She didn’t even raise her head, but she knew that Natalie was the one who came into her office.
Natalie replied, “I’ll need a few more days, but I’ll get you the evidence you need.”
Tiffany let out a sigh.
“I’m inclined to trust you, but you each put your own spin on what really happened last night.Since there isn’t any concrete evidence, as your superior, I have to stay objective about this.I can’t make my judgment based on personal biases.Just try your best to find an evidence to support your claims.”
Natalie fell silent for a moment ‘It seems that Tiffany is saying that no action will be taken against this matter unless I find evidence
“Okay I understand.”
Tears welled up in Natalie’s eyes when she left Tiffany’s office.
After that interaction, Natalie worked in the company like normal.
Sadly, the matter hadn’t blown over yet.
Because they lost the quarterly bonus, all of her coworkers in the design department held a grudge against her and they vented their anger towards her.
Though there wasn’t any evidence to prove which one of them was lying, most of their coworkers were on Patty’s side.
The main reason was because Patty was the girlfriend of the Larson Group’s operations manager.
And now, she and Natalie were at odds.
None of the employees dared to offend someone more influential and powerful than they were.
Patty didn’t have a falling out with Natalie because of this.
She even acted like she was the bigger person by saying, “We’re all colleagues here.I think it’s better if we all be nice.I
understand that there are many rumors circulating about Quinn. Though I’m not surprised that she’d do something like that, let’s all just let it go and move on.”
1 Gerda sat at her own station, craning her neck to get a better look at Patty.
Patty spoke so loud that everyone in the office must’ve heard her.
Pouting, Gerda lowered her head and said to Natalie, “What a hypocrite she is! I once heard her speaking ill of you behind your back.She told our coworkers that you have a screw loose and that you’re too proud for your own good.”
Natalie, on the other hand, just continued sketching her designs at her workstation in silence.
Because of this matter, she saw Patty’s true colors.Sooner or later, I’ll find the evidence to support my claims.For now, let’s just ignore them and focus on our work, shall we?” Natalie replied nonchalantly.
‘Gerda let out a sigh. Natalie is such a pushover” she thought.
Because of Patty.
Natalie had now become the most hated person in the design department, Although the others weren’t openly saying it, they really hated Natalie.
Even someone as carefree as Gerda could clearly see that Natalie was being isolated by everybody else.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Natalie had been Caught in a terrible predicament Throughout the entire design department, Gerda was the only one willing to talk to Natalie now.
Natalie was pretending like it didn’t affect her, but in truth, it dampened her spirit.
Just as her mood soured, her phone vibrated on the table.
Natalie stared at the caller ID blankly for a few seconds.
It was a Call from Ella Davian, her old college classmate.
Natalie pondered for a moment.She rarely had ever contacted her college classmates ever since they graduated, let alone someone she didn’t get along with like Ella.
Ella used to be her roommate in college.
They had some conflicts in the past, so their relationship wasn’t very good.
Natalie wanted to ignore this call.
But out of politeness, she picked up the phone.
“Why’d you take so long to answer the phone, Natalie?”
Ella, as always, was short-tempered.She couldn’t bear the idea of others ignoring her “Sorry, I was too busy to notice it right away.”
Natalie replied insincerely.
“It’s fine.I heard from another classmate that you’re now working for the Larson Group.Does that mean you’re doing pretty good for yourself?”
Ella spoke rather warmly over the phone.
“There’s going to be a reunion party of our old college class on Saturday night. You should come! Don’t forget it.”
“I won’t be free that day perhaps another time,” Natalie said, her voice calm and devoid of emotion. She’d just had a bad day and was in no mood to attend a class reunion.
When Natalie was in college, she hadn’t gotten along with Ella and the others.She’d been a wallflower, so it was surprising that they invited her this time.
Ella’s laughter came to an abrupt end and she was suddenly serious.
“All our classmates will be there.
People will notice if you’re the only one absent.
Do you want that? It’s not that hard to take one day off.
It’s not every day you get an opportunity like this.
Who knows when the next class reunion will be Natalie bit her lip, deep in thought.
“I’ll consider it.”
Ella noticed that Natalie was in a bad mood, and her tone brightened.
“What’s there to think about? You do sound down in the dumps though, what happened?”
“It’s nothing.I’m fine”
Natalie sighed in frustration.
“I’ll go.”
She decided it wasn’t a bad idea to have a get-together.She did want to relax and change her mood.
Ella’s cheerful laughter on the phone showed how pleased she was.
“Wonderful! I’ll see you at Susie’s.”
After the call disconnected, Natalie kept thinking about the reunion.
Maybe meeting her old classmates again wasn’t a bad idea. Natalie had a boring college life, but it was still much better back then than the infighting she was having now at the Larson Group.
Besides, she’d had some bad blood between her and Ella in college.
Meeting again was a great way to get past it.
Natalie told Sebastian about the call from Ella that night.
“I have some matters to resolve, so I won’t be home early for the next few days, Saturday included.Don’t worry about me. You can have a good time with your classmates,” Sebastian said, pinching her cheek.
He had a meeting with some foreign partners that day.
Natalie nodded.
Although she didn’t pay much attention to it, it was strange that Sebastian had suddenly become quite busy ever since he changed his job under the Klein family’s pressure.
The day of the class reunion arrived and Natalie arrived at the restaurant according to the address which Ella had texted to her.
A whole year had passed, but it wasn’t like they changed drastically.
Ella was able to recognize Natalie at first glance.
“Natalie! Over here!”
Ella waved Natalie over to the table where she sat.
Ella had changed quite a bit.She was now dressed expensively.She even had a Hermes bag sitting on the table in front of her.
She pulled Natalie into the seat beside her and said, “Wow Natalie, you haven’t changed huh? Your fashion laste is still terrible
Does the Larson Group not pay you well?”
Natalie smiled and stayed quiet She’d received many messages talking about how Ella was the one funding the class reunion and that she had booked the whole restaurant for the night, even going as far as paying for everything they would eat and drink.
Natalie knew that Ella’s family wasn’t well-to-do.
Back in college, she was even spotted wearing knock-offs.
How was she able to act so generously now?
