"Until they’re willing to fork it over."
"That guy ain’t exactly hurting for cash, Julian added, "Word is he’s a top–tier mber at LY..."
"We gotta get it by sundown."
"Roger that." Julian knew that whatever the boss wanted, he’d get it. Even though LY claid the guy had so serious clout, and not soone you’d want to cross...
But then again, was there anyone you’d dare to cross when his boss?
"Oh, by the way, boss. There’s a national fashion design competition, and they’re hoping to have you as a judge."
Though the Collins family business wasn’t exactly fashion–oriented, Hunter Collins was a big shot. He also made a splash in the fashion industry last year with his exceptional design talent. A shirt he
designed back in his younger days was quite the sensation.
But ever since he took over the company, he’s been all business all the ti, frequently out of the country and barely even ho.
The organizers needed so big nas on the judging panel, and landing Hunter Collins would surely turn heads for this national competition.
" ain’t got ti for that," Hunter wasn’t keen on wasting his ti on such a competition. This trip back
ho was mostly to see his sister. He’d be up to his eyeballs in work for the next few months and might not make it ho for a good while.
"Got it, I’ll turn them down."
Just as Rosemary got back to the office, her assistant Dean rushed up to her, "Ms. Rose, we’ve got a.major issue! Out of the 33 new designs we’re launching tomorrow, 23 of them are identical to our
competitor’s new releases! Worst part is, they launched theirs today! They’re flying off the shelves on live–streaming platforms and online stores! I did so quick math, they’ve already sold nearly eight
thousand pieces! At this rate, they’ll hit ten thousand in no ti!"
Rosemary’s face turned stone cold. It was impossible!
Out of nowhere, how could 23 out of 33 of their new designs be identical to their competitor’s?
Soone’s definitely playing dirty tricks behind the scenes!
"I’m not quite sure what’s going on yet!" Dean was as jumpy as a cat on a hot tin roof, "Because all 23 identical designs were done by Designer Molly. Mr. Oscar just held a eting and gave Molly a real
tongue lashing, she, she..."
"What happened to her?"
"She got so upset she started crying!"
Rosemary dashed into the elevator and headed straight to the design departnt, where she heard Oscar still shouting at Molly.
"All you do is crying, what are you crying for? Don’t act like I’m framing you!"
"Here are the 33 designs our competitor launched today! I had soone buy 23 of them! Take a good look, am I framing you?"
Oscar threw all 23 designs at Molly.
Molly was dumbstruck, staring at the designs in disbelief, "I don’t know..."
She truly had no clue what was going on.
"You must have copied our competitor’s sketches!"
"I didn’t!" Molly choked back tears as she defended herself, "These designs, they’re all my original work..."
She definitely didn’t plagiarize!
"Don’t you dare make baseless accusations!" The head of the design departnt, Samual, retorted firmly, "Molly’s not that sort of person! She’s very talented in design. She has no reason to rip off soone else’s work!"
Molly was more than capable of coming up with these designs on her own!
"Then how do you explain all this?" Oscar pointed at the clothes scattered on the floor, skeptical, "If only one design were identical, I could chalk it up to coincidence. But these are 23 identical designs.
Can you give a reasonable explanation?"
Samual looked at the clothes on the floor, equally clueless about what was going on, but he stood firm,
"Everyone in the departnt witnesses Molly’s design process every day...
That’s right. Molly didn’t plagiarize, I can vouch for her, these designs are all her own."
"She often works late into the night, long after everyone else has left. I only found out because I once forgot my house keys and had to go back to the office.
"Molly truly loves this industry. She would never do anything to harm its reputation or her own!"
"I trust Molly!"
"And so do I!"
With a mocking laugh, Oscar didn’t even give them a chance to explain. "She probably morized all the designs beforehand and then painstakingly drew them out every day, trying to put on an act!"
"I didn’t..." Molly tried desperately to defend herself, tears streaming down her face. "I drew these all by myself. If soone’s copying, it’s them copying my designs!"
Oscar couldn’t help but chuckle at that. "Who are you up against? SY Fashion! That’s a big–shot clothing company! The designer of those 23 new styles is the famous Jason! Who are you? Just a
young girl. Would they even know who you are? Where would they find your designs to copy?"
"..." Molly felt utterly helpless.
"If your designing skills are so superb, then why haven’t we seen such exquisite designs from you before?"
In a rush, Molly explained, "Before I drew these designs, I got a lot of advice from Ms. Rose. Her tips sparked my inspiration, and that’s how I ca up with these!"
If it wasn’t for Rosemary’s inspiration, Molly might still be stuck.
Oscar gave a cynical laugh. "From what I’m hearing, it sounds like Ms. Rose taught you how to plagiarize other people’s designs?"
"No!" Molly, angry and agitated, wiped away her tears. "You can twist my words, insult all you want, but don’t you dare insult Ms. Rose! She’s not like that! She wouldn’t do such a thing!"
"Your strong reaction is easily misinterpreted. Are you defending Ms. Rose or scared that the truth will be exposed...?"
"You’re going too far!" Molly clenched her fists, wishing she could punch him. He was bullying her too much!
Just then, a cold voice sounded.
"Mr. Oscar, you’re a grown man. Why pick on a young girl?"
Everyone turned towards the voice. It was Ms. Rose. Ms. Rose had arrived!!
Everyone looked at Rosemary as if she was their savior...
Before Rosemary arrived, their whole departnt, especially Molly, had been wronged a lot!
"Ms. Rose..." Seeing her, Molly felt a wave of emotion and loosened her fist, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Clean your tears." Rosemary glanced at Molly, speaking gently. "The upright have nothing to fear from jealousy. If you did nothing wrong, then don’t cry."
Molly obediently nodded and quickly wiped away her tears.
Oscar watched Rosemary defending Molly, scoffing. "Such a big incident happened in the company, and I just found so leads. Ms. Rose cos in to interfere. People might think Ms. Rose is trying to
steal the credit."
Rosemary gave a cold smile. "Mr. Oscar is so eager to have soone confess, even more than the police. People might think you’re just looking for a scapegoat."
The whole departnt was shocked by her words...
Oscar’s face imdiately turned sour. "What do you an by saying that? Clearly, Molly is a young, unskilled girl who plagiarized soone else’s design to make a quick buck!"
"Oh, so you’re a mind reader now? You know all of her thoughts?"
Oscar looked extrely annoyed. "I know you two are close, but she made a serious mistake. The head office has already found out about this and voiced their criticism. You can’t protect her!"
"Is it up to you to decide whether or not I can protect her?"
The head office voiced their criticism, and she hadn’t heard anything about it?
How co Oscar, as a vice–president, got the news before her?
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