Chapter 5

"Victoria, you don't know what's good for you!"

"The company trained you. Landing a celebrity wedding was because you got to ride on the company's coattails, and now you're turning around and biting the hand that fed you by demanding money?"

Harrison pointed at me and snapped harshly.

"Which rule says that $10,000 should be yours? What right do you have to ask for it?"

"I'm the boss. I give it to whoever I want!"

His shameless attitude actually made me laugh.

Realizing that talking to him any more was useless, I directly took out my phone and called the police.

At a glance from Harrison, two coworkers immediately moved in to snatch my phone.

In the struggle, the receptionist hurried over. "Stuart, Samantha's agent, is here!"

As soon as the words were out, a stylish man pushed the door open and walked in.

His gaze swept lightly over Harrison without stopping, then he went straight to me.

"Victoria, Samantha only approves your celebration party proposal. She asked me to come handle the details."

Harrison knew that Samantha, as a celebrity, couldn't show up herself, and her agent was basically the same as her.

He immediately put on a full smile and stepped forward, shoving me aside with some force.

"Stuart, perfect timing!"

"For Ms. Samantha's celebration party, our company has a much better planner. We guarantee she'll be satisfied!"

As he spoke, he pulled Chloe forward.

"This is our company's new head planner. She just came back from studying in France. Her taste and creativity are ten times better than Victoria's!"

Stuart frowned. "No need. I came specifically to find Victoria."

Harrison's face stiffened, and he put on a pained, righteous look while hiding a blade in his words.

"Stuart, to be honest, even though Victoria is an employee of my company, I have to tell you the truth. All of her designs and proposals were copied from Chloe!"

As soon as those words came out, the entire office went silent.

His shameless twisting of the truth was honestly ridiculous.

I smiled slightly. "I copied her? I've been in the industry for five years. She's only been at the company for three months. What exactly would I be copying from her?"

Chloe stepped out at the right time, lifting her chin with total confidence.

"Your previous proposals were all copied from other people!"

"The reason Ms. Samantha's wedding setup was so stunning had nothing to do with you. It was all my creativity!"

"Those French-style props at the wedding, from the flowers to the decor pieces, all came from my ideas!"

She picked up a tablet and quickly handed it to Stuart.

"Stuart, look! These are all my design sketches from then. Victoria just followed my ideas to make the proposal!"

I glanced at the design sketches on her tablet and recognized them at once as the original drafts I had drawn myself.

No wonder she had wanted to smash my computer before. She had already stolen the drawings for herself.

A few coworkers immediately crowded in to back her up, sounding so certain it was as if it were true.

"I saw Victoria sneaking around in Planner Xu's computer with my own eyes!"

"Exactly! She always had me help find other people's proposals to copy. Since she was my superior, I never dared say anything, even though I was furious!"

"She doesn't have any real skill. It's all about stealing other people's ideas!"

Amid the rising chorus of accusations, Harrison sighed and shook his head in a show of sorrow.

"Victoria, you're not fit to be a planner if all you can do is copy!"

"From this moment on, you're no longer an employee of our company!"

Then he turned to Stuart with a flattering smile.

"Stuart, don't be fooled by her! What kind of person is fit to plan Ms. Samantha's celebration party?"

"Chloe is the one with real ability. She'll definitely satisfy Ms. Samantha!"

Stuart gave a smile that was hard to read.

His gaze landed on me, and the moment our eyes met, we both understood each other without saying a word.

"I've known Victoria since we were kids. No one knows her skills and character better than I do."

"To be honest, your company landed this celebrity wedding because of Victoria too."

"Since she's no longer your employee, then there's no need for us to keep talking."

"Whichever wedding company Victoria goes to, I'll cooperate with that one. I'll wait for her word. I'm busy, so I'm leaving first."

After Stuart left, the office fell into a dead silence.

Harrison was the first to react, forcing out a smile with all his might.

"Victoria, Ms. Samantha's celebration party still needs you to handle it."

I tilted my head and looked at him.

"Didn't I say it already? I only know how to plan funerals."

"Oh, right. You smashed my computer and stole my design drafts. Copyright infringement. I wonder how many years that gets?"