The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 293 It's All Your Fault

'Why is Autumn's scheme not the same as the one I have?' Paula was wild with confusion, hands clenched into fists, breathing heavily.

"I admit that Miss Ye did a good job today But..." Bill stopped with a scoff. "Who knows if she stole this idea from someone else again? Our proposal is just as good. Compared to Cloud Advertising Company, it's safer for you to work with us. Mr. Xu, what do you think?"

Andy only responded with a sniff. He leaned his head backward and whispered in Coco's ear. He spoke in an extreme low voice that even Bill near to him couldn't make it out.

"Mr. Xu said that the previous rules are invalid and Cloud Advertising Company shall, from here forth, be in charge of the projects for Giant Promise Company directly," Coco declared, as she nodded at Andy and stood up.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, "Autumn said to Andy. "I hope that we'll have a harmonious and long running cooperation," she continued, offering her hand.

"I look forward to that." Andy returned, getting up and shaking hands with Autumn. When he was about to leave, Bill and Paula stopped him.

"Mr. Xu, what did you just do? Why did you abandon the previous rules?" Bill asked Andy visibly upset. "It's not fair to us."

"He is right, Mr. Lu, this is unfair, " Paula seconded, stepping forward. 'Although Autumn's proposal is better than mine, I still stand a chance to get this case. But now Andy changed the rules suddenly, ' Paula mused.

"You take her side only because of your relationship. This is unjust for us and downright unprofessional. We had worked overtime on this scheme. I can't accept your decision." Paula continued, crossing her

arms.

When the rest heard this, they scornfully stared at Paula.

"It's true that Miss Ye is my relation. But if I really was partial to her, this meeting wouldn't have been necessary. Miss Pan, I think that you know it better than anyone else whether you actually worked extra hours on this scheme or not." Andy retorted.

"What do you mean?" Paula scowled at Andy. 'Has Andy learnt that I stole this scheme from Autumn? That's not gonna happen,' she assured herself, but in vain. She could hear the blood pumping in her head "Miss Pan, I think it's better for you to stop digging further. Otherwise you'll put yourself in an very awkward situation, " Andy replied coldly.

"We are not over yet. You must make it clear to me today." Bill grabbed Andy's arm. "You said before that this was a fair and open competition. But now you broke your word."

"Miss Pan, do you really want me to tell you the real reason why I didn't choose you?" Andy asked Paula with displeasure. Andy didn't want to push her too hard. After all, she was a woman.

All of a sudden, Paula's face turned deathly pale. There were two voices arguing in her mind. In the end, she resolved to take the risk. "Yes. I want to know the reason," she challenged. "Anyway, I have the right to know why I lost."

"I suggest you'd better stop now. Otherwise you will regret your decision, " Isla said to Paula.

Paula ignored Isla and insisted in getting an answer. But when she saw Autumn look at her with pity, she knew that Andy must have learnt it.

However, it was too late to take her words back.

"The reason is simple. The scheme you showed today is exactly the one we received from Cloud Advertising Company in a previous presentation. The exact same one." And emphasized. "The date and time stamp on your PPT is still the day when they turned it in to me. Haven't you noticed that?" Even Andy himself was too embarrassed to be the one rubbing it into Paula's face.

"Miss Pan, you're always saying Autumn plagiarizes. But now in my eyes, Dark Blue Company is the one who really copies the work of others. Be careful if you want to fool others with someone else's idea," he said to Paula, no longer hiding disappointment.

Upon hearing this, Paula lowered her head in shame. She didn't expected to be the center of such a fiasco. Everything around her started to blur. She could make out the people bunched together whispering and looking at her with disdain. When she looked up at Autumn, she saw sympathy and derision in her eyes.

"Paula, what's going on?" Bill asked in anger, gripping her arm. "Weren't you the one who told me that you were the perfect person to help us win this project? How could you fool us all with someone else's work? Did you think I was an idiot?"

"No, you have mistaken me..." Paula hurried to explain, holding Bill by the sleeve. "Mr. Wang, I have no idea of this. I..."

"Who else will know, except you?" Bill asked, shaking off Paula's hands. "You begged me to employ you, so I took you in out of compassion. But now look at what you have done. You not only made a fool of yourself but made me a laughingstock. You have caused irreparable damage to my company! You know what? I'm going to fire you. Besides, I will order you to compensate the loss this company incurs." Bill's fury thundered across the room.

Afterwards, Bill stormed out. Paula ran after him to explain to him but failed. Andy gave Paula a momentary glance. 'She deserves this. She racked her brains setting up others and hurt them, but ended up hurting herself.

No one will pity her, ' he thought.

Turning to Autumn, he smiled. "I have something else to deal with and I will leave now. Don't forget to come by the house tonight for dinner."

"I will." Autumn nodded at him.

After seeing Andy leave the room, Autumn turned to Isla. They grabbed each other's hands and made a little dance but quickly stopped as there might be other people watching. They started gathering their things. "Isla, let's go back to the office." Autumn said with a wide grin.

"Okay boss!" Isla replied. When they were about to walk out the entrance, Paula dashed to them and blocked their way. "You did this, didn't you? You organized all of it, didn't you?" Paula shouted at them. "You callous little monster!" Isla retorted. 'This bitch needs to be socked in the eye to knock her back to her senses,' she thought. "You caused all of this. Why do you put the blame on us?"

"I didn't do anything wrong, " Paula sneered. "You have so much evil in you that you want to take revenge on me, so you..."

"Go on," Autumn said unafraid. 'Why do people always attribute their own fault to others, 'Autumn thought, speechless. "You did all of this, " Paula gave a cold look.