Seeing such a chaotic scene in front of her, Eliza felt a little nervous. She was not used to such a ruckus. What’s more, she was the protagonist in this drama.
She lowered her head and clenched her fists.
Her breathing heaved because of how angry she was.
She took a deep breath and adjusted her emotions. She did not want to look weak in front of them.
She suppressed her churning emotions and asked, "May I know your name?" She had to be polite.
When the man who was causing trouble heard that, he was stunned. He rubbed his chin, and it seemed like he was thinking of something.
"Call me Mr. Kidd."
“Mr. Kidd, since you claim my work to be plagiarized, then please do provide me with some evidence. If not, you are just slandering me. I can choose to call the police and ask them to deal with this matter.”
Even though Eliza was petite, she was quite imposing.
Her words more or less calmed down the noisy people at the scene.
Indeed, Eliza was only 22 years old, and she looked younger than her age.
When she stood in front of others, her big eyes were filled with anger and grievance.
It did not look like she was pretending. Moreover, the man who claimed that she was using plagiarized work had not given them any evidence yet.
Judging by her bold and confident look, it did not seem like she was lying. Everyone started to have second thoughts.
If she did not plagiarize but was still questioned by everyone, then the people among the crowd would feel pity for her.
Just like that, the scene quieted down a little.
However, the man in a suit and leather shoes was unmoved. It seemed like he was determined.
“Why must I have the evidence? As long as you kneel down and apologize to me, destroy your work, and promise that something like this will never happen again, we can call it a day. Why must you embarrass yourself?”
It seemed like he was trying to persuade her, and every one of his words implied that her work was not original.
Eliza knew that she was the original creator of the work, so she would not waver.
“If you have evidence, then take it out now. Otherwise, if you don’t, please apologize for what happened just now.”
Eliza spoke calmly. Her attitude was firm.
Mr. Kidd suddenly laughed. These words were exactly what he wanted to hear.
“Okay, fine. I just remembered where I have seen it before too. I will make a call now, and ask someone to bring it over here.”
Eliza was not afraid. It seemed like he was very confident, but he was obviously slandering her. How could he get any evidence?
She did not know what that man was up to. Besides, she was not in a rush, so she could afford to waste their time.
There were too many twists and turns in this situation. For a moment, everyone looked at each other and did not speak. There was a strange atmosphere in the hall.
At this time, a colleague came out of the office. That person was Lina, her partner. They were considered quite close.
She must have heard about the situation there, which was why she came out to cheer on Eliza.
Lina said, “Everything will be fine. It must just be a misunderstanding.”
Lina grabbed her hand and started to comfort her.
Eliza smiled back as a way to reassure her.
That group of people waited there for a long time. The sun outside was getting hotter and hotter. However, the number of onlookers did not decrease, rather, it only increased.
This was probably the first exhibition held by the company with so many people visiting.
Eliza laughed.
She looked at the manager with a straight face, but she did not say anything. It was impossible to say that she was not disappointed. The way the company handled things really disappointed her.
Since something like this happened, no matter how it ended, she probably wouldn’t want to stay there any longer.
Time slowly went by, and the onlookers started to discuss the matter among themselves.
This time, they pointed at that man.
"Do you have any evidence or not?"
“Stop wasting our time, if you really don’t have any evidence, then apologize to this young lady!”
……
The protests surrounding them got louder and louder, but Mr. Kidd was still calm and composed. It was like he could not hear them.
"Mr. Kidd, if you have no evidence, can you give me an explanation?"
Seeing how much time he was wasting here, even Eliza couldn’t take it any longer and started getting impatient. It was almost noon, and she was hungry.
”Don’t worry. What’s wrong? Do you feel guilty? While the evidence has not arrived, you still have a chance. As long as you kneel down and shout ‘I was wrong’ three times, I will consider this matter to be over. What do you think?”
She did not want to talk to the rogue anymore. She looked away, as she did not want to see the vicious expressions on his face either.
Just as everyone was starting to get impatient, the evidence everyone was waiting for appeared.
It was exactly the same as her design!
How could that be possible!
As Eliza looked at the draft in front of her, she was shocked!
……
The Deleon family had lunch early on this day.
Tanner did not have an appetite, so he put down his silverware. Seeing that he was done, Raelyn stopped eating too.
Mckenna noticed that the two of them had finished eating, so she did not stay any longer, she hurriedly nagged Tanner to bring Raelyn over to see the doctor.
At about half-past eleven in the morning, a limousine set off from the Deleon’s and headed for the unknown mountain.
Tanner was forced by his grandmother to take Raelyn to this mountain for treatment. Originally, he wanted to call Eliza to tell her, but Raelyn was already a sensitive topic between them.
He did not want to be the one to bring up the topic.
Fine, he would come back sooner so that she would not let her imagination run wild!
Along the way, Raelyn seemed to whisper something in his ear. Sometimes, it was about the things she saw abroad, other times, it was the scenery outside.
Since Tanner had known Raelyn since they were young, and that she was Eliza’s sister, he only replied politely. He endured the feeling of boring while subconsciously, he missed Eliza.
Whenever he thought of her, Mr. Deleon’s temperament would turn gentle. Even he himself would not realize it.
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