At this point, Natalie had already plugged the drive to a computer, and one of the videos was playing on the widescreen Ritchie’s eyes widened like saucers as they watched an employee of Klein Silk Fabric tampering with the time stamp on the website.
The scene changed, and this time, the same man was sobbing hysterically as he divulged what he had done.
The clips ended, and a deafening silence fell in the room.
Natalie took the microphone and said, “As you can see, this is what really happened.Klein Silk Fabric managed to get hold of my designs prior to the show.After that, one of their designers, Luna Mccoy, posted my entire portfolio online and edited the details to make it look like she was the original designer. There is your truth.Once again, I thank each of you for coming to hear me out today.If you have further questions, kindly direct them to Mr.Klein.I’m sure he can give you better answers than I can.”
She gave Ritchie a meaningful look, then, and gestured in his direction with a wave of her hand.
As soon as she did, the crowd burst into an uproar.
Shocked, Ritchie cursed out loud, “Fuck that bitch!”
His secretary was also scared silly.
Glaring daggers at him, Ritchie was pissed off and kicked him in the ass.
Painting his finger at the big screen, he cursed again, “What the fuck are you doing standing here for? Turn off the projector right now!”
The secretary stumbled to the stage and proceeded to turn it off.
Ritchie snorted, smoothed over his suit and made his way onto the stage.
This happened to be his territory, not Natalie’s.He lifted his chin and approached her, holding his head up high.
“Natalie Quinn, you better be careful with what you say.As far as I can see, you were just making things up so that you can get yourself out of your predicament!”
As he said this, he turned his eyes from her and exclaimed, “Give yourself up.Apologize right this moment! Don’t waste any more of our time here!”
“Then why did you turn off the projector if I was, indeed, making things up? That’s a sign of guilt.If you’re so sure of yourself, you should allow me to show everyone the proof.I’m sure that everyone here is smart enough to tell if I actually made up the evidence or not,” Natalie smiled and said in a calm voice.
Ritchie was exasperated to hear that.He clenched his teeth tightly and pointed his finger at the door.
“I thought you came here to apologize. If you’re not going to do that, why don’t you leave this place immediately?!”
While smiling, Natalie didn’t say a word.
Instead, she turned to the audience before her and said word by word, “Everyone should know the truth by now.I’m going to sue
Klein Silk Fabric for slandering my name.”
After finishing her speech, she didn’t bother to argue with Ritchie anymore and went ahead to leave the stage.
This scene was live streamed and everyone saw for themselves what had happened.
Everyone in the room and the audience in the live stream room was shocked to say the least.
The audience began to discuss this amongst themselves.
Even though Natalie had only played the videos once, the reporters had gone out of their way to record them.
“Mr.Klein, could you please offer an explanation for what happened just now?”
“Klein Silk Fabric and the Larson Group have been rivals for years now.Was this why you decided to slander Miss Quinn in this way? In order to taint the Larson Group’s name?”
“If your statement about Natalie plagiarizing one of your designers’ pieces was true, is there any evidence to back up your statement?”
The reporters all turned to look at Ritchie and kept on asking him and Luna questions.
“Miss Mccoy, are you going to make a statement? After all, weren’t you the one who accused Miss Quinn of plagiarism in the first place? What are your thoughts on the current situation?”
“Did Mr.Klein instruct you to do this?”
“Tell us, what’s the nature of the relationship between the two of you?”
Being ambushed by the reporters, Luna’s mind went blank and she felt very embarrassed.She said frantically, “I have no idea.Don’t ask me…”
Under the dazzling flashing lights of the cameras, Ritchie couldn’t even keep his eyes open.
He kept cursing out loud while pushing the reporters in front of him away and saying, “Get the hell out of my way! Turn off your damn lights! You’re blinding me!”
His secretary hurried to stop his curses.
If Ritchie’s father found out about this, he would be very angry.
Having been spoiled by the Klein family since he was a child, Ritchie happened to be very irritable at this moment.
Before he took over the company, his parents had to repeatedly remind him to control that temper of his. His secretary cleared the way for him while speaking to the reporters.
“Please, sirs, madams, Mr.Klein can’t answer all of your questions right now.We’ll announce on our official website if we have any comments.”
Finally, Ritchie and the senior executives of Klein Silk Fabric were able to escape the madness of the room.
When she got home, Natalie kicked off her heels and collapsed into bed.
Now, she felt much better.
“It’s finally over!”
After resting for a while, she got up and turned on the computer.
She briskly posted the evidence on the forums Luna had posted to slander her before.
A few hours later, the forums came to life as users discussed this matter heatedly.
The dramatic turning-of-tables that had happened at the press briefing soon made headlines.
Related videos went viral on the Internet.
Suddenly, Natalie’s phone started to ring. It was Tiffany.
“Quinn, I’m impressed.Have you seen the comments on the post? Everyone’s calling you a warrior. You really knocked them dead!”
“Oh, my God! Seriously?”
Natalie moved her cursor to check the comments Tiffany was talking about.
She had been focused on the media’s reports until now and didn’t know what people were saying in the comments.
When Natalie read the comments, she found that the video of her talking on the stage had been spread all over the Internet.
There was a lot of positive feedback.
“Wow.Heart.Heart.She’s so elegant and generous! And a fierce warrior too!”
“She’s a lovely girl.Such a polite and beautiful goddess plagiarized someone else’s work? I doubt it!”
“She’s so pretty, I’d kiss her all day!”
“Even though I’m a girl, I want her!”
Natalie buried her face in her hands, her cheeks blushing furiously.She had never been praised by so many strangers in her life.
The next day, in the Klein Silk Fabric building…
“Nonsense! These reports are all bullshit! How dare they call me rude?”
Furious, Ritchie started trashing his office.He was in trouble, but there was nothing he could do.
In recent years, Klein Silk Fabric and the Larson Group had become two very high profile companies.
