"Sorry, the subscriber you have dialed is busy now.Please redial later..."
Olivia put her hand on her forehead and hung up the phone.She called Ann to ask why she did it.
The mechanical female voice made her come to her senses.She couldn't call Ann.
What she had to do now was to come up with a solution to the problem.
Olivia got up, took the plan, and opened it.
Mr.Smith said that Ann had taken photos of all the designs and plans and the fabrics in the design
room.
There was a chance that some people would see all those designs and fabrics, so they were no longer
useful.
Unless there was a way to delete those photos.
Olivia suddenly felt optimistic.
There was still a chance.
Ann took those photos and gave them to RISE.
She wanted to appropriate those designs, but as long as RISE didn't release them, there was still a
chance! Thinking of this, Olivia immediately went to Preston's office.
At this moment, in the president's office, Preston was talking to the person sitting on the sofa.
"You did it, didn't you?"
Not long after he returned to his office, he received news that the design director of RISE had an
extramarital affair with Ann, a former designer of AK Company.
Ann was actually an assistant, but the media said she was a designer.
He knew the journalists were being sensational.He didn't care about their exaggerations.
What he cared about was how the journalists knew about this.
They had happened to know this the day after Olivia's designs were stolen.He had been thinking this
for a long time.
No one else could be so capable and decisive except Everett.
Everett took a sip of coffee and said, "I've called a press conference.
The designs of AK will not be appropriated by RISE"He was referring to them as AK’s design, not
Olivia's.
Preston smiled.
This was typical Everett.
He was ruthless and decisive.
"Thank you.You make me feel all these years of cooperation is worth it"
When he finished speaking, the phone on the desk rang.
Preston pressed the answer button.
"What's up, Anna?"
"Olivia wants to see you."
Preston was surprised, looked at the man who was drinking coffee on the sofa, and said, "Tell her I'll
come to see her later"
"Okay, Mr.Smith"
The secretary hung up the phone and said to Olivia standing in front of her, "Olivia, Mr.Smith is busy
now.He will come to see you later"
Olivia was very anxious.She wanted to tell Preston what she was thinking, but now...
Olivia clenched the document in her hand and frowned.
"Okay."
She turned and left.
In the president's office, Preston looked at Everett.
"Problem solved.It's time for me to do my job."
Now he had to help Olivia so that she could finish her designs as soon as possible.
There couldn't be any mistakes.
With Everett in charge of AK Company, he could rest assured.
Soon the door of the president's office closed.
Everett put down his coffee cup, got up, went to the French window, and looked into the distance with
narrowed eyes.
Before Olivia returned to the design room, Grace ran over.She ran from the elevator, which meant
Grace had just arrived.
Grace stopped when she saw Olivia.
Olivia stopped too.She looked at Grace and frowned.
It would be impossible to say that she didn't blame Grace.
Grace had brought Ann here without telling her so that Ann could steal her designs.
It was Grace's fault.
But she wouldn't blame Grace entirely.She and Mr.Smith should also be responsible for this.
They all should be blamed.
Olivia walked towards Grace.
When Grace saw Olivia walking over, she was frightened.
She was forced home by her brother last night and didn't sleep at all.She couldn't fall asleep.
Her heart was filled with guilt and fear.She had done something wrong.She was afraid that Olivia would
know that her designs were stolen and afraid that Olivia would be upset.
But this morning, when she saw a report that said the design director of RISE had cheated on his wife,
and his mistress was Ann.she suddenly saw the light at the end of the tunnel.
So she rushed to the company.She wanted to tell Mr.Smith that Ann's designs would definitely not be
used if the design director of RISE had an affair.
Because RISE was the director's father-in-law's company.
And if Ann's designs wouldn't be used, Olivia's designs wouldn't be leaked.
But before she reached Mr.Smith's office, she saw Olivia.
This caught her off guard.
Olivia stopped in front of Grace who lowered her head in shame.
"Olivia, I..""
"Let's go back to the design room and have a good talk"
Grace looked up, her eyes brimming with tears.
Olivia didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
Grace looked at Olivia's back and felt heartbroken.
Olivia knew about Ann stealing her designs, right? The two of them returned to the design room.
Olivia put the documents aside and looked at Grace.
"Do you have anything to tell me?"
Olivia's eyes were very calm, without any trace of anger, but they were not as gentle as usual.
This scared Grace.
But Grace was prepared for what would happen.She would take responsibility for her own mistake.
"Olivia, I didn't ask your permission before I brought Ann to AK for overtime, so she stole your
designs.It's all my fault."
Olivia's eyes moved, and the coldness inside melted.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
She had asked her many times, and if Grace had told her, nothing would have happened today.
Grace's eyes turned red.
"Because I was soft-hearted.Ann said her mother was dead.She felt that she was left alone in the
world.I believed her.I pity her”
"And I was going to tell you to ask for your permission.But Ann felt sorry for you and said she wanted to
help you secretly, so I promised to bring her to work late at night.I haven't expected..."
She lowered her head and burst into tears.
"I have never expected she would lie to me again."
Olivia sighed, feeling angry, helpless, but more disappointed.
"Grace, you used to be a designer back home, and you've been working for a few years.I don't believe
you haven't been framed"
Grace had been schemed against by Ann before in AK Company.
Olivia didn't think Grace hadn't been plotted against before she came abroad.
Grace cried more miserably.She had been schemed against before.
More than once.
Olivia knew about that time and had helped her.
Now, she was dragging Olivia down.She...It was all her fault...
"Olivia...I, I'm sorry..."
Grace bowed to Olivia and tears fell to the floor.
Olivia shook her head.
"Grace, I don't need your apology.She wanted Grace to learn from this.People couldn't make the same
mistake twice.In the past two years, she had also encountered such things many times in the
workplace.That was why she wouldn't leave all her designs in the company.This time, the plan was left
in the design room because those designs were finished in the past few days.Besides, she trusted
Grace.
So she didn't take the designs away.
However, she now knew that trust sometimes became the sword that would hurt her.
She couldn't believe in anyone too much.
Except for herself.
"I'm sorry, Olivia.I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."
Grace really knew she was wrong.She had been hurt time and time again not because of anyone else
but herself.She wasn't thoughtful enough.
It was all her fault.
All her fault!Olivia knew Grace was kind.
But there was a bottom line to kindness.
She helped Grace up, wiped the tears off her face, and looked at her seriously.
"Grace, we have to be kind.Kindness means everything, but it should have a limit.
You have to be vigilant and wiser.
"Don't hurt anyone, but you have to protect yourself from others.This is the most basic thing,
understand?"
Hold no ill intention against others, but never relax vigilance against evil- doers.
If one was always kind and let others do whatever they want to him, they would end up in a bad
situation.
Preston stood outside, listening to Olivia, and a smile appeared on his face.
In his eyes, Olivia had always been kind and warm-hearted.
It seemed that there were only good things in her world.
But how was that possible? There was both good and evil in this world.
Human nature had two sides.
The key was whether one could keep his original heart and be kind.
Olivia had always stayed true to her original heart, which also influenced the people around her.
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