Chapter 68 Use her drawings
She quickly tried to dodge, but her wet hand accidentally stuck to his shirt, soaking it as well.
"Your clothes are all wet, let go of me," Victoria said urgently.
He glanced down and said, "If they're wet, take them off."
With that, he pulled at her shirt.
Victoria was completely stunned, and as he stared at her, his gaze became more and more intense until he finally leaned in and kissed her.
She didn't know how to respond, trapped in his embrace and unable to escape.
As the cold wind blew, she suddenly shivered, and he stopped.
Looking at the damp little cat, he frowned.
Once she was away from his warm body, she felt a chill.
Suddenly, she sneezed.
"What's wrong, are you catching a cold?" he asked, putting a towel over her.
"It's all your fault," Victoria murmured, avoiding his gaze before quickly running away.
Brandon watched her leave and took a deep breath, deciding to let it go.
However, he couldn't sleep all night, with her sitting on his lap and her almost transparent clothes constantly on his mind.
Victoria wanted to think more about it, but she was too tired and fell asleep with her head on the pillow.
The next day, Brandon didn't look too good. "Brandon, why do you have dark circles?" Victoria looked at him strangely.
Pausing his hand as he scrambled eggs, he asked, "Did you resolve the issue with your company?"
Victoria's face darkened.
"And you left the party yesterday without informing anyone from the company. How do you plan to explain it today?"
Victoria's face turned even worse. "I'm not hungry. I'm leaving," she quickly grabbed a slice of bread and ran out.
The butler looked at Brandon and shook his head helplessly. "Sir, taking too many cold showers at night is not good for your health. Please be careful not to catch a cold."
Brandon's cold eyes looked over, and the butler quickly shut his mouth.
Then Elijah walked in. "Sir, is everything resolved with the young madam's company?" "Show me the bid from Qingyu Construction," Brandon said.
Elijah's eyes flickered. "Should I warn Qingyu Construction?"
As long as he hinted at the young madam's identity, their company's Fang would surely be scared out of their wits.
"No need," Brandon said expressionlessly.
That girl should know how difficult it is outside and how absurd her choices were.
Upon hearing this, Elijah could only remain silent.
When Victoria arrived at the company, she noticed that everyone's expressions were off as they looked at her.
Yesenia ran over to her and asked, "Victoria, did something happen last night?" Victoria replied, "No, nothing happened."
However, Holly walked over with a cold smirk on her face.
"Congratulations, I heard you had a great time with the CEO of Huan Yu's business department last night. Looks like you two really hit it off."
The ridicule from the people around them became even more apparent.
Victoria frowned and scanned the crowd before speaking loudly, "I did leave last night because I wasn't feeling well and left the party on my own. I didn't leave with President Jenkins."
Holly covered her mouth and laughed, "Come on, did you even check the company email? Someone posted a video of you leaving with President Jenkins. What are you denying?"
Victoria's face darkened.
She sat down and opened her email, and indeed, there was a video of her leaving with Louis.
However, the video ended when Louis was pestering her to leave with him.
There was no footage of Brandon coming to take her away afterwards.
At first, she was relieved that Brandon hadn't been caught on camera, but then she felt sick to her stomach.
Who is this, sending me this secretly taken video? She lifted her gaze and scanned Holly. Holly snorted, "Can't you tell? This is how you always operate, Ava. You're quite the player at your age. I underestimated you." Yesenia thought Holly's words were too harsh and stood up to say, "Hold on, I think there must be a misunderstanding. It's obvious from the video that someone was forcing Victoria." Holly glared at Yesenia and said, "You're so naive. No wonder you've been with the company for over two months and can only do some minor tasks. Don't you know the term 'playing hard to get'? Learn from your good friend." "You..." Victoria bit her lip, signaling to Yesenia to stop. "Don't mind her. Let's focus on our work. Louis was fired yesterday and they'll find out sooner or later." Yesenia was surprised and asked, "How do you know?" "I heard it from someone I know at the company. I have connections too," Holly said coolly, sitting down. In the afternoon, the company was going to participate in a bidding conference. "Whether we can succeed in the bidding today depends on everyone's efforts this afternoon. Let's go." Victoria and Yesenia naturally followed to the conference venue. Erica came with Darian and was surprised to see Victoria. However, they couldn't talk much at the conference, so Darian took a deep look at them and sat down.
Yesenia looked nervous. "President Gray hasn't even shown us our proposal, and we don't know if Holly's design is good enough."
"That's not our concern," Victoria said. "There are so many companies bidding for this project. We might not even win."
"Now, let's welcome Qingyu Architecture for their bid presentation," someone from Huan Yu announced.
Holly immediately turned to look at Victoria before walking up to the stage. When the big screen displayed Victoria's design, Yesenia was shocked and almost screamed. "Isn't that your design?" Victoria noticed it too.
She carefully examined it and realized that Holly hadn't changed a single detail in their proposal. Holly was confidently presenting their work, and everyone was impressed, including the executives from Huan Yu.
Yesenia was outraged. "How could she do this?" Victoria stared ahead, watching as Holly smiled at them. Erica, who was also present, was stunned. She had seen many of Victoria's designs at home, and she recognized her work immediately.
Victoria was so talented that she was the lead designer even in a new company.
She paused and suddenly said something to Darian beside her. Darian looked at his little daughter as she leaned over to him, hesitated for a moment, and then his expression darkened.
"Are you serious? Victoria came up with this plan?" Erica nodded, "Yes, it must be her. Now it seems that the universe is very satisfied. If they win the bid..."
Darian slammed the table, "That two-faced woman, she's asking for it."