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For the rest of the time, Liam Harrison stayed by my side.
This kept many lustful gazes from daring to approach and bother me.
Until the project team’s evaluation results were announced, surprising everyone.
My proposal won first place, becoming the optimal choice for the project team.
This outcome exceeded everyone’s expectations.
The banquet hall instantly erupted into whispers again.
Even Liam looked at me with surprise, giving me a thumbs–up.
Alex Thorne looked at me with a complex expression for a long time, opening his mouth
but saying nothing.
Only Celeste still glared at me maliciously, raising an objection on the spot.
“I don’t believe it! How could an amateur’s proposal be better than mine!”
Her words caused the project team members to visibly frown.
“So, Ms. Hayes, are you implying that our project team engaged in shady dealings behind
the scenes? That we deliberately chose another company’s proposal?”
Celeste instantly snapped back to reality, forcing an awkward laugh.
“I’m not targeting the project team, but this Chloe Davis is just an employee who was fired from Thome Corp. We know her level of skill perfectly well. How could her proposal be this good?”
“Perhaps she stole or plagiarized it from somewhere! And from what I know, she was fired from Thorne Corp precisely because she was untrustworthy?
After saying this, Celeste specifically looked at Alex Thome.
“Isn’t that right, Aler
in an instant, everyone’s eyes fell on me.
I instinctively looked at Alex,
Having been at Thorne Corp for five years, Alex knew how many proposals I had created
for them.
He even knew I had used a pseudonym, ZJC, to create numerous proposals for Thome Corp, securing many project contracts,
But now, I truly hadn’t expected him to be so heardess,
Alex Thome was silent for a long moment, then still pulled out the proposal I had previously created,
Although they were two different proposals, their core concepts were identical.
Even the phrasing and writing style I commonly used were exactly the same.
Miss David’s proposal clearly playarizes the work of our company’s chief strategin, ZJC. hope the project team can see her true colorst
1 stared Way at Alex, unable to defend myself for a moment.
ZJC was a posudonym, and also the most famous strategist in the industry.
At Thome Corp, to separate the pseudonym ZIC from myself, I had deliberately used two
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So, after I left, the pseudonym ZJC and all previous works under that name were taken back by Thorne Corp, completely unrelated to me.
But Alex Thorne knew all these things.
So now, he was deliberately targeting me.
I wanted to argue, but I couldn’t prove myself.
Because I knew no one would confirm that the pseudonym ZJC and I were the same person, and now I was infringing upon Thorne Corp’s interests!
The project ultimately fell through, and I was branded a plagiarist.
As I was leaving the banquet hall, Alex suddenly called out to me.
His expression was complex as he mumbled hesitantly,
“I’m sorry… This project was really important to me.”
I smiled, but didn’t answer, just brushed past him, my gaze devoid of any former warmth.
He stepped forward, trying to grab my arm, but I evaded him.
Then I quickly hurried to catch up with Liam Harrison.
The drive back was silent.
It wasn’t until Liam dropped me off at my rental that I whispered an apology to him.
“Mr. Harrison, this whole thing happened because of me. I’ll go to the company tomorrow and officially resign.”
The car suddenly braked, sliding for over ten feet.
Liam calmly lit a cigarette.
“It’s just one project, it’s not severe enough to resign. Besides, I know whether you plagiarized or not. And now I know your true capabilities. If anything, I’m the one who
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gained, having managed to poach the renowned strategist ZJC.”
I froze for a moment, never expecting Liam to trust me so completely.
And he’d even guessed I was ZJC.
That instant of pure emotion made me instinctively hug him.
It felt like even if the whole world didn’t believe me, there was still someone who did.
The moment I hugged Liam, his entire body stiffened like a board, and he didn’t say
another word.
He walked me up to my apartment, gave me two days off, and then left in a hurry.
Back home, I had just closed the door.
When a violent knocking rattled my apartment door!
