, there's no way it would escape your eyes! In other words, even if you weren't the one sabotaging Leon, you know the details!" Ariel sneered."I-I didn't…" Stanley paled, already in complete panic.He was never a good liar nor
"And what did you do? Did you feed your heart to the dogs?!" Ariel got angrier as she spoke, voicing out the injustice for Leon."What? He recommended me, and wanted to share the rewards with me? H-how is that possible!?" Stanley was shocked. He looked like he was struck by lightning as he stood in place."There's nothing impossible about it! If you don't believe me, you can ask Miss Young!" Ariel said coldly.Iris nodded, "Miss Summers is right! Both she and Leon said that you were quite capable. I considered that Mister Lennon from the second factory was retiring in a month, and planned on having you take over his position as the factory manager!"As for the Leon wanting to give you half the dividends, it's true as well. It's just that the dividends aren't something to be played around with, so I didn't agree to it!" "That…" Stanley was stunned.He thought that Leon took all the glory for himself. Yet, he never expected that he misunderstood Leon!Not only did Leon not do any
Guido's face was etched with despair as fear surged through his entire body. The color drained from both Ashwin and Michael's faces, and their hearts sank when they realized what happened. Neither of them could understand why everything changed so abruptly. Things were going so well before, but Stanley's shifted allegiance ruined their plans! The worse part was, what if Guido decided to betray them and expose their involvement in this to Iris? "Tell me who ordered you to do this?" Iris was even more outraged to discover that other people besides Guido were behind this. "It's—" Guido instinctively glanced in Ashwin and Michael's direction, but when he caught sight of the murderous look in their eyes, he perked up and stopped himself from saying anything further. "Tell me who is it, quick! If you don't want to say anything, I'll call the cops right now and let them arrest you under a fiscal offense!" Iris spat. "It's…" Guido could not help shuddering when he heard this.
Michael shot Leon a murderous glare as he said this. "You're insane! I've already clarified multiple times that Leon isn't my boyfriend, and nothing is going on between the two of us, so you're just spouting nonsense!" Ariel snapped. "That's impossible! You were the one who introduced him to our company, and in doing so, you even got rid of Conrad! Why else would you do this for him if he wasn't your boyfriend? Do you think I'm an idiot, Ariel?" Michael scoffed. "What nonsense! Who told you I was the one who introduced Leon to the company, and what made you think I got Conrad fired because of him? Let me tell you this; Iris was the one who did all this, and none of it had anything to do with me at all! I was just the scapegoat for her actions!" Ariel finally exploded. Being the scapegoat for somebody else was not a pleasant experience, and in doing so, rumors started circulating about her and Leon being an item, so this significantly impacted her reputation. It was a miracle
"Michael, Guido, Stanley, all three of you were involved in attempting to frame Leon for fraud, and in doing this, you brought on a massive financial loss to the company, and this cannot be forgiven! From today onwards, all three of you are officially fired, and you no longer have anything to do with Elegante Group!" Iris declared solemnly. Seeing that the three of them gave their service to the company for many years, Iris decided to show them mercy by firing them instead of pursuing legal prosecution for their crimes. "Thank you, Miss Young—" the three of them thanked her grimly and stood up, getting ready to leave. "Miss Young, wait a minute," all of a sudden, Leon took a step forward. "What is it?" Iris glanced at him dubiously. "Miss Young, the ability to understand and rectify one's mistake is a quality that I feel everyone should appreciate. I'm sure that Mister Wallace was forced to take part in this out of his responsibility as the breadwinner of his household, an
Leon and Ariel followed her out of the room. Ashwin clenched his fists as he watched their retreating figures disappear from view, his face ashen. He planned this scheme down to the last detail in an attempt to get rid of Leon, but everything was ruined! Even though he managed to get away unscathed, he knew that Iris already began to suspect him. However, because he sacrificed and achieved so much for the company, and also because his grandfather was a shareholder of Young Group, Iris chose to give him another chance. Rats! Despite feeling defeated, Ashwin knew that he had no choice but to accept this. The last look Iris shot him before leaving was a look of warning. If he dared to stir something up again, there was no guarantee that Iris would show him mercy in the future! As soon as the meeting ended, Leon rushed to Wick Group to apologize to Elder Wick in person and clarify what happened. Elder Wick was extremely gracious about this; not only did he choose no
"Well, clearly fate wanted us to run into each other, so why don't we go inside together?" He said lightheartedly. "No thanks. I'm here for a meeting, so I won't be able to join, unfortunately." Leon shook his head. Leon was an orphan, and the only way he managed to get into college was because he worked hard his whole life to save up for his college fund. However, because he hailed from poverty, he was always looked down by his classmates and did not have many friends. Not only that, but he was a shy person and mostly kept to himself. Dominic was the total opposite; He hailed from a wealthy family who owned millions of dollars in assets. Therefore, Dominic was always the popular kid and the target of many girls' fancies during his college days. Leon and Dominic were never the type of people one would expect to hang out together, but not only that, Dominic used to pick on Leon a lot during college. Besides, no one invited him to the gathering, so of course, he would not