Journalists surrounded her, and the lady who pulled her arm was Mary Wayne, Gary’s wife.
Cristelle still couldn’t figure out why. She didn’t even do anything. So why did this old woman decide to nag at her?
Wait… Wayne house?
Zoe?
Cristelle suddenly remembered the cause of the sudden farce.
She didn’t expect them to be like this.
They all tended to pick the weakest link to break. They knew she was powerless compared to Linford. She bet that Mrs. Wayne wouldn’t dare to nag at Linford. She was shifting the blame onto Cristelle.
“Ma’am, please don’t be like this. I’m just an employee. I can’t decide what my boss’s gonna do.”
But Mrs. Wayne refused to let her go, “I know it’s all because Zoe offended you. That’s why Linford started to target our business. Please say something nice about our house. Linford will listen to you. He always listens to you.”
How would that be possible?
No one could tell that man what to do.
Besides, he didn’t even strike out for her. He did that to defend his babies. The Wayne house came to beg her because they knew she didn’t have a voice, no matter how harshly they criticized her and blamed her. They would never dare to mess with Linford.
Cristelle let out a cold laugh as she figured out their intention, “Ma’am, don’t get me wrong. But Mr. Bradley is the CEO. He could do whatever he wanted to do, and I had no say in his decision. He made that adjustment for his business, not for me. This was a company policy. I know nothing about business. I can’t say anything or do anything to change his mind.”
With that, she turned away. But Mrs. Wayne pulled her back, “Are you really gonna do this to my family, Miss Friesley? Zoe is just a young girl. She only made some comments, and you decided to kill our business. You’re killing us! You will go to hell for this!”
She shrilled.
The snapping of cameras was deafening. There had already been a bunch of on-lookers.
Cristelle couldn’t get rid of her, “Ma’am, why are you doing this to me? Please stop. You’ve never said anything, and it was never your fault. Why are you here to solve the problem? Besides, I know you don’t want to solve the problem at all. You just want to make things look ugly for me. You know there are rumors about Mr. Bradley and me. You don’t dare to mess with him. So you chose me. You said I’m killing all your businesses. But the Wayne house is also among the richest families in this city. Did your family build its empire based on cooperation with Bradley?”
Mrs. Wayne raised an eyebrow, “What do you mean?”
“You know exactly what I mean. Look at yourself in the mirror. You’re clad with luxurious brands and jewelry. If the Wayne house was really gonna collapse, I bet you couldn’t be wearing these fancy things right now.”
All the cameras thus focused on Mrs. Wayne. Her clothes and jewelry looked hella expensive.
Rich people were greedy. They didn’t know what enough was.
Cristelle blinked, “You’re not here to ask for my forgiveness. You’re here to drag me down so Mr. Bradley will be pressured. But you probably made the wrong judgment. Mr. Bradley didn’t care about public opinion. He wouldn’t give in that easily for a couple of words. He’s a very determined man. Your little trick will be taken as an insult. And he will only get back ten times harder if you don’t stop annoying him right now. You guys couldn’t let go of the cooperation because it brought you too many benefits. Losing the cooperation will not kill you. It will only cost you some money. Mrs. Wayne, the Wayne house is rich enough. It would help if you weren’t that greedy. Besides, as I said, I’m just a little employee of this company. I’ve still got a lot of jobs to do. I can’t afford to waste my time with you. Please let me go.”
Mrs. Wayne’s face changed drastically. Her eyes bore hatred into Cristelle’s face as if she wanted to kill her. Then, she raised her hand at Cristelle.
But Cristelle was faster. She pulled away and walked into the company.
This little farce was trending on local news again.
But the comments were all on Mrs. Wayne’s side. People clearly thought Cristelle was just a gold digger who finally managed to get what she wanted.
Cristelle couldn’t care less.
30 minutes later, Linford came to his office, sending Alfred to find Cristelle.
“Don’t take what she said seriously. She’s just a clown,” Linford looked ten-time pissed off about what happened earlier. Cristelle thought how he defended her was cute, so she lowered her gaze and let out a smile.
Linford smiled as well.
He suddenly knew why his daughter was so cute. It must come from her Mom.
“I know. I just hope the whole thing won’t negatively impact the company.” However, Cristelle was still a bit worried.
Linford approached her, “It won’t. But what you said makes sense. The Wayne house is greedy. It’s time to get rid of them.”
****
Mrs. Wayne’s farce only made Linford withdraw his investment quicker. The old woman was sent to the hospital that afternoon.
When Darwin heard about the news, he smashed a whole set of antique tea cups.
“How dare she! How could she say something like that in public? That Cristelle Friesley brought shame to our family!”
No one valued the family name more than Darwin did. That woman had been on the news for days. That fact had already pissed him off.
“I need to see Linford. NOW!” Darwin ordered.
His assistant, Bratt, seemed a bit hesitant, “Are you sure about this, sir? Mr. Linford is still working.”
“The Wayne house saved us once. But now he suddenly decided to cancel the cooperation. Who will ever dare to be our friend?” Darwin’s face was plum. How could his third son be like this?
“Go get him now!”
Bratt didn’t dare to delay, going to find Linford instantly.