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 started the

enough, upon careful but quiet observation, she found that

from the company. That was where she shared

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

then whispered to the colleague next to her, “I heard Quinn went to a hotel with

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

right? I wouldn’t be surprised if she used to be

as though she knew

to her when she was in college? Tell me everything!” The colleague leaned in closer

whispering about over here? Let me join you!” Apparently, Natalie had come back and was leaning

talking about some gossip we heard on the news.” Pamela was taken aback when Natalie suddenly spoke. She was so surprised that she stammered and her

to Pamela. She picked up the phone that was

expression. “Oh, my God! I’m so sorry. The recorder was turned on this whole time.

look of horror flashed on

no idea that the phone was recording

turned up the volume of her phone so that everyone in the tea room

Pamela’s voice could be heard loud and clear. It also

here. But you described it so vividly. How about we confront Mr.

made everything

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

dare you record me? I was having a private conversation with a colleague! This is an invasion of my privacy!” She was so anxious that her voice turned shrill. As she berated Natalie, she tried to grab

dodged her advance. Looking at Pamela sharply, she said, “You defamed me first. I’m going to call Mr. Lyman right now. We can

room and went straight to the director’s

Natalie had

he asked, feigning

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