Janet was also taken aback.
She took a closer look at the picture on Dalores's phone.
The actress Aileen Lyons looked absolutely enchanting with the dress and her delicate makeup. She was likely at some event, perhaps a premiere of one of her movies.
Aileen was a rising star. With her extraordinary acting skills, she had successfully become one of the four most promising new actresses known to all.
And sure enough, the dress Aileen was wearing looked exactly like the one Draco had designed. Now that the dress had been seen by the public, Mrs. Fuller obviously couldn't wear it anymore.
If they were to design a new dress from scratch, there wouldn't be enough time.
"Inform Mr. Wesley first. And Tasha, call Mrs. Fuller. She must be furious," Janet said decisively. "We have to discuss potential solutions with her." She glanced at the time on the clock and looked at everyone in the office authoritatively. "Everyone, we might have to work overtime today. We need to wait for Mr. Wesley to make the final call. The two dress designs are exactly the same, but from the pictures, it can be seen that the workmanship of that dress is a bit rough in the edges, so it must've been made in a rush.
The designer Aileen hired must've plagiarized W Marks's design, which means the design was leaked from our office. Our top priority is to find out who leaked the design so that we can take legal action."
Hearing that they wouldn't be able to get off work on time, everyone started grumbling. But what Janet said was reasonable.
Dalores, however, couldn't care less. She just hated Janet and would counter her any chance she got. Moreover, she didn't think that Janet was qualified to boss everyone around in the office.
"Who do you think you are?" she stood up from her chair and sneered indignantly. "What gave you the right to ask us to stay after working hours? We can deal with this tomorrow. Why rob everyone's time?"
Dalores just hated seeing Janet take the lead.
"Although we don't have any evidence that somebody purposefully leaked the design, W Marks is still partially responsible for this. We owe it to the client," Janet said calmly. "Everyone who has laid eyes on those drafts are potential suspects."
"Didn't Mrs. Fuller see the draft as well?" Dalores refuted. "Maybe she leaked the design by accident."
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