Emily was not completely gullible. She knew that Tina was deliberately trying to make her life a living hell, but she chose to bear it.
Having spent the past few days with Tina, apart from her endless bragging and provocation, Emily learned that Tina and Jacob had known each other since childhood. They drifted apart when Tina had gone to M country for two years, but Jacob would eventually marry her. That fact was unchangeable.
When Emily found out that Jacob had been promised to Tina since childhood, she felt regretful. She had had sex with Jacob, and they even had an affair...
Driven by guilt, Emily decided to tolerate Tina's transgressions.
After all, Tina was only a girl whose spoiled attitude was just a byproduct of her lavish upbringing. Emily decided to keep a civil and professional relationship between them.
However, what Emily didn't know was that Tina had deliberately made up all those stories in order to make her withdraw in disgrace.
It was true that Tina's family and Jacob's family were on good terms in the past, but their relationship was only limited to their grandfathers. After Tina's grandfather passed on and the power fell into Tina's parents and her brother Mark, their friendship with Jacob's family gradually faded. Sometimes there were rivalries between the two families.
It was purely by chance that Tina met Jacob, the adopted son of Gu family. She fell in love with him at first sight, and had been pursuing him ever since.
The Tao and the Gu family intended to reunite their bonds with marriage, so that their relationship would gradually blossom again, but Jacob did not accept Tina.
Tina, however, was unwilling to give up, so she waited for him. Meanwhile, Jacob was in no hurry to get married, so he was unaffected by Tina's resilience.
It wasn't until Tina almost killed a girl from a wealthy family by pushing her into a deep lake in the Gu's mansion for being in love with Jacob, that Tina's parents decided to send her off the M country for her education.
From the day she got back, her mind was completely preoccupied with Jacob. Anyone who dared to have a second look at Jacob was considered an enemy.
The next day, Emily, who stayed up late designing, handed the restored designs to Tina again.
Tina who grew tired of creating difficulties with Emily day after day, decided that Emily's work was tolerable this time, so she mercifully let Emily go.
The next step was to make the finished products.
Rose had not shown herself in a long time, but she had been paying attention to Emily's daily activities. Realizing what was going on, she selflessly offered Tina a scheme through Jasmyn.
Tina was very happy with the plan, so she decided to adopt it and put it to the test.
A week later, Tina sent someone to pay off the remaining bill and bring the jewelries back. The next day, she came to the LA Company with a group of bodyguards behind her.
"You are a genuine Jewelry company. How dare you cheat your customers by selling fake goods to them?"
Emily came out of her office to see what the commotion was about when she just heard the last sentence. Without a second thought, she retorted,"That's impossible. Our company never sells fake goods."
As soon as Tina signalled her bodyguards, they laid out the jewelries on the desk. "I have already inspected them. They're all fakes, made of cheap garbage. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'll call the police and have them close down your company! And you'll rot in prison for the rest of you life!
She had a domineering look, implying that she was a person of great influence. This intimidated the timid employees as they looked at Emily helplessly. They pleaded,"Miss Emily, what should we do..."
Victor was not in his office, Jacob had always been aloof regarding client relations, and the order was dealt by her, so she had to come up with a solution to settle the problem.
"Take it easy. We didn't sell fake products, neither did we do anything wrong." Emily calmed herself down. She looked at one of the employees and said in a mild voice: "Go and ask the inspection department to have a look at the jewelry first."
The employee seemed to have found a mainstay in Emily. He calmed down, and did as Emily had instructed.
"Miss Emily, these jewelries are all made out of cheap inferior goods..." Emily's heart dropped gradually to the floor, upon hearing the report from the inspection department.
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