The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife

Chapter 109 Destroying One's Reputation

"What the hell are you talking about? You and Susan aren’t that close, so how are there any chances for her t o get near your draft?” Chance refuted.

"Maybe she stole it from me when I wasn't aware. Who knows how or when she did it." Lily said

nonchalantly, "But the thing is my draft was stolen."

Sheldon glanced around coldly as a smirk hopped onto the tip of his lips. He said, "Owing to the fact that Susan Shelby copied from another, I'll now announce that she has been disqualified from entering the preliminary round. Do you have any objections?”

Other than Chance, the rest of the people nodded in assent.

"That’s right! A cheater is a cheater. She should be punished.”

"I can't believe she dares to cheat in a competition, not to mention she's brazen enough to steal the idea from her own colleague! There can be no appeasement for such dishonesty. We must warn others in the industry so that nobody will hire her!"

"Yes! We must do that! She's a disgrace to us designers!"

The crowd stood away from Susan as murmurs began t o spread out.

"Hey, can we stop being judgemental here? We still don't know who actually stole her draft,” Chance defended.

However, much to his chagrin, nobody was listening t o him. Instead, everyone was watching Susan contemptuously as if she was the real culprit.

Frankly speaking, the truth mattered nothing to all of these people. They were doing this because they wanted to banish Susan out of the competition so that they would stand a better chance of winning.

Besides, Sheldon was also another factor. He had already made his stand. If they sided with him, they could gain his favor which not only would greatly help them in the competition, but in their career as well.

"You..." Just when Chance was about to say something, he felt a tug on his arm.

He turned around and saw Susan. Frowning, he asked, "Susie?"

She seemed to be calmer than he expected. As he watched on in awe, she walked up to Sheldon and Lily. Pulling her face, she asked, "What is the meaning of this? Are you two trying to get back at me?"

"What do you mean get back at you? I don't know what you’re talking about,” Lily brushed off her claim with a grin.

Sheldon was calm as well. "Susan, you’re talented, I'll give you that, but you've used your talent in the wrong way. I hope you can learn from your mistakes from this incident and try to come up with something that truly belongs to you next time."

He wore a serious expression and looked just like a considerate senior giving advice to his junior.

However, had Susan not bumped into the thing between him and Lily, she would have fallen for his appearance like everyone else did. She took a deep breath to calm herself down. Then, staring straight at Sheldon, she said, "Why are you doing this to me, Mr. Parsons? What’s in it for you for destroying me?"

After all, considering Sheldon's authoritativeness in the industry, everyone would choose to believe him. When that happened, it was no different from destroying her.

"Destroying you? Me?" Sheldon sighed, "Susan, you have to understand that I'm not trying to make things difficult for you. I'm doing it because there is a voice i n my mind telling me that this is the right thing to do." 1

He was speaking in such a righteous way that his face was glowing.

"Mr. Parsons is indeed as virtuous as the rumors say," Lily flattered.

"It's nothing. I'm just doing my job," Sheldon said.

It took Susan a lot to suppress the urge to vomit after seeing their show. She just so happened to bump into their scandal, but she never expected that Sheldon would go to the extreme of destroying her career.

An eye for an eye. Since they decided to go to such an extent, Susan reckoned that she did not have to hold back as well.

Raising one of her brows, Susan said straightforwardly, "A voice is telling you? Then did that voice of yours tell you that you shouldn't have made love with Lily in the office? Isn't that the reason why you're framing me from plagiarism?”

She never intended to expose them. However, what Sheldon was doing right now would negatively impact her career, so she had no choice but to retaliate.

'Sheldon making love with Lily in the office? How wild!"

The news came as a bombshell and everybody was stunned. They all shifted their attention towards Sheldon and Lily, and their expressions changed.

The reason they kept silent just now was that kicking Susan out of the competition was beneficial to them. However, if Sheldon engaged with Lily in some sort of deal under the table, then they had to speak up as it would affect them as well.

Lily felt the gaze from the crowd boring into her, but she held it back. She stood straight and shouted at Susan, "How dare you, Susan Shelby! It never occurred to me that you were this kind of person! Not only did you steal my idea, but now you're even slinging mud a t me!" "You yourself know the best whether or not I'm slinging mud at you!" Susan fought back.

"Can you stop doing this to me already, Susan?" Lily said as she stared at Susan, her eyes gradually turning red around the rims, "Susan, you can't just make things up and slander me. I've already forgiven you for unscrupulously stealing my customers when we were working at Lanyard since you were still a newbie at that time. I thought you'd turn a new leaf after I left Lanyard, but it seems that I was wrong. Not only do you show no signs of regret, but now that you even dare to steal my design, do you think I'll still let it go and act as if nothing happened like last time? Susan, I’ve given all my effort and passion in this draft, so no, I won’t back down. This time, I won't let you have it your way."

Lily was good at acting. As she talked, she was shaking and she looked pitiful. On the other side, Susan appeared calm and collected. The contrast was huge, and it was not hard to imagine who the people would side with.

Susan was taken aback when she saw everyone was looking at her accusingly. It was difficult for her to imagine that such a thick-skinned person actually existed in the world. She was the one who orchestrated everything, yet she dared to play innocent and make her the scapegoat.

"Susan," Sheldon looked at Susan, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, forming deep creases on his forehead, "Initially, I was reluctant to expose what you did earlier on since I want to give you a chance to redeem yourself. But I can’t stand watching anymore after seeing you try to defame an

innocent girl. Lily and I are as clean as a whistle. It's you. You're the one who is pulling strings behind the scenes. You came to my hotel room a few days ago and tried to bend me over the casting couch so that I’d let you enter the top 1 0.1 already turned down your offer and asked you to stay down to earth, and to stop doing things like this. But now you give me this? I’m so disappointed in you, Susan. Not only did you plagiarize, but you even dared to make a scurrilous attack on Lily. You are not worthy of becoming a designer!"

Sheldon spoke with such uprightness that even Susan began to feel that she was the culprit.

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Lily wiped tears off her face as she added, "And I'm wondering how you can make up such a plot, so you're the one who was behind it all along!”

"What the hell are you guys talking about? Susie has a husband,” Chance interrupted.

"So what?" Lily refuted, "Can her husband compare to Mr. Parsons? She's a woman who would do anything t o achieve her target, so it's very normal for her to seduce Mr. Parsons!"

Many people nodded. After all, Sheldon had a high social status. Even though he was kind of old, he took care of himself very well. Besides, he was the judge. H e was their ticket to enter the later part of the competition so everyone found it reasonable for Susan to commit such a deed.