Chapter 436

Brandon's question hit the nail on the head, once again turning all eyes in the audience towards Marian, sparking a fresh wave of hushed whispers.

Marian looked like a deer caught in headlights.

She tried to speak but was at a loss for words, completely blindsided by Brandon's bombshell.

In her panic, Marian couldn't help but shoot a plea for help towards Martin.

Martin gave her a look of disappointment. She had seen Brandon's tough cookie act before, knew he wasn't one to beat around the bush, and yet here she was, still trying to dodge the bullet in such a public setting.

Brandon wasn't about to let her off the hook that easy, "Is Ms. Barlow finding it hard to spill the beans?"

Marian bit her lip, at sixes and sevens, gripping her phone so tightly her knuckles turned white. Her thumb stealthily reopened the hospital's webpage. The panicked look on her face vanished as she glanced at the paternity test results popping up on her screen. She turned to Brandon.

I'm a big fan of Director Yearwood's work. I just wanted to break it down and learn from her design approach, plain and simple, with

their misunderstanding slide. I planned to whip up a different design to replace it, but due to a communication snafu with my brother, he ended up submitting Sophia's design for the project. At that point,

of the Frost family, I couldn't drag our name

supposed to have any design renderings. The pitch was for the Frost family estate, not Sophia's design proposal. We were going to switch it up later; it's just that in the rush out the door, we grabbed the wrong slides, leading to

face dropped, incredulous as he turned to Marian. He couldn't believe she had the gall to flip

but discreetly showed him her phone screen, muted her mic, and whispered, "Martin, back me

expression shifting slightly, disbelief etched on

her look begging him to vouch for her story - that they weren't out to steal Sophia's work, but that Martin had simply grabbed the wrong design in the hustle, leading the public to believe they were ripping off Sophia's design.

The whole mess was really due to a lack of

slides without the estate renderings

nod or speak right away; he just stared at her,

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