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.

suspected that Pamela was the one

found that

chat with many colleagues from the company. That was where she shared her made-up rumors

day, during lunch break, Natalie went to the tea room and took a bottle of soda. On her way out, she saw Pamela nearby. Natalie paused for a second and just

to the colleague next to her, “I heard Quinn went to

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

because he’s her 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

she sipped from her water calmly, as though she knew all about what

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

you!” Apparently, Natalie had come back and was

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

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

a surprised expression. “Oh, my God! I’m so sorry. The recorder was turned on this whole time. Oh, I know! Let’s listen to what

horror

that the phone was recording their conversation just

up the volume of her phone so that everyone

recording, Pamela’s voice could be heard loud and clear. It also sounded harsh and

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

had made

She never would’ve thought that Natalie would

This is an invasion of my privacy!” She was so anxious that her voice turned shrill. As she berated Natalie, she tried to grab the phone from

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

of the tea room and went straight to the director’s office.

Natalie had come

he asked, feigning

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