جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 110

The woman's voice drew everyone's attention to the entrance of the conference hall. Their eyes landed on a foreign woman with fair skin, defined facial features, and curly hair. She was dressed in a professional suit and high heels. Celia's eyes narrowed slightly as her gaze fell on the woman. If she remembered correctly, this woman was Marilyn Moreau. Marilyn was the chief designer hired by Infatuation Jewelry Co. and the designer of the Whimsicality line.Marilyn confidently strode forward in high heels. She stepped up on the stage and took the microphone from a nearby reporter.Then, she declared loudly, "Just a moment ago, Ms. Stanton claimed that Infatuation plagiarized Hughes Inc. That is complete slander! Infatuation has never plagiarized anyone, including Hughes Inc.!"Her words caused quite a stir. Everyone in the room began to whisper animatedly among themselves. The reporters were also on the edge of their seats. They hadn't expected the press conference today to

"What do you mean by that?" Marilyn's already gloomy expression became worse.Yardley's brows scrunched up slightly, and his eyes darkened. "Aside from being able to change colors under the lights, Whimsicality has several other similarities to Flames of Ice. That's because you took Celia's sketches, modified them, and turned them into Whimsicality."Faced with Yardley's imposing presence, Marilyn couldn't help but shudder. Taking a few deep breaths, she forced herself to calm down. "Do you have any evidence to back up your claims?"Yardley's piercing gaze swept over Marilyn. His voice was ice-cold as he said, "Joseph Hines has confessed that he stole Celia's design and sold it to you."Joseph Hines? Celia was slightly surprised when she heard that. If she remembered correctly, Joseph was just a design assistant in the design department. He had been with the company for less than a year. Celia was perplexed to hear that this was his doing. He wasn't even involved in the Flame

Yardley walked toward Celia after he said that. He extended his large hand to her and nodded before asking, "May I?"Celia was enthralled by the man in front of her. There was no way she could refuse Yardley's invitation in front of everyone."Of course." Celia smiled politely and extended her small hand gracefully, placing it in Yardley's palm.He led her toward the dance floor. The couple danced gracefully in the center of the dance floor as mellow music played. Although it was their first time dancing together, they moved in perfect harmony, almost as if they had been dance partners for years.Yardley lowered his head, his deep gaze landing on Celia's face. He asked indifferently, "Don't we seem to be in sync, Celia?"She nodded. "Yeah, we're alright. We should be able to dance better if you slow down a little."He pressed his thin lips against her ear and whispered, "That's not what I meant."Celia's cheeks burned as his warm breath brushed against her skin.It was undeni

Celia lifted her glass and pretended to drink about half of it. Then, she took advantage of the darkness and secretly poured the remaining half out. Annie didn't notice it. She smiled, thinking that Celia had drunk half the glass of spiked red wine. She had succeeded! Celia had consumed the tampered drink. She would face the consequences soon!Celia sneered quietly when she noticed the expression on Annie's face. Celia intentionally swayed. Holding the wine glass in her left hand, she supported her head with her right hand. "Oh dear, why am I feeling dizzy?""What's wrong, Celia? Are you okay?" Annie asked, feigning concern."My head is spinning, and it's hot …" Celia pretended to look like she wasn't feeling well. She weakly leaned her whole body against the railing."Did you eat something that didn't agree with you? How about this? I'll take you to the lounge to rest for a bit." Annie stifled her excitement. She stepped forward and kindly supported Celia."Alright, thank

The reporters' questions helped Annie snap out of her daze. She glared at Celia menacingly. All of this had been orchestrated by Celia! Celia had forced her to drink that glass of wine and made her embarrass herself in front of so many people."Celia Stantion, you wretched woman. I'm in this mess because of you!" Annie yelled, rose to her feet, and tried to slap Celia.A large hand grabbed Annie and forcefully pushed her to the ground before she could reach Celia. Annie looked up and realized it was Bruce.His blue eyes were filled with disgust. "Annie, you have truly let me down! Getting it on with this man … do you have no shame?"Annie's heart raced as she faced Bruce's accusations. How had it come to this? Even Bruce was here, and he'd seen Annie with that guy …"It's not like that, Bruce. Let me explain. I don't even know him," Annie hurriedly said."Darling, why are you saying you don't know me?" Blondie got upset when he heard that. He slowly stood up from the couch.