The CEO's Empathy Pregnancy Pains

Chapter 33 Shifting Blame

After Michael took off, Emily wasted no time and called up Abigail to tell her his attitude. Abigail tried to calm her down, saying Michael was probably just putting on a show.

Once she cooled off, Emily thought it over and figured Abigail might be right. Maybe Michael was just bluffing. Since he had said not to sweat it, she decided to let it go.

Yesterday, Abigail had roped Nicholas into helping them stage a little act. It wasn't really acting; they just asked Nicholas to keep quiet about Emily being Ella. Nicholas didn't ask any questions and was cool with it. Emily thought she should send Nicholas a thank-you gift. She asked Abigail for suggestions, and Abigail said they should plan it out carefully. Emily laughed, remembering the last time with Jeffrey.

While Emily and Abigail were having a chill time, things were way more intense over at the Moonlit Treasures conference room.

The press conference had almost turned into a disaster. This was a big deal for the company, affecting its future in the jewelry biz.

The jewelry industry could bring in a ton of cash, which was super important for the whole Smith Corporation.

Now, with all the drama about plagiarism and identity fraud, the Smith Corporation's stock was taking a hit. In the conference room, Joshua had gathered everyone he could.

Everyone sat there with serious faces, waiting for Michael to call someone out, while Sophia stood in the corner, too scared to say anything.

was about to explain when Michael suddenly blew up, "What the hell is going on? Is Moonlit Treasures' PR team useless? If they can't handle it, let

dared to

Smith Corporation's trending topic gone, or I'll

nodded like crazy. Everyone suddenly turned to look at Sophia. She was freaking out but tried to look all innocent as she explained to Michael, "Mr. Smith, listen to me. I never said I was Ella. You can ask the host; it was the host who said I was Ella. Considering it was a live broadcast, I had no choice but to go along. I knew Ella

PR department, almost cried

the design department said so. I had confirmed the process with the

the chief planner of the design department, who

to do it. Sophia had claimed she was Ella, so Violet was shocked, thinking Sophia was some big shot. She had been excited and Sophia told her to keep it a secret, saying it was to surprise

wasn't my idea, it's still my fault. We can buy out Ella's work. Once it's ours, there won't be any disputes.

"We need something else to divert attention. That way, we

that the wrong PPT was used backstage. Will

looked at Sophia like she was out of her mind. If she didn't have some connections with Michael, they would've torn her apart by now, especially Joshua, who was glaring daggers at

better publicly apologize to Ella and then

had planned to claim Emily's design as her own. Admitting plagiarism

would make Moonlit Treasures look untrustworthy and poorly managed, and