Chapter 140
The man's words were neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone nearby to hear.
"Isn't that Nora? The fake heiress from that true and false heiress case six years ago."
"Right, I heard her personal life is pretty messy too, involved with several men."
"Nora, you've forgotten me?" The man looked at Nora mockingly. "Now that you've latched onto Mr. Smith, how can you forget your old lover?"
"I was your first man." The person was clearly there to frame Nora.
Before coming to the party, Nora had guessed what tactics Luna might use.
She was actually using her to frame Michael.
Everyone gathered around to watch the drama, and Zander, who had been talking with Michael, was also stunned.
"Michael, what's going on?" An elder familiar with Michael asked in confusion.
"Mr. Smith, how can you keep this kind of person as your assistant? Have you been deceived by her?"
"Michael, your judgment in choosing people is really questionable. How could you bring her to such an important occasion? It's embarrassing." From the crowd, Luna walked over in high heels and a custom-made gown, looking elegant and noble.
With her was Lyle's mother, Liliana Warner.
An outstanding businesswoman of Shadow City's previous generation, everything Lyle had came from Liliana, and he had taken over her business.
"Does the Smith Group pick assistants this carelessly?" Liliana was clearly displeased too. How could they bring such a controversial person to a bidding event?
"Mother, there might be a misunderstanding. This is Nora, I mentioned her to you years ago. The Blue Crab this time was also a gift she selected." Lyle quickly came over to explain for Nora.
With Michael's connections, how many people in the business circle would dare to embarrass him like this? Clearly, someone had deliberately set this up.
Liliana looked Nora up and down. Though she understood someone was behind this, people in Michael's high position should be even more careful in choosing their staff.
"Hello, Mrs. Warner." Nora tried hard to control her anxiety and physical stiffness, stepping forward to bow. "I'm very sorry for giving you a bad impression."
"Mr. Smith, are your standards for choosing assistants pretty high? They need to know how to have fun, right?" The man was clearly trying to embarrass Michael.
"Have the standards for entering the bidding venue become this low?" Michael's voice was deep and very displeased.
Lyle saw that Michael was angry and quickly had someone check the identity of the man speaking.
"Nora's reputation in Emerald City is almost known to everyone. This kind of woman with loose morals, questionable character, and a prison record is really not presentable. Michael, you were really thoughtless this time. How could you bring her here?" Luna added fuel to the fire.
As long as Liliana was angry with Michael, this cooperation would definitely be handed to James.
"Nora, have you forgotten me? Too many men?" The man continued to mock Nora with a smile.
"Sir, I have a birthmark on my body. Is it on my left arm or right arm?" After apologizing, Nora looked at the man speaking.
The man was stunned. "How would I know?"
"Didn't you sleep with me? Using this method to attack women, belittle women, trying to hurt and suppress women this way, to deny our contributions and abilities at work, thinking that your so-called loose morals can erase all my efforts at work?" Nora's voice was neither humble nor arrogant.
She was Michael's assistant, which meant she was Michael's face.
She couldn't let Michael's face be stained.
"I'm Mr. Smith's assistant. I only need to be outstanding at work, and Mr. Smith only needs to see my efforts and excellence at work. That's enough. As for the dirty words and dirty things you mentioned, people with dirty souls see everything as dirty."
Nora knew that Liliana, as a businesswoman of her generation, had endured pressure and slander that many hadn't experienced.
Men inferior to her would slander her achievements and abilities, and women inferior to her would also slander her for sleeping her way to the top.
Today, Nora actually had to thank Luna for letting her make a good impression in front of Liliana.
"Now, please answer me. Is my birthmark on my left arm or my right arm?" Nora's voice was low. "If you can't answer, I will pursue legal action against you for defamation."
The man was stunned and instinctively looked at Luna.
"Why are you looking at Mrs. Smith? Could it be that she deliberately did this to have you slander Mr. Smith and sabotage this bidding cooperation?" Nora looked at Luna with a shocked expression. "Mrs. Smith, how could you do this? Although Michael is the child of Mr. Smith's first wife, your favoritism is too much."
Luna only knew how to please Liliana, but apparently hadn't bothered to find out that Liliana had built her business back then as a woman supporting a family because Lyle's biological father had an affair and insisted on marrying his mistress, forcing her and her child away.
"Nora! What nonsense are you talking about!" Luna was shocked. This was Nora? Had she gone crazy?
Being directly mocked by Nora, Luna wanted to tear Nora's mouth apart. "Well, I didn't realize you were so capable. You want to drive a wedge between our family? What are you? Your reputation is already terrible, does it need others to slander you?"
Nora instinctively turned to look at Michael.
Michael looked at Nora with deep eyes and nodded slightly.
Suddenly Nora wasn't panicked anymore, because she knew Michael had her back.
"How would I know if your birthmark is on your left or right arm? I just remember you have a birthmark. Who can remember which side it's on?" The man started to struggle too.
Nora turned her gaze to James, who had been silent. "James, do I have a birthmark on my arm?"
"Who are you asking?" Luna looked at Nora angrily. "James would never touch a dirty woman like you."
James's face looked terrible, almost bloodless.
"James, we were together for nearly five years, from freshman year of high school to sophomore year of college. I was once your publicly acknowledged fiancée. Don't you want to say something for me?" Nora was doing this deliberately.
Since Luna wanted to use her to slander Michael, she would strike back.
Her voice somewhat hoarse, Nora looked at James quietly.
She just wanted to see how James would slander her.
In this public setting, if James slandered her like Luna did, then whose judgment was really bad?
Michael was just her boss. Having work capability was enough.
But regarding personal life, his judgment as her ex-boyfriend was even more disgusting.
"Stop bringing up the past. Our James was just deceived by you. You were secretly fooling around behind James's back..."
"Stop talking." James's voice was low as he interrupted Luna.
"Nora doesn't have a birthmark. This person is deliberately slandering Nora. Let this matter end here." James took a deep breath, glanced at Luna, and left in embarrassment.
What he cared about most was that Nora had cheated with another man at a hotel back then, making him unable to hold his head up. Now that Luna was saying this in front of so many people, of course he wasn't willing.
"Mr. Warner, we've checked. This person wasn't invited to the venue." Over there, David walked over with the venue manager.
The man's face changed, and he tried to run in panic.
Michael reached out and grabbed the man's collar from behind, his face extremely unpleasant. "Coming to Mr. Warner's bidding venue to cause trouble - this matter can be big or small."
Everyone gasped. Michael seemed very angry.