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

she found that it was indeed Pamela

the company. That was where she shared her made-up

bottle of soda. On her way out, she saw Pamela nearby. Natalie paused

the colleague next to her, “I heard Quinn went to a hotel with Mr. Lyman last

him though. He’s such a jerk.” The colleague shook her head and sighed. She had thought that Natalie was

right? I wouldn’t be surprised if she used

calmly, as though she knew all about what she was

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

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

about some gossip we heard on the news.” Pamela was taken

a gentle smile, Natalie straightened her 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

sorry. The recorder was turned on

look of horror flashed on

that the phone was recording their

volume of her phone so that everyone in the tea

could be heard loud and clear. It also sounded harsh and mean. All eyes were

But you described it so vividly. How about we confront Mr. Lyman face to face?” After the recording

had made

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

I was having a private conversation with a colleague! This is an invasion of my privacy!” She was so anxious that her voice

sharply, she said, “You defamed me first. I’m going to call Mr. Lyman right now. We can confront each other in

to the director’s office. She knocked on the door politely and announced, “Mr. Lyman, it’s

that Natalie had come around

he

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