Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 53

“This is what you get for plagiarizing the Hay Group’s design! Speaking of which, didn’t you draw a portrait for Director Hart? Why didn’t he speak up for you in front of the Hay Group?” Elsie sneered, buzzing with the anticipation of throwing Myra out of the Chase Group.

Myra, however, merely smirked in response. With a cold gleam in her eyes, she marched straight into Mr. Xavier’s office.

“Trouble-seeking w*nch!” Elsie cursed aloud, her eyes flashing wickedly. She stood outside the door, waiting to see what Myra was getting up to.

It wasn’t long after Myra went in when the door to Mr. Xavier’s office opened again.

This time, it was Mr. Xavier himself who stood in the doorway. Fury belied his thunderous face. He had thrown open the door in a fit of rage and everyone in the design department jumped as the door swung back and forth on its hinges, banging loudly against the wall.

A pleased look passed over Elsie’s face. With the way things were going, Myra might end up leaving Bradfort City altogether!

However, just as Elsie was indulging in the thought of never having to see Myra again, Mr. Xavier marched up to her. Surprised, she wondered if the design director would let her take over Myra’s job so she quickly stepped forward.

He came up before her, suppressing the rage that he’d been feeling since hearing the voice recording, and said coldly, “Miss Foster, please come with me to Director Chase’s office immediately.”

Upon hearing this, Elsie nodded hastily and traipsed after him. As she did so, she did not forget to throw a triumphant glance over her shoulder at Myra, who had already emerged from Mr. Xavier’s office.

Meanwhile, Tilly sauntered over with a frown etched onto her face. “Myra…”

Myra turned to address her with a placid smile. “Don’t worry; Director Hart found out that Lily from the Hay Group was the one who plagiarized my design.” Now that she had seen how Elsie was treated, she deduced that the Hay Group had sold Elsie out in order to save themselves and receive a lighter punishment.

Tilly blinked at Myra’s explanation, then broke into a wide grin after it dawned on her. “I knew you were innocent, Myra! I knew my dreamboat wouldn’t let us down!” she squealed excitedly, then cast a curious gaze at the elevator doors not too far away. “But what about Elsie?”

Myra’s lips pressed into a thin line as she eyed the elevators with a raised brow. “She would probably end up losing her job in the Chase Group.”

“Well, good riddance!” Tilly huffed indignantly. “I heard that Director Chase is now looking into this whole debacle too, which means he obviously believes your side of the story. I can’t wait to see how this plays out!”

Myra was taken aback to hear that Sean was looking into the matter of the design plagiarism as well, but as she recomposed herself, she frowned.

It was just as Myra had predicted. Elsie had only been in Sean’s office for less than twenty minutes before everyone in the company found out that she was the traitor who had stolen Myra’s design and given it to the Hay Group.

The Hay Group had clearly sold her out, and they managed to blame everything on her while covering their own tracks. They claimed that Elsie was the one who had stolen the drawing, but gave it to them under the pretense that she was the designer, thereby misleading them into thinking that she was doing them a favor. In short, they didn’t know the truth when they accused Myra of plagiarism.

Now that the truth was out, the Chase Group pressed charges against Elsie for stealing company trade secrets, and she was brought away by several police officers. She didn’t even come back to the design department.

There were employees who said they had seen Elsie causing a scene downstairs, insisting that Myra was out to get her. However, in light of the warnings issued by the Hay and the Hart Groups respectively, as well as the former’s public apology to the Chase Group and Myra, the evidence weighed heavily against Elsie. In the end, the police brought her away without further delay.

Meanwhile, the colleagues who had wrongfully accused Myra before were now coming up to her to apologize.

Myra never took any of their accusations personally in the first place. Mr. Xavier, on the other hand, approached her and spent some time consoling her.