“No.But you are actually talking to me? This is quite astounding, to say the least.” The instant she finished her comment, she peered around the studio.
The smile on her face froze when she saw Natalie hard at work at her desk.
Seeing the sudden change of expression on her face, Elizabeth also looked in the direction of her gaze Natalie was drinking coffee in her seat.
However, she noticed that her usually pretty face looked gaunt and haggard.Her eyes were blood shot and glassy.
Rosa frowned slightly.
After what she had done, she really didn’t think that Natalie would return to work today.Her eyes did look a little swollen, as if she had spent the night before crying.
Rosa feigned worry, walked over to Natalie and placed her hand on her shoulder.
“Natalie, did you get any sleep last night? You don’t look too well.” Natalie looked up at Rosa and forced a smile.
“I’m fine.” Rosa smiled back and made her way to her own desk to get on with her work.She knew that Natalie and her husband must have fought.But it was not as bad as she had expected.
Rosa was actually quite disappointed.She had thought her trick would get Natalie kicked out of here.
But at the moment, she could do nothing but wait to see whether an opportune moment to stir up trouble would present itself.
That entire morning, every person in the studio was swamped with work.
After sitting for hours, Rosa stretched herself out and then rubbed her sore neck.
She was going to make a quick visit to the ladies’ room.On her way back to her desk, she saw that Natalie seemed to be staring blankly into space.It was annoying even just to look at her! When she was out of Natalie’s direct line of sight, she scowled unhappily.
Then she took her seat and picked up her phone from the desk.She unlocked the phone and casually swiped the screen but did not find the game she wanted to play.
After taking a closer look at it, she realized that the phone in her hand wasn’t hers at all! She was utterly flabbergasted and, before she could put together what had happened, someone suddenly grabbed the phone out of her grasp.
Then, she looked up and saw Natalie standing in front of her with another phone.
With a smile, Natalie said, “I’m sorry.This is my phone.I left it on your desk just now.”
Rosa’s mind went blank in an instant.She opened her mouth and didn’t know what to say.
Then, Natalie held her phone and looked at Rosa disdainfully.
“Rosa, explain something to me.How did you unlock my phone?”
That morning, while Natalie had spoken to Rosa, she had been carefully observing her phone.Rosa was using the phone case she had bought in the convenience store downstairs.When Natalie went downstairs to get breakfast, she bought a same one and put it on her phone.Then, she placed her own phone on Rosa’s desk.
As Rosa returned from her trip from the bathroom, Natalie had been keeping a close eye on her.She had suspected that Rosa would have had a keen eye and noticed what she had done immediately.However, luckily for Natalie, Rosa hadn’t noticed.
After the latter took a seat, she picked up the phone.
Natalie quietly observed Rosa’s every move.She had suspected that the newly added fingerprint belonged to Rosa, but, until this point, she couldn’t have been certain.
At the exact moment Rosa reached for the phone, Natalie became almost overwhelmed by nerves.
Finally, as expected, Rosa unlocked the phone without any hindrance.
Rosa was dumbfounded when she saw Natalie standing before her.She hadn’t noticed that the phone in her grasp was actually not hers.
All smart phones looked almost identical these days.
Furthermore, Natalie was using the same phone case as hers.She really didn’t suspect anything when she picked it up.
“I didn’t notice it was your phone.I’m sorry, Natalie.” Rosa hemmed and hawed, trying to muddle through.
Natalie didn’t intend on buying her act, and asked directly, “Rosa, how did you unlock my phone with your fingerprint?”
Natalie had suddenly raised her voice, which took Rosa by surprise.She held the corner of the desk for support and trembled with anticipatory fear.
Now, everyone in the studio had noticed the commotion and all looked over to see what happened.
Everyone then began to discuss the situation under bated breath.
Unable to answer Natalie’s question, Rosa forced a smile and said, “I… I didn’t know how I did it…”
Now, Natalie walked close to Rosa and blocked her off from the rest of the office’s view.
With a firm tone, she said, enunciating one deliberate word after the other, “How could you not know? After all, you tampered with my phone yesterday.”
“I didn’t! Don’t throw shade at me!”
Pointing at Natalie’s nose, Rosa widened her eyes.She suddenly shouted, “I’ve never taken your phone.Have you forgotten, Natalie? You asked me to record my fingerprint on your phone!”
Natalie was impressed by how shameless Rosa could be, even after she had been caught red -handed.
Even though Rosa was telling a blatant lie, she didn’t even blush.
Oh, really? We are merely colleagues.I didn’t even ask my husband to record his fingerprint on my phone, why would I ask you of all people?” With a sneer, Natalie held Rosa’s wrist and demanded aggressively, “Tell me the truth, Rosa Pierce!”
Just then, the door of Draco’s office opened.
All the employees in the studio became quiet.
They didn’t dare to look at Rosa and Natalie anymore and all went back to their seats to work.
Wearing a white shirt and a vintage bracelet on his wrist, Draco looked like someone walking out of the movie.He narrowed his eyes.
Although his expression was gentle, there was impatience in his eyes.
He looked at Natalie and Rosa and asked, “What’s with all the commotion?”
When Rosa saw this, she immediately took the opportunity to look at Draco with grievance.
“Mr.Wesley, Natalie is trying to slander my name in front of everyone” Natalie hadn’t expected Rosa to make up such a lie.What Rosa did not know was that Natalie had just taken a video when she had unlocked her phone a few minutes ago.
“Mr.Wesley, I have video evidence,” Natalie said coolly in the face of the accusation.
She hit play on the video and placed the phone for Draco to see for himself.
“I didn’t frame anyone.This is a clear video of Rosa unlocking my phone with her fingerprint.She took my phone when I was away and created a secret album to store our photos in there.She tried to smear our names!”
Rosa roared and glared at Natalie, “No, I didn’t.You asked me to set my fingerprint on your phone!” She wasn’t going to let anyone make her look bad in front of Draco.Because they were making such a ruckus, everyone peered over again curiously.
After watching the video, Draco’s face darkened.
He looked up at Rosa and said, “Explain yourself.”
Rosa pursed her lips and said nothing.She had just accused Natalie of slandering her, now that there was evidence, she had nothing more to say in her defense.She couldn’t even find an excuse and hesitated for a long while before she said, “I know nothing about this.”
Noticing the guilty look on her face, Draco looked at her and questioned her further, “Rosa, why did you do this?”
There was a dead silence in the studio.
Everyone could feel the iciness in Draco’s voice.
Rosa trembled with fear.
If Draco knew that she had a crush on him, she would definitely be fired.
Rosa lowered her head and fiddled with her fingers nervously, hesitating for a long time.She couldn’t tell him that she did it because she was having a crush on him.She had to think on her feet and come up with a believable excuse.
