Chapter 11
She rubbed the rash on her arm, looking pitiful and on the verge of tean, while Natabe charged ahead like a warrior, berating me nonstop, refusing to hear a word of my explanation..
Within two minutes. Harlan stormed out of his office, his expression dark.
His eyes landed on Tansara first, then shifted to me, filled with disappointment. “Ch
tment. “Charlene,
vexplain”
Before I could say a word. Tamara, with teary y eyes, said softly, “Harlan, don’t blame Charlene. It was my own carelessness”.
Harlan didn’t respond. He simply gave me a glance, full of disappointment
I knew then–be believed her.
He scooped Tamara up in his arms and strode toward the exit without hesitation
clear things up. I thought for a moment. This wasn’t my fault, and I had no reason to take the blame. So, I followed them, intending to c
But just as I reached the doorway, Tamara said, “Charlene, you don’t need to come. There’s no way Ecan attend tomorrow’s meeting with Regal Corporation. You should stay at the company and focus on the proposal. This collaboration will have to depend on you”
1 frowned. So this was her real plan.
She wanted Harlan to think I was desperate for this opportunity–desperate enough to harm her.
I had to admit, she played it well.
And from the looks of i, Harlan had fallen for it. He turned to me with cold, mocking eyes. His voice was laced with sarcasm. “So this is what you’ve become, Charlene‘ You’d go to any length for a business deal?”
I frowned and explained, “I didn’t harm anyone. Tamara spilled the peanut milk herself. Everyone in the office saw
Before anyone else could speak, Natalie jumped in first. “Didn’t you ask Tamara to buy food for you? If you hadn’t asked for peanut milk, would she have bought it! And it just happened to spill on her I saw everything with my own eyes?”
I looked at Natale. Her eyes were filled with triumph, as if she was thrilled to thally have an excuse to bring me down,
I turned to the other colleagues. “What do you say?”
But every single one of them lowered their heads. Not one person was willing to speak up for me.
A chill crept into my heart
Harlan, however, was already losing patience. “Enough” he said.
His gue landed on me, laced with mockery. “Tamara is right. Charlene, you should just stay at the company. You’ve worked so hand for this opportunity—why should I keep standing in your way?”
With that, he carried Tamara into the car. Before closing the door, he gave me one last indifferent look. “If anything goes wrong with this
tlaboration, you know the company’s rules”
The so–called rules meant losing a month’s salary.
Harlan’s car sped of Natalie glanced at me and sneered “Charlene, tell me, how much longer do you think you can last in this company!” ty abilities, I can probably outlast ten employees like you.”
a look and chuckled. “With my
tale a face darkened. She let out a cold off “We’ll see about that”
and the surveillance room.
blame for this. If Tamara wouldn’t let me speak, time–then I’d let the security footage do the talking
door was locked, and no one was inside
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