Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

Chapter 44 Switcheroo

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As the room fell silent and everyone stared at me in sleek, I cleared my throat, flashed a smile, and let my gaze settle on Bruce. “I am sorry, Mr. Collins. There was a small issue carlier, but I have since redrawn the

design.”

I aimed the laser pointer at the screen and began explaining. “This is our Ice and Fire‘ collection. The white symbolizes ice, and the red stands for fire–this is the theme of this project

“Very good,” Bruce said, giving me a thumbs up and complimenting the design. “I really like Ms. Sinclair’s work, especially the double–helix concept. It is brilliant

The double–helix concept was my idea. I had suggested it to Sabrina earlier, but she seemed to have a personal grudge against me. Behind the scenes, she ignored my suggestions and went her own way.

That’s why I never intended to show Bruce the sketches from the design department. I had already expected Stella to try something underhanded during this meeting, so I had prepared to reveal my own design to impress everyone.

“Mr. Collins, do you see any issues? Is there anything that needs to be changed?” I asked, maintaining a polite and composed expression.

Bruce shook his head, repeatedly saying, “No problems at all. Everything looks great!”

“Since there’s nothing to adjust, we’ll proceed with production based on this design and launch the ‘Ice and Fire‘ series as soon as possible. I’m confident it will exceed expectations,” I said with a smile.

“Of course. With Ms. Sinclair leading this, I’m looking forward to it, Bruce replied, clearly impressed. The meeting ended on a high note.

leave for his

watched Bruce leave, I noticed Stella and Sabrina both seemed irritated, also preparing

my voice. “Hold on!”

and

folder earlier and waved it in the air. “Now, it’s time to

would let this go once they had framed me?

eyes darted for a moment. “What are you trying to

handed him the paper. “This design draft was mysteriously replaced with a

and casually tapped his long fingers on it

slowly. Tll have Yale look into

Yale answered

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escalate. The project was already

I said sharply.

turned his attention to me. “What do you mean by ‘no‘?”

a sneer. “Mr. Holbrook, design sketches don’t just turn into blank paper on their own. Someone must have swapped them. But given how

raised an eyebrow. “What exactly are you trying to imply?”

I said, “Someone swapped the sketches to frame me, hoping I’d embarrass myself during the meeting.”

sharpened. “If that’s the case, I’ll get

looking a little anxious, quickly fired back, Rosaline, stop making things up! You lost the sketches and now you’re causing all this trouble!”