Chapter 151 Return to the Gardner Corporation
Henry’s facial expression stiffened. He looked up at Colton, who was beside him. If it’s Nicole, I’m still somewhat confident. But, if it’s Colton…
“President—” As soon as Henry started to speak, he was silenced by Colton’s icy cold gaze while his body trembled. He wanted to seek Nicole’s help, but he still could not utter anything.
Turning around, Nicole walked out of the place without any hesitation.
After giving Henry a light glance, Colton walked out with Nicole without speaking a word.
Nicole walked for quite a distance before her tense facial expression relaxed a bit. Then, she lowered her eyes slightly, and the expression on her face carried a tint of distress.
Trailing behind her, Colton knew she must have felt upset in her heart. Thus, he gently comforted her with a few words by saying, “Well, it’s a good thing to see a person’s true nature earlier rather than later.”
“Yeah, you’re right,” she replied in a low voice. Then, she closed her eyes and took a breath. A smile tinged her cheeks again, as if she wanted to cheer herself up.
After that, Nicole turned her head around and looked at him. With her lips pulled into a smile, she added, “President Gardner, the Gardner Corporation and F&M Apparel’s products from the summer line have become increasingly popular now because of the incident. We can take this opportunity to broadcast some of our advertisements. I suggest that the pre-order period can be advanced to earlier dates in order to catch up with this popular period.”
Looking at the determined look on Nicole’s face, Colton knew she did not want to talk about this matter anymore. So, he nodded. “Sure, my thoughts exactly. I’m afraid you guys will be swamped, though.”
Upon hearing that, Nicole shook her head. “It’s no big deal. Besides, this time, it’s not my idea but that of the entire Design Department of the Gardner Corporation. With everyone hustling hard, we can launch some of the products first. Then, the remaining products can be launched following the trending topics.”
“Sure.” Colton agreed.
After that, she followed him back to the Design Department of the Gardner Corporation. The people in the Design Department disliked her a bit because of the plagiarism scandal.
Now that things were clarified, those people were rather ashamed by their past actions when Nicole returned to the Gardner Corporation. After all, they had spat those nasty remarks.
Without uttering a word, Colton escorted Nicole to the Design Department. Then, he left after he saw her off. Needless to say, with President Gardner as her personal escort, she had received the highest honor indeed.
As Nicole stared at the way those in the Design Department lowered their heads, she smiled. Honestly, she did not really mind the remarks they had made before.
After all, she did not clarify at that time. Besides, she also understood the distaste designers had toward plagiarism. Hence, she was not angry.
“In regards to the issue before, I was also at fault for not explaining it to you all clearly, so it was normal for you guys to have some misunderstanding of me,” Nicole said in a voice that didn’t carry much emotion.
Hearing that Nicole gave them a way out , these people quickly nodded in response. We’re not idiots.
“Miss Lisa, it was my fault that I suspected you before. I hereby apologize to you.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Lisa. We shouldn’t have listened to the rumors on the Internet at that time. We should have believed you and Miss Schmidt.”
There were further comments from those around her.
Nicole’s face did not have much expression as she smiled casually. “It’s fine. Everything has come to light now, and I’m sure there won’t be any more problems in the future. So, I’m still depending on each and everyone’s efforts in building up the fashion brand for this season.”
The people in the Design Department could not help but admire Nicole’s magnanimity. At the same time, they all breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that she did not mind what they previously did.
Later, Nicole went into Joanna’s office where Joanna was busy drawing her design drafts. Upon seeing Nicole come in, she stood up with a smile on her face.
“Miss Lisa, congratulations on clearing your suspicions.”
Nicole also smiled. After all, she should repay courtesy with courtesy, even though it might be fake. “Yeah, it’s a pity that we didn’t find out the person behind this.”
“What do you mean by person behind this?” Joanna asked, pretending to be puzzled.
However, Nicole did not comment much. She shook her head and vaguely said, “Oh, nothing. I just casually blurted that out.”
“Miss Lisa, you have cleared yourself of the plagiarism scandal. I’m sure there will be no problem in the cooperative tie between F&M Apparel and the Gardner Corporation,” Joanna said.
Compared to Queenie, it is tougher to deal with someone who does dirty deeds without leaving any traces like Joanna. Still, I won’t be staying long in the Gardner Corporation too. As long as Joanna doesn’t pull out any dirty tricks during this period of time, I won’t find fault with her.
