Chapter 242: Chapter 242: Reaping What You Sow
The curious, snooping glances surrounding her, which made her feel as if she were sitting on a bed of pins, discomforted her whole body.
Finally, when Michael Richard came out again, he led Evelyn Curtis inside, allowing her to let out a silent sigh of relief in her heart.
She walked in high heels and, as she did, she pridefully lifted her small face and followed Michael Richard, her head held high and her chest thrust out.
They walked into the office amid stares from everyone.
"I thought she had fallen out of favor."
"I haven’t seen her in a long time. You all know about her anonymous online harassment on Charlotte Thompson, don’t you?"
"Of course I do. I never really liked her in the first place. Now, just the sight of her disgusts me. I have no idea what Mr. Battleson saw in her."
"Such person, with no class and constantly showing off, is spokesperson for Vanguard Jewelry. It makes me embarrassed to say I work at Vanguard Jewelry."
Once Evelyn Curtis disappeared from sight, a few people gathered together whispering.
Every remark was ironically dismissive of her.
After speaking, they exchanged glances and shook their heads.
It was clear Evelyn Curtis’ reputation was already ruined, and she was not winning hearts.
After Michael Richard led Evelyn Curtis inside, he thoughtfully closed the door behind them and then left the room.
Out of fear that their whispers would be overheard, everyone quietly stopped talking and, in agreement, moved their discussions to a chat group.
"Justin, I haven’t seen you in a very long time." As soon as the door closed, Evelyn Curtis began with a voice soft and tender, feigning indignation.
While speaking, she walked towards him, raising her soft, pearl-like hand towards Justin Battleson’s arm.
Justin Battleson silently took a step back to avoid her touch, maintaining a safe distance between them.
Evelyn Curtis’s cleavage, visible from beneath her low-cut attire, made him uncomfortable. He shifted his gaze away from her and started walking.
He stopped before the floor-to-ceiling window, where he could take in the whole city which seemed dwarfed from that height. The hustle and bustle of the city seemed trivial, with people hurrying about like small ants.
Endless traffic and rushing people were simply a part of ordinary human existence.
"Just cut to the chase," Justin Battleson began, his voice sounding as emotionless as a robot’s.
His prominent side profile faced her. He was unwilling to maintain eye contact for even a moment longer.
Evelyn Curtis’s outstretched hand froze in mid-air, the situation terribly awkward.
After a while, she grimaced and withdrew her hand, a shadow of disappointment flitting across her eyes.
Coldness!
He was still so cold to her!
Such a man only showed emotional changes when dealing with someone he liked.
Evelyn Curtis understood this clearly.
After all these years, she had never made it to the top of his heart, his heart had never once belonged to her, Evelyn Curtis.
Evelyn Curtis only felt a suffocating sensation in her chest, sharp pains shooting through her heart.
She had done so much for him, yet he didn’t notice.
"Justin, can you help me deal with the slanderous material circulating about me online? The things they say are so disgusting that I haven’t left my house in days."
"Every time I go to the film set, I have to spend so much energy ducking and hiding, I... it’s all so tiring..."
Her pitiable, choked request came from behind Justin Battleson.
He could imagine Evelyn Curtis close to breaking down in tears at that moment.
Evelyn Curtis’s appearance was one that stirred protective urges in others. Any other man standing in front of her might have already been manipulated by her.
Unfortunately, Justin Battleson was not swayed and he continued gazing at the landscape outside the window, undistracted.
Michael Richard had already reported to him the cause and effects of the slanderous post. He knew that Charlotte Thompson was also involved in this.
Moreover, it was allegedly Charlotte herself who exposed Evelyn Curtis.
All he could say was that Evelyn Curtis was suffering the consequences of her own actions.