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

quiet observation, she found that it was indeed Pamela

colleagues from the company.

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

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

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

immediate supervisor. Some women would do anything to get promoted, am I right? I wouldn’t be 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 just

Pamela spoke, she sipped from her water calmly, as though she knew all

What happened to her when she was in college? Tell me

Apparently, Natalie had come back and was leaning

Pamela was taken aback when Natalie suddenly spoke. She was so surprised that she stammered and her face turned

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?

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

of horror flashed

idea that the phone

the volume of her phone so that

It also sounded harsh and mean. All eyes were on

anything you claimed here. But you described it so vividly. How about we

had made

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

conversation with a colleague! This is an invasion of my privacy!” She was

me first. I’m going to call Mr. Lyman right now. We can confront

went straight to the director’s office. She knocked on the door politely and announced,

that Natalie had come

up?” he asked, feigning a concerned

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255