BXBX NOVEL Chapter 513 - Accused For The First Time
Before Patricia could reply to Maria\'s question, the demonic woman continued, "The reason I called you here is because I suspect Lisa, the woman standing next to you, of copying your proposal. Therefore I hope you will take a minute to look at and compare the two proposals. Yours and Lisa\'s."
At that moment, Lisa felt that there was something strange about Maria\'s way of speaking. Why did the woman suddenly become polite when she was talking to Patricia? Did she miss the news about who that woman really was?
Patricia nodded her head then took out her proposal which was still neatly tucked away in the brown envelope. The woman opened the envelope slightly and said, "Oh, this is indeed my proposal."
"Can I see your proposal?" Patricia asked in a voice that sounded haughty.
Patricia Grace is indeed one of the many arrogant women that Lisa has ever met. Even though she had only met her in a matter of minutes, Lisa already knew that she was arrogant. Judging from the way she walked with her chin held high, and the way she carried herself in front of Maria\'s desk made Lisa think this way.
According to her, Patriicia is the spoiled type, which makes her look arrogant but at the same time smart.
Lisa actually wanted to throw the brown envelope in Patricia\'s face and say, \'Here, take it! At the very least, you\'re conspiring with Maria against me and you\'re going to accuse me of plagiarizing your proposal, right!\'
But of course Lisa couldn\'t say that, especially in front of Maria. Besides, if she didn\'t give her proposal to Patricia, this problem wouldn\'t be closed today. So, like it or not, Lisa had to politely hand over her proposal so that she wouldn\'t be labeled as a rude woman.
Lisa didn\'t want to give Maria or even Patricia time to think she was someone who\'s stupid enough to plagiarize other people\'s work. Today, she must prove to them that she is innocent!
\'Plagiarism this, plagiarism that, I swear you just want to slander me!\' Lisa thought in her heart.
She thrust the brown envelope in front of Patricia and said, "Please take a good look at this. I\'m 100% sure that I didn\'t plagiarize your proposal. So please have a good look."
Even though Patricia was an arrogant woman never afraid of being defeated, she didn\'t dare to answer Lisa\'s harsh words.
People who have eyes can definitely tell that Lisa and Maria have serious personal problems. But unfortunately, Maria is their boss, so Lisa has to be polite and respect her.
Patricia took the brown envelope containing Lisa\'s proposal and nodded her head. The woman then sat on the sofa at the far end of the room and began to compare her proposal with Lisa\'s. Indeed, when viewed from the title and foreword, their proposals look similar. But she still didn\'t know if their proposal really matched.
About 10 minutes later, Patricia sighed and got up from the sofa. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see that Lisa couldn\'t stop throwing stinging glares at Maria and the latter also returned the other\'s scathing gaze. If Patricia didn\'t know that they had their own beef before this, she would have laughed out loud at their childish behavior.
"Mrs. Maria, I\'ve just finished comparing the proposals of mine and Lisa\'s. After reading these two proposals," Maria put the two proposals on Maria\'s desk, "I dare say that Lisa did copy my proposal—"
"Copy your proposal my ass!" Lisa interrupted, the woman could no longer hold back her anger.
"Lisa!" Maria snapped in a high-pitched voice. "Keep going, Patricia."
"I spent about a month making this proposal. Even though mine was rejected by High Creative Ads company, it doesn\'t mean I\'ll keep silent when it\'s plagiarized by others. I am willing to reduce my sleep hours to complete this proposal, so I don\'t like it if the result of my hard work is claimed by someone else who turns out to be my colleague." Patricia said firmly, showing that what she said was true.
At first, Lisa thought that Patricia might tell the truth, saying that their proposals were different. It\'s because Lisa herself is sure that she doesn\'t plagiarize other people\'s work. Everything written in the proposal was purely her own job!
Usually, when Lisa works in a company, she is always polite. She\'s afraid that she would have no friends if she\'s rude. In the end, she has to repress her anger often so that she can have peace with her co-workers.
Even if she had been accused at some of the companies she worked for before, Lisa could still handle it and keep her attitude.
But now, hearing the accusations being thrown around by Maria and Patricia, the flames of her anger were already unquenchable! She was willing to not sleep at night to complete such an important proposal and now she is accused of copying her own hard work!? Absolutely outrageous!
"Patricia Grace, you have eyes to see handsome boys and buy your expensive looking clothes. But why can\'t you use your eyes to see the difference in our proposal!? Even though my eyes are not as healthy as yours, I can still see the difference!" Lisa snapped in a high pitched voice.
Patricia frowned, "Lisa, you know that plagiarizing someone else\'s work is very disrespectful, right? Did you not realize your mistake here? You keep denying and throwing out harsh words from that mouth of yours. Do you think it\'s okay for you to treat me this way?"
"But come on, everyone makes mistakes. I hope that you will not plagiarize other people\'s work again in the future. As long as you sincerely apologize to me, Mrs. Maria, and Mrs. Indri, I will not take this matter to court." Patricia continued lightly. Her tone sounded sincere, as if there were no lies hidden behind her words.
From Patricia\'s tone, Lisa felt that this woman had been on Maria\'s side all along. She kind of accused Lisa and told her to apologize for something she didn\'t do.
Plagiarize? Plagiarizing other people\'s work? Have they gone mad!?
Lisa bit her lower lip and tried to contain her overflowing rage. How could she apologize for something she didn\'t do?
"Come on, quickly apologize.." Maria insisted, deliberately making Lisa more emotional.