Mr.Lowe looked at Bill and smiled at Ava.
“Are you Ava?” Ava nodded.
“Hello, Mr.Lowe.I’m Ava Long from the design department.” Mr.Lowe nodded.
“Well then, Ava, are you sure Laura’s design is the one you deleted?”
“I can guarantee you that this is Ava’s design!”
Before Ava said anything, Maisie made the guarantee without hesitation.
“Mr.Lowe is asking Ava, not you.Why are you interrupting?” Bill used this opportunity to berate Maisie.
“Maisie Davenport, if you dare to talk back to your superiors again, the company will fire you!”
“You’re firing me? Ha! Haha!” Maisie laughed and crossed her arms across her chest.
Then, she lifted her arrogant face.
“The company will fire anyone except for me. Give it a try if you don’t believe me.”
“….”
When Bill heard this, he was even more suspicious of the doubts in his heart.
Was Maisie having an affair with Mr.Lowe? She must be! If not, how could she be so arrogant? When Ava heard this, she was curious as well.
However, she did not ask any questions and just answered Mr.Lowe’s question calmly.
“Mr.Lowe, I wouldn’t be mistaken about the design that I created myself.This is the design I created back then according to Mr.Rogers’ requests.However, when I showed it to Mr.Branson, he said my design was worthless and he even said he wanted to pass Mr.Rogers’ project to Laura.
“I have nothing to say about his decision, but I am curious about how the design I deleted became Laura’s work? What’s even more interesting is that Mr.Branson has obviously seen this design and he even rudely rejected it.How did things turn out like this?”
As Ava spoke, she looked at Bill with a huge smile on her face.
“Mr.Branson, did you lose your memory so that’s why you don’t remember that the design Laura showed you is the same as mine?”
“Um…”
“Ava, stop spewing nonsense and slandering me.If you have proof, show it to us now!’’ Laura could not endure this anymore, so she stepped u p anxiously.
Plus, she knew Ava had deleted her design, so Ava did not have proof! However, Ava calmly turned to look at Laura and said, “You want proof? Of course, I have proof.”
“What?”
Ava slowly took out her phone. As she operated it, she said slowly.
“Mr. Branson, I told you I was almost done with Mr. Rogers’ design a long time ago. However, my laptop a t home broke down so I had to go back to the office during the weekend to finish it. However, you didn’t listen to me and you said I was too busy dating, that I wasn’t concentrating on my work at all. Plus, you were so sure that I had just randomly sketched something before submitting it.
“Well, I’ve fixed my laptop and it clearly shows my original design, as well as the timestamps when I was working on it.”
The corners of Bill’s lips twitched, while Laura’s face froze. When Maisie saw Bill and Laura’s faces at one side, she was amused.
“So where’s your original design?”
Mr. Lowe asked. Ava smiled and turned around.
“My boyfriend is sending it over right now. The laptop was just fixed not long ago.”
After she said that, a tall and slender figure appeared a t the door. When Ava saw Daniel, she smiled sweetly and quickly walked over to Daniel. Maisie slowly inched toward Mr. Lowe and nudged his arm with her shoulder. Then, she made a face at him. Mr. Lowe looked at Daniel with a straight face. He then saw Ava talking to Daniel before coming back with her laptop.
At this moment, everyone was paying attention to Ava so they did not see Maisie nudging Mr. Lowe with her shoulder just now. However, Bill noticed it.
This completely confirmed his doubts! After Ava came back with the laptop, she quickly opened the designing software and found the design that was almost completed. Then, she showed everyone the time she saved it. The corners of Laura’s lips twitched. She did not expect this twist to happen.
Bill did not say anything. The truth was right in front of them, so it was useless no matter what he said. Plus, he could see that there was something between Maisie and Mr. Lowe. Maisie was close to Ava.
If he kept siding with Laura, he would be digging his own grave. At this moment, murmurs of disbelief began to sound from around him.
“Damn, Laura did plagiarize the design…”
“I was even praising her just now, dang…”
The female colleagues who were disdainful toward Ava were so embarrassed they did not know what to say now. They were all red in their faces and did not dare to look into Ava’s eyes.
“What else can you say now, Laura Pine?” Maisie looked at Laura with contempt in her eyes.
“You don’t even know the most basic principles in this industry, s o what qualifications do you have to continue working as a designer?”
“..”
Laura was enraged when Maisie called her out by her full name. She turned her head to look at Bill and wanted him to side with her. However, Bill did not dare to say anything. He could tell that Maisie was having an affair with his boss, so how would he dare to offend them? As he was frantically thinking about how to remove himself from this incident, Maisie unexpectedly started to call him out.
“And you!”
Maisie pointed at Bill without showing him any signs of respect.
“You knew she was plagiarizing Ava’s work but you chose to turn a blind eye.You’re obviously keeping her as your secret lover!”
The sweat on Bill’s forehead increased as he did not expect Maisie to directly accuse him.
“T-That’s not it.”
Bill tried to explain himself as he did not dare to offend Maisie anymore.
However, he did not know what he could say.
“If that’s not it, then what exactly is going on?” Mr.Lowe suddenly spoke.
When Mr.Lowe said that, Bill was even more sure there was something unusual going on between him and Maisie.
He could tell that his boss was siding with Maisie.
Bill lifted his hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead and stammered, “M-My eyesight is not good, so I might have missed it as I was not paying attention.Also, look, there are some differences in these two designs…”
“Do you need to quibble over these small differences?”
Maisie lifted her beautiful eyebrows and peered at Laura, who looked like she was at a loss.
“Bill, why don’t you explain why you’re protecting this thief who stole other people’s designs?”
“You…”
Bill did not have anything to say about that.
However, Laura could not stand this anymore.
“Maisie! How could you call me a thief? We’re all interior designers, and it’s common to occasionally have similar designs.You’re making something out of nothing.You’re slandering my reputation in front of everyone in the department.I want you to apologize t o me right now.If you don’t, I’ll sue you for defamation.”
“Alright, do it then.Sue me for defamation and I’ll sue you for plagiarism.We’ll see who gets charged then.”
Maisie was not scared at all.
Her strong confidence caused Laura to grit her teeth.
When Ava saw that Laura had nothing more to say and how she was holding herself back, Ava said calmly, “If you don’t want to make a huge fuss out of this, get the design back from Mr.Rogers and let me handle this project once again.I don’t need your apology but you have to apologize to Maisie.”
When Laura heard this, she scoffed as if she was amused.
“Ava, do you really think I plagiarized your design? It’s common to have the same ideas.It’s something normal in the design industry.If you think I plagiarized your work, I can also say that you plagiarized the work of others!”
“If you think I plagiarized someone else’s work, please show us the proof just like how I showed the proof that you plagiarized my work.”
“You…”
Laura suddenly had nothing to say.
Maisie was grinning happily at one side.
“Ava, I don’t need them to apologize to me either.These people are so hypocritical.I don’t want to eat with them.Let’s go somewhere else for supper.”
After she said that, Maisie grabbed the female colleague who advised her just now.She did not say anything to Mr.Lowe before she left.
The group of employees was at a loss.
Mr.Lowe did not stay too long either.
His stern eyes scanned Bill who looked extremely nervous before he said coldly, “Come to my office tomorrow morning and explain everything to me.”
“y-Yes, Sir,”
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