Chapter 2

"Look, she's speechless. Amber must be telling the truth after all."

"We absolutely cannot allow this kind of impropriety in our company. Rachel Johnson, give up your expense reimbursement priority right now!"

The crowd was getting riled up. I had become public enemy number one.

Someone asked nervously, "What if Mr. Blake retaliates against us?"

Hearing this, Amber made a grand gesture. "What are you afraid of? I'm the one who exposed this. If there are any consequences, I'll bear them alone!"

Her bold declaration won a round of applause. As people clamored for me to give my reimbursement priority to Amber, I calmly stood up.

Looking Amber straight in the eye, I said, "Technically, it wasn't my turn to submit expenses first. And yes, I did use connections to cut in line. That part is true."

Amber's smug expression grew even more pronounced. But she wouldn't be smiling for long.

I turned to address the crowd. "If I used connections to get preferential treatment, and Mr. Blake gave me special privileges, shouldn't he be disciplined too?"

In my past life, faced with accusations and false charges, I had only wanted to quickly prove my innocence. I didn't realize Mr. Blake and Amber were in cahoots, so I fell into a trap of trying to defend myself.

No matter how much evidence I produced, as long as Mr. Blake insisted he was my boyfriend, who would believe anything I said?

Now I understood - if you're going to accuse me, I'll drag you all down with me!

Sure enough, at the mention of disciplining the manager, the previously righteous crowd suddenly fell silent.

They were only brave enough to bully me as a group. Deep down, they knew that whether it was expense reimbursement priority or promotion opportunities, none of it would actually benefit them in the end. They just wanted to see someone else suffer.

Amber hadn't expected me to respond this way. She rushed to defend her lover.

"You brought this on yourself by being cheap and easy. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Mr. Blake is a victim too!"

The others immediately chimed in to agree.

"That's right, if you hadn't seduced Mr. Blake, he wouldn't have given you special treatment."

"We all know what kind of person Mr. Blake is. He just fell for your tricks for a moment."

"Maybe she's framing him! Mr. Blake could be getting blackmailed."

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