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“Did you design them yourself, Manager Cox? You’re amazing.”
“It’s much better than the room designed in the previous development project.”
“…”
Rosabella pretended to be modest and said, “The quotation sheet is also in there. I calculated it, and it’s more than ten million cheaper than if we hire a decoration company.”
Larry was full of praise. “Manager Cox, you’ve done a great job. These designs must have taken a lot of effort.”
“I haven’t slept for several nights, but I’m very happy to contribute to the company…”
Before Rosabella could finish, the meeting room door was pushed open. Cate came in from outside with some other people.
“Is everyone in a meeting? No one even gave me a heads-up for such a big event.”
Cate swaggered in front of Larry Chaplin.
Larry did not move. His face was smiling, but his gaze was contemptuous. “Chairwoman Cox, you’re much younger than me. Even if I told you, there are some things you might not understand, so I didn’t call you.”
After he spoke, the meeting room was eerily quiet.
Everyone waited to watch the drama unfold when Cate would lose her temper, but her pretty face simply revealed a calm smile. “General Manager Chaplin, I’ve stood here for a long time now. When are you going to make way? Have you become unable to tell who’s in charge of the company after sitting around for too long?”
She was clearly laughing, but the chill in her eyes shone brightly.
Larry was immediately embarrassed.
Cate turned to Elle and Kacey. “It looks like General Manager Chaplin really doesn’t remember. Please drag him away.”
Before Larry could react, he was dragged to the ground by Elle with one hand.
He became furious. “You…”
“Let’s continue the meeting. What were you guys talking about?” Cate interrupted him and looked at the crowd expressionlessly.
“We were talking about the design for the developmental project. Manager Cox came up with some designs. General Manager Chaplin and the rest of us feel that they’re quite good.” Deputy Manager Wolfe handed over the designs awkwardly.
Rosabella’s heart thumped. She never thought that Cate would appear. Cate would definitely recognize the designs.
However, it did not matter. Even if Cate said that Rosabella stole the designs, no one would believe her. Instead, it would only provoke the executives into ridiculing her.
Cate took the designs and then whispered a few words to Elle.
After Elle nodded and walked out, Cate continued, “The designs are good. They were even printed at 1:00 a.m. this morning. Manager Cox, you must’ve stayed up late designing these.”
“Yes, Manager Cox said she hadn’t slept in several days.”
“Manager Cox works too hard.”
The meeting room resounded with compliments. Rosabella was very proud of herself. She had printed them that late on purpose. “Chairwoman Cox, what do you think of my designs?”
“The designs are very good. It just so happens that I lost an identical design draft half a month ago.” Cate suddenly twisted her words.
Everyone was stunned, but Rosabella was not anxious. Instead, she pretended to be flustered and covered her mouth. “You don’t mean to imply that I copied you, right?”
“Chairwoman Cox, are you jealous of Manager Cox’ talent?” Larry sneered grimly. “Everyone knows that you sisters don’t get along, but there’s no need to involve the company in your competition.”
For a moment, everyone looked at Cate with disdain. She was too petty to be a chairwoman.
“I knew you guys wouldn’t believe me.” Cate breathed a sigh of relief. “Fortunately, I already reported it to the police ten days ago. My original design data at that time has been handed over to the police as well. They have a case record of it, so it’ll be clear when we check it.”
Rosabella panicked and quickly pretended to cry. “I’m just a measly manager. Chairwoman Cox, do you have to target me like this? I finished the designs a long time ago and simply printed them out late.”
Her soft look made many executives think that Cate was deliberately targeting her.
Cate took out a design draft and asked, “You’re saying that I’m framing you? Okay. Since this was designed by you, you should know the type and orientation of the house. How many floors does it have? How many blocks? How large is it?”
Rosabella was dumbfounded and only responded vaguely after a long time, “There are six blocks, and they sit south while facing north…”
Immediately after she finished speaking, a few executives frowned.
Cate then asked, “Why do you need a big cabinet in the middle here?”
“…For bigger storage space.”
Cate snickered. “It’s because there’s a big pillar in the middle that can’t be knocked away, so I chose to put a cabinet there. In addition, it’s a two story-apartment that’s 128.7 square meters. It sits in the east, facing the west.”
Rosabella’s face went pale immediately.
Cate narrowed her eyes. “You claim that you designed these, but you don’t know anything about the house data. You’re the manager for the project, yet you don’t know anything about the room type. Are you still confused about how many buildings are being built in the project?”
“…”
Rosabella could not refute a word because she really had not studied it.
The group of executives shook their heads one after another, all severely disappointed.
At that exact moment, Elle walked in with a few police officers.
One of them handcuffed Rosabella’s hands. “Ms. Cox, we received a report that you’ve plagiarized someone else’s work. Please come with us to the station to be investigated.”
“No, I don’t want to! I didn’t do it!” Rosabella screamed in panic.
“Stop screaming. Let’s go.” The two policemen yanked her up and dragged her out impatiently.
“I’m being framed! I didn’t plagiarize. I didn’t!”
As her screams faded away, Cate swept her gaze around the conference room before it finally landed on Larry. “General Manager Chaplin, I heard that you were the one who appointed Rosabella Cox. I really doubt your vision and ability to lead the company.”
Larry’s expression was nasty. “If Chairman Cox doubts my ability, then remove me if you can.”
He looked straight at Cate when he finished speaking. He did not believe that she had the courage to do so. The board of directors would not spare her.
“How could that be? General Manager Chaplin has boosted the company’s performance by quite a lot. Naturally, I believe in you.” Cate suddenly smiled. “This meeting will be handed to you to wrap up.”
Then, she finished speaking and left.
Larry looked at her back in disdain. Who did she think she was? He was much more experienced than her.
However, just after Cate left, his wife suddenly burst in and slapped him in the face.
“Larry Chaplin, you son of a b*tch! How dare you have a mistress outside?
“If I hadn’t married you back then, would you have been able to enter Hudson?
“Now that you’re putting on airs, do you think that I’m too old and unattractive to you? I’ll fight it out with you.”
“…”
…
News of the commotion in the meeting room quickly spread throughout the company.
Kacey laughed when reporting to Cate. “You didn’t see how General Manager Chaplin’s face was almost scratched when he was slapped. He was completely humiliated. He even slapped his wife in public, and now Director Irvine is angry.”
“This is just the beginning.”
Cate grinned and called Chase. “Chase, don’t you have an entertainment company? Could you report about General Manager Chaplin’s affair?”
“Haha, no problem. It’s rare that Sister-in-law is asking for my help…”
Before Chase could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chill. He glanced to his side where Shaun was sitting with an unhappy expression on his face. He touched his nose silently. “Cate, why aren’t you asking Shaun for help?”