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

quiet observation, she found that it was indeed Pamela who was

group chat with many colleagues from the company. That was where she shared her

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

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

would do anything to get promoted, am I right? I wouldn’t be surprised if she used to be a married man’s mistress

calmly, as though she knew all about

college? Tell me everything!” The colleague

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

talking about some gossip we heard on the news.” Pamela was taken aback when Natalie

gentle smile, Natalie straightened her back and strode over to Pamela. She picked up the phone that was lying on the desk

God! I’m so sorry. The recorder was turned on this

of horror

that the phone was

up the volume of her phone so that everyone in the

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

described it so vividly. How about we

made

She never would’ve thought that Natalie

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

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

tea room and went straight to the director’s office. She knocked on the door politely and announced, “Mr. Lyman,

snickered, thinking that Natalie had

he asked, feigning a

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