Since Toby allowed it, Tom didn’t need to hold back anymore. He nodded and said, “Miss Gray showed up not long after I accepted Miss Reed’s proposal. She was here to hand in her company’s proposal as well. Halfway through, I had to leave to make some coffee for Miss Gray, so I left all the proposals in the room, and there wasn’t anyone besides her back then.”

There was no need for further explanation from Tom, since everyone could see Tina was the one who did the switcheroo. Toby stared down, disappointed in Tina’s behavior.

 

“Nonsense!” Titus shot up and glared at Tom. “How dare you slander my daughter! Toby, your assistant is spewing lies!” Titus knew his daughter was the one who did it, but he couldn’t admit to it no matter what.

“President Gray, I’m an honest man. I didn’t lie at all. If you don’t believe me, I can show you the surveillance camera’s footage,” Tom rebutted unhappily. He worked to his bone to get to where he was, so he wouldn’t slander anyone, or he would have been fired a long time ago.

All the color drained from Titus’ face when Tom said he had evidence to back him up.

Sonia mocked, “What a nice daughter you have, President Gray. She went really far to get this deal, didn’t she?”

 

“True. This is an… eye-opening experience, so to speak,” someone agreed.

Titus was fuming, but he couldn’t do anything. All he wanted to do then was find some place to hide, for there was nothing but humiliation for him here. He had never felt so embarrassed before, not even when he was arrested.

 

a switcheroo, and they even thought Titus was behind it. He could imagine how everyone in the

for not taking the hit like he wanted her to. He

battle, Sonia lost interest in him. So she turned to Toby. “Now that the truth is clear, what will you do, President Fuller? Will you

shall no longer be working with Titus Gray. President Reed shall be our new partner from

to Sonia in the first place, and not to mention Sonia’s proposal was a

Gray?” Toby looked

a smile. “No, not at all.” Not that I can do anything even if

to Sonia. “You heard them. What do you

delighted, for she finally got the partnership after going through so much.

moment. He was about to say something, but then Sonia blurted, “But this isn’t enough,

the room buzzed with excitement. Oh ho. Seems like she’s a greedy

push

me, President Gray. You’re

starting to roll to the

Toby. “President Fuller, I handed in my proposal in your company, but yet someone still managed to switch it out. You’re the boss, so take some responsibility here. You don’t want everyone losing their trust in the Fuller Group, do

nodded. “You should

sat up straight. “We take full responsibility for this fiasco. I sincerely apologize for our staff’s mistake, Miss Reed.” Then he stood up, put

the same thing. “This is all my fault, Miss Reed. I’m

the better after they apologized, then she looked at

want me to apologize too?”

did it, but you could potentially be the mastermind. Even if you aren’t, you wanted to sweep this under the rug and pretend the proposal’s not mine. If Mr. Brown didn’t bring

Reed is right, President Gray. You insisted that the proposal’s yours, not hers. Everyone saw that too. We

shivering with anger, but he couldn’t retort, or everyone would think of him as a joke even more. He took a deep breath, held his fury down, and glared darkly at Sonia. “Fine, I’ll apologize.

it’s already good enough that you apologized.

knocked Titus out. What do you mean ‘reluctantly’? I’ll get back at you for

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