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.

the judges stood up and said, “Ms. Smith is right. When we saw their model coming onto the runway, we expressed approval and appreciation. We will not deny that. Now, Ms. Jenning, do you have anything else

all looked

was embarrassed and furious. “You are all conspiring with each other. Don't you know that Natalie has a powerful husband? Even if she can't afford to

Annette make baseless accusations against the top designers, but she had even dragged Shane

chuckled and said, “You are welcome to investigate my

the top designers said

“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

and announced,

Natalie to up the stakes so high. She opened her mouth

knowing that she did not dare

going on. They knew that Annette was unhappy that she lost and had deliberately stirred up trouble to drag Natalie and the others down. In actuality, there was nothing

They criticized her for being a sore loser who resorted to defaming others and damaging their reputation out of

her name became hated

not see the comments on the internet, she