Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 64

In less than a minute, I received a call from Caroline!

"Why do you have these photos?"

The first sentence Caroline said was this.

It was obvious that she knew what I had sent to her were.

As I packed up my laptop and walked out, I took the cell phone and said to her, "If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it."

"No one will believe you!" Although Caroline said so, I could hear a guilty conscience in her voice.

After all, she was plagiarizing.

At this time, I have already walked out of Computer Town. Looking at the good weather outside, I slowly said, "Is that so? Telma's works have very obvious personal characteristics in them. Based on the comparison of these photos between her previous works, anyone can see that these photos are her works as well. I..."

"What do you want to do? What do you want from me?"

I didn't even need to finish my words. Then Caroline interrupted me.

She knew too well that when it came to designing, the masters would have their own design styles, which the outsiders could not imitate. Moreover, the experts could see the mystery at a glance.

And her panic was exactly as I expected.

I said calmly, "I want you to ask Ronald's wife to accept the compensation and leave immediately. Don't mislead her anymore! Otherwise, I will announce this set of works to the world immediately."

After a pause, I added, "If I remember it correctly, Grandpa Cowell should think highly of you because of this set of works."

This was where Caroline's weakness lay!

She had done so many things just to please Ned as well as to make me disappear forever!

Caroline was silent for a long time over the phone. After a long time, she said with a heavy voice, "Okay. Then give me the film."

"Impossible." I immediately refused her, "When it comes to dealing with a person like you, if I don't have anything on you, how can I be sure that you won't harm me again?"

Caroline said, "Then I won't take down this set of works either."

In fact, I was a little panicked at this time. But

I still pretended to be calm and said, "Well, then I will announce these photos and resign from Glorious Seth Design. Anyway, I will still be Mrs. Cowell at that time."

"It is just that Seth will suffer losses. If I ask for money from Patrick, I can compensate Seth randomly as much money as I want so that he can establish 10 or 20 more companies like Glorious Seth Design."

After I said that, there was a long silence over the phone.

"Forget it if you don't agree." I said on purpose, "I'll call Patrick."

Before I could hang up the call, Caroline hung up first.

By the time I returned to the company, Ronald's body had been gone. And Ronald's wife had left as well.

Originally, I thought this matter was over. But when I went back, I saw many colleagues crowd at the entrance of Seth's office.

When I leaned over, I heard Angie say, "She has to resign. If she stays, I'll go."

After that, some other colleagues echoed, "Yes. I'll go as well if she stays."

"This matter is sort of solved this time. But what should we do next time? She always brings bad luck to Glorious Seth Design!"

"Yes. The matter this time has been posted on social media. We just managed to recover. But she has ruined us again!"

Everyone said one after another. Even if my name wasn't mentioned, I also knew that they were talking about me.

This matter was caused by me. Although I solved it, it could not change the fact that this matter had caused a negative impact on the Glorious Seth Design.

I heard Seth say inside, "This is our company's matter. And it has nothing to do with Charlotte."

"Mr. Hyde, you are covering her up. Here is my resignation letter." Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

Angie was the one who said this.

Angie was now the backbone of Glorious Seth Design. Since the business of Glorious Seth Design recovered, several clients entrusted projects to Glorious Seth Design for her sake. If she left, Glorious Seth Design surely would lose money because of these projects.

I rushed in and said first, "No need. I will resign." "Charlotte!" Seth looked at me. He, who was anxious, called me by my name.

However, the way how he addressed me made my colleagues pick his fault, "Charlotte? Mr. Hyde, as it turns out, you do have sincere feelings for Charlotte."

"If so, how about marrying her and making her Mrs. Hyde? We still have to work and make money to support the family!"

"I agree! Indeed, Mr. Hyde, you are favoring someone that is close to you ."

The colleague's words sounded harsh and excessive.

I looked at Seth, bowed to him, and said respectfully, "Mr. Hyde, thank you for taking care of me these days. But I know that the matter this time has something to do with me. So whether you agree or not, I will resign."

After that, I went back to the office to pick up my bag and wanted to leave.

As soon as I entered the elevator, Seth caught up with me.

As soon as he came in, he grabbed my wrist, which stunned me!

Seth grabbed me tightly and apologized, "I'm sorry, Charlotte. I overestimated myself. I am not capable of running a company. Sorry for getting you involved."

"Seth, you shouldn't be here to comfort me now. Instead, you should go back to comfort Angie and others. I can find another job. But it won't be easy for you to find a good designer like Angie."

If Angie left and Glorious Seth Design collapsed, I would feel even more guilty.

But Seth didn't listen to me.

He sent me downstairs. After I repeatedly stopped him, he went back to the company.

When I was downstairs, I received a phone call from Caroline, saying that she asked Ronald's wife and her family to leave and if the outsiders knew about the design photos, she would not let me go!

Without saying anything, I hung up the phone.

After I got home, I looked at the empty room and realized that Patrick had been absent for the past few days.

I suddenly wondered if he had known that this kind of thing would happen early and if that was why he had come here to see me specifically for fear that I would do something harmful to Caroline.

"Are you in a bad mood?"

While I was standing in the living room in a daze, I heard Shelton's voice.

I turned my head and saw that he was standing in the hallway. And I couldn't help but feel nervous, "How did you get in?"

Shelton smiled and said, "It's you who forgot to close the door. I thought someone had broken into your house. So I came in to have a look."

Only then did I notice that the door behind him was open.

I apologized to him and said, "Sorry. I didn't pay attention to it just now."

"It's okay. As a girl, you should be careful while living on your own. Come to me if you need anything," Shelton said. Then he took out a business card and put it on the shoe cabinet, "This is my business card. You can call me at any time if you need anything."

After that, he left.

And he closed the door for me.

I stood alone in front of the window in a daze, thinking about the three children of Ronald.

I, who came out of the orphanage, particularly sympathized with them.

It was unknown how long I had been standing there. Then I heard someone opening the door behind me. I turned around and saw Patrick standing at the door with a leather suitcase in his hand.

Upon seeing me, he put the suitcase down at the door and said, "I've been on a business trip for a few days."

I looked at him and thought of my previous guess. Then I said with alienation, "You don't need to tell me your whereabouts, Mr. Cowell."

"What's wrong?" Patrick seemed to sense that I was unhappy. Then he took off his suit jacket and came to me.

It was probably because of my fluke mind that I told him the whole story about how Ronald's wife had been making a scene in the past few days.

There was no surprise on Patrick's face. He lowered his eyelids slightly and said, "I'll tell her."