CEO's Passion: Love by Mistake

“Thank you for the compliment. She's all right,” Mercede replied calmly and did not seem to think much about it.

However, one could not help but notice her flipping her hair delightedly.

“Since the judges accepted bribes, how is it wrong for me to criticize them?” Annette laughed in exasperation.

Natalie clenched her fists. “Do you have evidence that they accepted bribes?”

“What you said just now is the evidence.” Annette pushed the ball back to Natalie's court.

The reporter from before asked, “Ms. Smith, can you explain what you said just now? How did you know that you would advance to the finals even before the host announced the result?”

“That's not a problem.” Natalie glanced at Annette indifferently. “I said that we would make it to the finals because when our model presented our work, I noticed the judges' expressions. When they saw Lina and my design, they all nodded with approval. So I predicted that we would get to the final round.”

“That's right. If you don't believe her, you can check the security footage and ask the judges,” Lina said.

A reported went to ask the judges.

saw their model coming onto the runway, we expressed approval and appreciation. We will not

designers all looked

Don't you know that Natalie has a powerful husband? Even if she can't afford to bribe these top designers, her husband can bribe them for

accusations against the top

welcome to investigate

us too,” the top designers

a stern expression, “Did you hear that? We welcome you to investigate us if you dare. I shall stop being a designer if you find something shady against me. Likewise, you will quit

and announced, “Count

high. She opened her

sneered, knowing that she did not

understood what was going on. They knew that Annette was unhappy that she lost and had deliberately stirred up trouble to drag Natalie

began scolding Annette on the internet. They criticized her for being a sore loser who resorted to defaming others and damaging their reputation out of spite. They also said that she was

her name became hated

though Annette could not see the comments on the internet, she could see the hatred from the