The following week, Natalie took precautions to avoid running into Ike, but Ike kept on hinting at her from time to time.

One morning, she went to the convenience store downstairs to buy some coffee.

As she waited in line, two women glanced at her and started whispering to each other. “Isn’t that the woman from the design department who hooks up with Ike?”

“Yeah, I think so!”

Natalie overheard their loud whispering and frowned deeply. “What are you two talking about?”

The two women were shocked by her sudden confrontation. They quickly shook their heads and smiled embarrassedly. “Nothing, nothing. We mistook you for someone else, that’s all.”

But that wasn’t the last Natalie heard of this. She soon realized that someone from the design department must have spread unpleasant rumors about her and Ike.

And those rumors spread like wildfire. Some colleagues who used to be nice to Natalie even started to keep their distance from her.

Previously, Natalie was viewed as a well-mannered, kind young woman in the design department.

But now that someone had spoken ill of Natalie behind her back, people began to view her in a different light.

It was Pamela who had first shown hostility towards her.

Ever since Ike announced that he would select Natalie’s design, Pamela had been hostile to Natalie to her face.

Pamela was the one

but quiet observation, she found

even made a group chat with many colleagues from the company. That was

break, Natalie went to the tea room and took a bottle of soda. On her way out, she saw

her, “I

office until very late last night? I don’t know why she likes him though. He’s such a jerk.” The colleague shook her head and sighed. She had thought that Natalie was a beautiful girl and that she was way

surprised if she used to be a married man’s mistress when she was in college. I’ve heard a lot about her ‘frivolous’ life in college. She

calmly, as though

she was in college? Tell me everything!” The

me join you!” Apparently, Natalie had come back and was leaning against the door, smiling sweetly at the

on the news.” Pamela was taken aback when Natalie suddenly spoke. She was

back and strode over to Pamela. She picked up the phone that was lying on the desk and held it up. “Really? I just came back

a surprised expression. “Oh, my God! I’m so sorry. The

horror flashed on

no idea that the phone was

phone so that everyone in the tea

loud and clear. It also sounded harsh and mean. All eyes

How about we confront Mr. Lyman face to face?” After the recording stopped, Natalie

had made

She never would’ve thought that Natalie would dare to make a

colleague! This is an invasion of my privacy!” She was so anxious that

quick and dodged her advance. Looking at Pamela sharply, she said, “You defamed me first. I’m going to call Mr.

to the director’s office. She knocked on the

snickered, thinking that Natalie had come

in. What’s up?” he asked,

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