"Mrs. Alia Brown," Faye answered. "She also promised that once the perfu was in my na, their company would launch it and share the profit with ."
"Hmm, so Alia Brown is getting rid of her competition even before it can stand against her costic company?" Mia asked, chuckling. "I must say, she is a delusional woman."
"I... I just did what she told to do. I am innocent," Faye said, crying her heart out.
Slap!
A tight slap left Faye sprawled on the ground as Mia stood in front of her like a wild tigress, ready to protect her cub, Natalie.
"Innocent?" Mia scoffed coldly. "The mont you got to test that perfu and found its scent was amazing and unique, your own greed drove you to follow this plan—your greed to earn money for what didn’t belong to you. You thought you could make this formula yours, then rip off Natalie and by suing us. You even dreamt about gaining fa and fortune with this perfu. Do you think we didn’t notice the way you drooled over it?"
Steve’s eyes widened as, after so long, he saw Mia this fierce, even raising her hand on soone. During university days, it had been a repeated occurrence. Whenever soone tried to bully Natalie, Mia would make them taste the blood in their mouth. Almost every student feared her, and didn’t dare ss with her.
Unfortunately, the last ti she had raised her hand on soone, that person had been him. He still rembered her angry face and moist eyes, trying to suppress her emotions behind her anger. That was the mont he had lost her. That face of hers still haunted him every night.
"I admit my mistake," Faye said. "I am but an ordinary person caught in the fights of wealthy people. Please let go."
"As you say," Mia said, and the next mont, the police arrived.
"You saw everything. Please take her away," Mia said. "The legal team of my company will handle the matters with you."
The police had already been called by Dan, as he knew the plan and how it would end.
The police officer nodded and instructed the lady constables to take Faye away.
Faye looked at Natalie. "You said you won’t sue . Are you going against your words?"
Instead of Natalie, Mia answered her once more. "Of course, Natalie is a woman of her word, and she won’t sue you. But that doesn’t an I can’t. The product you accused of being stolen from you—though Natalie created it—is now owned by my company, as she sold it to . That ans I have all the rights to sue you and punish you with every single charge I can file against you. I will make sure you don’t co out of prison until all your hair turns gray. I am not as rciful and forgiving as Natalie is. In fact, I don’t even know what rcy and forgiveness are."
Steve, standing there, felt like those words had struck him. What she said about herself was true. She was never rciful or forgiving.
"No... You can’t do this to ," Faye scread but was dragged away by the police. "I am innocent."
Natalie remained impassive while Mia smirked at Faye. That bitch deserved it. She had been a pain in the ass for Natalie even when she was working under her. I wish I could just kick her a few tis. Only if my parents and these people weren’t here. Can’t let soone criticize my parents for my reckless actions.
Daniel looked at Shawn, who was left utterly embarrassed and ready to leave.
Mia called after him. "Mr. Shawn, let your real client know they’ll have to face the consequences of trying to harm my company."
Shawn could only nod politely and leave.
Ms. Taylor, who had been quiet and was puzzled, asked in her strict voice, "Natalie, what was the reason she couldn’t make this perfu? Though you have proven it’s your formula, what trick did you play?"
As she asked this, everyone’s attention turned to Natalie. They were all curious to know what kind of trick Natalie had used to prove her innocence.
Natalie looked at Ms. Taylor, her gaze confident, showing no wariness of Ms. Taylor’s status.
"Ms. Taylor, are you asking this because you truly feel I played a trick and want to criticize for it, or are you genuinely curious to know what exactly happened?"
Ms. Taylor couldn’t doubt the confidence and pride in Natalie’s eyes and deanor. Moreover, Natalie wasn’t scared at all.
"Let’s say both," Ms. Taylor replied in her cold tone. "But more like I am curious, like the others."
Natalie picked up the file from the table that belonged to Faye and held it in front of Ms. Taylor. "This formula is absolutely correct, and those chemicals were correct as well. But how to use this formula to make the desired perfu—only the creator of this formula would know."
Ms. Taylor observed the formula and noticed sothing about it, a realization slowly dawning on her.
Natalie continued, "Though it looks like any other formula, it’s not. Soone might attempt to follow it by the standard directives they’ve learned, only to make a worse mistake. I have my unique way of writing it, where no one can decipher it." Natalie pulled out the paper from the file and turned it upside down. "You might like to read it this way to understand it better. Even with this adjustnt, you can’t crack the entire formula, but a smart perfu maker like you can at least see the truth."
Ms. Taylor’s eyes widened as she looked at Natalie. "Who did you learn this from?" There was sothing more behind her shocked gaze.
"My mother taught . She said one should always know how to protect what belongs to them, whether it’s a person, a thing, or sothing as simple as a perfu formula."
"Who is your mother?" Ms. Taylor asked, but then she said, "You’re Natalie Ford... How did I miss it? You’re Caryn’s daughter?"
Natalie nodded. "I am."
Ms. Taylor couldn’t help but exclaim, "Other than Caryn, there was only one perfur who could write formulas this way. How could I ever miss it?" The more Ms. Taylor looked at Natalie, the more shocked she beca. "Aroma? Are you the perfu prodigy, Aroma?"
In response, Natalie offered her a smile.
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