"About that…" After a moment of hesitation, he continued, "I didn't aggravate her. She's the one who made things difficult for me. Now that the public has stated their opinion, sympathy is useless. Everyone believes Lily. If the product return rate continues like this every day, it's over for our company."
"You…" She was so angry that she could barely stand up. Eloise did not speak. Instead, the sound of footsteps was heard from her end. She was probably looking for a convenient place to talk, and once she found it, she glowered, "She played no role in the plan I gave you! You know exactly what forces are behind her, yet you continue to provoke her. Aren't you just courting death?!"
"No, I told you. I didn't do anything. She started it first. No matter how pitiful I try to be now, no one would believe me!" Nathaniel felt helpless.
Eloise snorted coldly. "I don't think you have to pretend to be pitiful. You're already an id*ot!"
Nathaniel was speechless.
Then, Eloise said, "Okay, let's not talk about this. I'll see what's going on. Don't call me if there's nothing urgent." Before she hung up, she seemed to have remembered something and added, "You know what, don't call me even if it's urgent. I'm busy these days. I'll get back to you when I'm free."
Nathaniel stayed silent while listening to the phone's beeping from the other end. He was even more despondent after the call. Instead of getting the answer he wanted or coming up with ideas to solve this, he received a scolding.
After giving it some thought, he concluded that he could not continue to sit still, especially since it appeared that he was the talk of the town.
The latest online buzz seems to have centered on whether Lily or Melanie was responsible for MN Inc.'s earlier perfume lines and whether Nathaniel and Melanie jointly stole Lily's work.
Another topic of discussion was whether Nathaniel had ever been in love with Lily and if Lily or Melanie was the mistress of the relationship. They were theorizing whether he was lying as well.
Most of the other issues revolved around these two main problems. Once these two were solved, the rest would quickly clear up.
The discussion of his love life could be considered a private affair. The most important thing to resolve was the ownership of the previous perfumes. He could easily let this slide in the past, but he couldn't hide now.
Nathaniel was aware of who made the perfumes, but he did not expect Lily to have this much evidence against him.
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