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“What do you mean by that? What‘s his name? Let me see if I know the guy.”

“You‘ll find out soon enough!” Lily raiscellier hand and patted Olivia‘s shoulder.

Lily stood up and changed the topic, “Liv, it might be more challenging to create this new product, and work would be fowler, 100.”

“You make it sound like our work was easy back then. Don‘t worry about it. Just lead the project and leave the preparations to me” Olivia smiled. “I knew you‘re the best assistant I could ever ask for!”

When they returned to the labs, Lily first checked the extracted samples. They were, as expected, nothing like what she wanted.

It was essential to use liigh–quality components, but the extraction and purification techniques necessary to achieve the desired scent were also crucial. The complicated procedure had to be carried out repeatedly before it could be considered a success.

The launch of a new perfume in the market involved many hours of hard work by the perfumers. Those who would steal the products of others‘ labor were despicable.

“We failed again!” Olivia sighed, slightly disappointed. “It‘s normal to fail. When did we ever succeed easily in the past? Plus, we‘re using a new ingredient this time around. It has a complex scent, so it‘ll be even more challenging for us! What? Are you going to give up now?” After working together for so many years, Olivia knew Lily was joking. “An easy research is lame. If we do this, I want to do the hardest one!”

While talking, Olivia prepared for the next round of experiments. However, Lily stopped her. ” It‘s fine. We‘ll continue tomorrow since it‘s late now. We‘re not in a hurry, anyway.”

It was getting late, and Alexander had reminded Lily to go home earlier that day. Although he seemned overbearing, Lily enjoyed having someone care for her so much.

“Okay then. I‘ll think about how we may improve our experiments later at home.”

The two changed into their own clothes and headed downstairs. Just as they were about to leave the lab, Jenny opened the door from outside.

She rushed into the lab with a grave expression. When she saw Lily and Olivia, she went to them immediately.

“Jen?”

Lily went up to Jenny, but Jenny only glanced at hier before averting her gaze to Olivia. “You can‘t work here anymore.”

Both Olivia and Lily were puzzled.

“What do you mean?”

“MN Inc. sent an official letter to us. They said Olivia had signed the non–compete clause, and she won‘t be able to work in any company in the perfumery industry for a year, starting from the day she resigned from MN Inc”

Jenny pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to them as she spoke, Olivia was stunned.

“Y– I didn‘t know about this!” Olivia had never seen this agreement before, let alone signed it. “He‘s trying to get back at you, so it‘s natural that you know nothing about this.” Lily skimmel over the piece of paper. She had heard about sidan agreement, though Acompany would require some of their resigning employees to sign the non compete clause beraus of the que nature of their work It was for the company‘s benefit, is the employees who nolit uld not work. Other Companies in the same industry for a year

However, only employees who had access to a company‘s core techniques or business secrets would be required to sign this agreement. It would not be necessary for Olivia to do it as she was just a research assistant. Nathaniel was obviously doing this to get in their way.

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Nathaniel resented Lily but had no power over her. Hence, le shifted his target to Olivia, which would indirectly affect Lily. “What am I going to do?” Olivia‘s mood worsened as she held the piece of paper. “I can‘t work here anymore?” Jenny nodded. She also feli terrible when she heard about it. Recruiting a new employee for Rebirth was simple, but it was difficult to manage legal matters on her own.

“Don‘t worry just yet. I‘ll figure something out.” Lily comforted Olivia.

Every problem has its solution. They were only confused because it came out of the blue.

Lily thought to liersell, ‘Nathaniel sure moves fast. Today was Olivia‘s first day, and he‘d already sent her the letter. This means he‘d been keeping an eye on us, so I guess he wasn‘t serious when he claimed we‘d go our separate ways.

“Look what he did now. How could we part ways if he continued bothering me? I held off getting even with them, but they can‘t wait for sh*t to happen to them. If so, I‘ll be merciless! Then Lily said to Olivia, “Liv, take a break for the time being. You just moved, haven‘t you? Use this time to settle down and wait for my update.”

“Lily...” Olivia was worried that her issue would cause problems for Rebirth. It was fine if it was just her, but she would feel bad if Rebirth got dragged into it.

Lily continued comforting her. “Don‘t worry about it! He can‘t do anything but threaten you like this while showing me the upper hand he thinks he has. No matter what, he did this because of me, and you shouldn‘t have been involved. Just rest at home and wait for the good news!”

Jenny added, “Yeah, Lily‘s right. Don‘t be too worried about this. Although it sounds serious, a non–compete clause won‘t bring you much damage. We‘ll put your recruitment process on hold, and once we settle this matter, I‘ll help you with the process again!” Their words touched Olivia so much that she was at a loss for words. Olivia lowered her head at them gratefully. “Thanks, Jen and Lily. I‘m so lucky to have met you both. I‘ll work hard in the future!” Lily extended her hand to help Olivia straighten up. “What are you talking about? It‘s your job to work hard and our responsibility to help you, isn‘t it? It‘s getting late. Get home quickly, or your mom will worry.”

“Yeah.”

Alter Olivia left, Lily looked down at the paper in her hand as a wintry smile appeared on her face.

“Lily, do you have a plan for this?”

Jenny assumed Lily had a plan in place when she calmly consoled Olivia and expressed confidence in resolving the situation, “There are only two ways to solve this if it‘s legally binding,” Lily said as she waved the paper.

Chaptat!

“The first is that Olivia must abide by the contract and can‘t work in any other perfumery related company for a year. The second option is to break the agreement, in which case MN Inc. will be compensated.”

“That means you‘re planning to go with one of them?”

Lily would not pick the first option,‘ Jenny thought to letsell, ‘What would Olivia do for a Vear, even if we were able to replace hier temporarily? None of the businesses in this industry would lire her. Would she switch careets and return in a year?‘

With that thought in mind, Jenny fell that the second way was their best choice. It was the casiest for then as they only needed to pay an amounil of compensation to MN Inc. However, it would be considerable sun. It would be difficult for Olivia to settle it on lier own, but they could not persuade the company to do so for a minor employee. “Calculate how much we‘d need to compensate MN Inc., and if you guys are short on money, I can help,” Jenny said after giving it some thought.

Lily smiled. “Jen, thanks for the offer, but we won‘t need it. I‘m not choosing the first or the second solution. I‘in choosing… the third option!”

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Nothing was set in stone, after all, and one must be smart enough to think outside the box and find other ways to deal with life.

‘I should stop playing defensively and strike back whenever someone provokes me. It’s about time I retaliate and show those two I’m not someone to be trifled withi.’

When Alexander arrived home, the sight of Lily lying on lier stomach on the couch welcomed him. Her laptop was in front of her as her fingers gracefully typed away on her keyboard. Lily crossed her calves mid-air while focusing all her attention on the screen. It was rare to see Lily working on her laptop at home in such a position. Alexander put down his things and changed into liis house slippers before peeking over to see what Lily was doing She had several tabs on her screen, registering for a troll account on a certain website.

“What’s up?” Alexander went to pour luimself a glass of water and brought one for Lily as well.

Lily adjusted her posture and sat cross-legged with her laptop on her thighs. She reached for the glass and took a sip, but hier gaze remained fixed on the screen. “Someone wants to play, so I have no choice but to play along.” Considering Lily’s expression and tone, Alexander knew someone had made her unhappy. “Who has such power to anger my dear Lily?” Alexander said as he unbuttoned the two top buttons of his dress shirt, allowing himself to relax after a tense day at work. In the past, he felt the same regardless if he returned home or stayed out the entire night. This house was just a place for him to sleep, after all. However, since they married, he had expectations of building a home with Lily. He looked forward to returning home to see her, hear her voice, or talk to her about all sorts of things that affected their emotions during the day. ‘She looks confident, so I guess she won’t need my help

“Who else would it be other than that j*rk?” Lily said without looking up. After putting down her glass, she continued typing on her keyboard.

That made Alexander raise his brow before sitting next to her. He noticed she had logged into her troll account and posted the perfume formulas. He squinted and thought, ‘Those are indeed the perfume formulas. She’s leaking business secrets.

“Are those the perfume formulas you created back in MN Inc.?” Alexander instantly figured out what Lily was doing

“You’re tight. Nate started this. I didn’t want to do this initially, but I had no choice since they kept pushing us into dead ends.” Lily pressed enter on her keyboard and finally heaved a sigli of relief. Then she placed her laptop next to her as if she had completed her task.

“What if he sues you? Have you thought about that?” “It’s not like Nate hadn’t done that before,” Lily calmly continued, “The formulas belong to me, and this time, someone ‘hacked’ into my email to leak some of the things they found. What would that have to do with me since MN Inc. had announced to the world that Melanie had created those formulas?

“To the netizens, I was just someone who did administrative work, and they would think I had no way to access the company’s business secrets. Also, I leaked more than one formula.”

Alexander pondered before saying, “What if they say you stole the formulas when you were still an MN Inc, employee?” One must always plau carefully and consider die opponent’s every move. Then one could predict and counter the opponent’s retallation, pushing them into a dead end and leaving them to Way to salv.ge the situation.

“Would they have proof?” Lily sliruered indifferently. “Nate will need evidence if he wants to sue me I hadn’t signed any contracts since I started working there. He loves using contracts to threaten me Bring it on.

“I’m not even their employee, so how could I access their business secrets? If I could do that so easily, it’ll prove how bad their security is, and they should shut down their business.”

Lily was right; everything needed evidence in the court of law. Nathaniel would not have withdrawn the previous lawsuit if he were confident enough.

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Lily admitted that she changed the formulas before leaving MN Inc. to mess things up for them, but she was unsure of the damage it could cause them

“It sounds like you’re confident about this. There’s nothing I should be worried about then,” Alexander said, liis gaze filled with adoration for Lily whilelie caressed her hair.

Lily turned to look at him. She pulled his aun over her shoulders and then laid down on his lap, saying in a cutesy manner, “That’s not it. You need to be ready at all times to support me. Whiat if they bully me? You must get alcam of lawyers to defend me in court!”

‘She sure knows how to tease me. Everything she did and each of her gazes could strike me right in my heart. Seeing her this way makes me want to give the world to her.’ “Does this mean I must do everything you ask?” “Aren’t you willing to do that for me?” Lily frowned, looking aggrieved. However, her bright gaze gave her away, revealing her mischief.

“I’m at your disposal, my lady,” Alexander smirked as he leaned down to kiss her. The worst thing about kissing in such a position was that it hurt the neck-Alexander’s neck, in this case. Finally, he could not bear the ache anymore and straightened his back while massaging his neck At the sight of her complacent smile, he grumbled.

“Are you laughing at me?”

“I wouldn’t dare to do that!” Before Lily could continue her words, a beep sound came from her laptop, indicating that she had received notifications. She got up quickly and took a look. Most of them were comments to her post earlier, while some were private messages. After all, her post was related to the perfume industry, so some netizens soon realized her post was about perfume formulas.

Some netizens might have been perfumers or researchers of other companies, but none had yet to notice that the post contained formulas from past MN Inc. products.

However, an employee of MN Inc. would realize it right away. Someone sent her a message, questioning her identity and motives for doing so. The other party requested that she delete this post immediately as well. There was a group of netizens who discussed the formulas too. It was late in the evening, so most were already back from work and had nothing much to do at home. They found Lily’s post exciting, so they gathered in the comment section, contributing to the liveliness of the website.

Some were quick to act and had already created samples based on the formulas. It was pointless to delete the post now because everyone had already seen it anyway. Some people probably took screenshots of the formulas.

Alexander scooted over and held Lily’s hand, clicking on the mouse to log out of the website. Then he closed the tab and shut down the laptop.

“You’ve done what is necessary, so you shouldn’t bother with the rest. You’ve thrown the bait, and the fish will bite soon.”

Lily agreed with him. She was about to log off, but Alexander was quicker to make a move. Lily was not anxious, but some people would be. Soon after turning off hier laptop, she got a call from Nathaniel.

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“Lily, are you out of your mind? You‘re acting like a dog with rabies! What do you think you‘re doing?” Nathaniel started sliouting from the other end as soon as Lily picked up the call.

Fortunately, Lily had expected him to act that way, so she ensured the phone was away from her ears.

Lily was not angry at all at the face of his insults. She smirked and replied coldly, “Mr. Hall, a dog with rabies bites anyone in its path. However, unlike you, I know exactly who I‘m going after, so I‘ll only attack you!” “You...” Nathaniel inhaled deeply. He would have torn her to pieces if Lily had been in front of him.

“Lily Christian, i know what you want. I‘ve ensured Olivia Hart won‘t be your lap dog anyinore, so you‘re coming at me for revenge.”

“Finally, we‘ve come to an understanding. By the way, you shouldn‘t insult dogs. They‘re intelligent and loyal creatures, much better than you could ever be,” she added in a frigid tone.

she did not care if Nathaniel insulted her, but she would not allow him to ridicule her friends! Noticing her mounting rage, Alexander opened his arms and pulled Lily into his warm embrace, and she relaxed. Alexander was her biggest comfort, and she could always rely on him no matter what happened.

“I won‘t continue this ridiculous argument, but don‘t think you‘ve won this battle. Remember, even if your disclosure of MN Inc.‘s perfume formula dealt us an enormous blow, what you just did was leak confidential company information. We‘ll bring this to the court, and you‘ll have to pay for our damages! You did something foolish, and sooner or later, you‘ll pay the price!” Nathaniel threatened..

Nathaniel was supposed to talk to Melanie about their wedding plans, but he received a call from the board in the middle of the night. They questioned him about the information leak of some of their most famous perfuines, causing the company a considerable loss of profits. Astonished beyond words, he went online to check. After verifying the story, he was certain Lily was to blame, as only she could pull of something like that. However, once he calmed down, Nathaniel realized Lily would have to pay for their damages as she leaked confidential MN. Inc. information.

“Confidential company information?” Lily snickered, “Mr. Hall, don‘t make me laugh. You must‘ve forgotten that I never had a formal contract signed with MN. Inc. I was never even asked to sign an employment contract. “I don‘t see why I could be hield liable for disclosing proprietary information when the company in question didn‘t even employ me. After all, low could a nobody like myself even obtain such classified information?”

Then Lily suggested derisively, “Someone as capable as you, Mr. Hall, could surely safeguard MN Inc.‘s perfume formula, right? How could you let such negligence happen at your company? Ms. Thayer invented these formulas, as I recall. Perhaps she was upset with your treatment of her and leaked then instead?”

“Stop spouting nonsense! Mel is nothing like you, and she‘d never betray me!” Nathaniel said heatedly, “Don‘t think I can‘t do anything just because you won‘t admit to it. I‘ll get an IT expert to track the IP addresses that leaked the information. You‘ll be exposed!”

“Mr. Hall, get your facts right. Those Twitter accounts weren‘t mine, to begin with. How could you prove I had access to such confidential information?” Lily paused.

She was losing her patience with Nathaniel, but she sat up and continued. “Letine give you a heads–up. I‘ve known you for a long time, I miglit not have known everything about you, but I know enou:1.”

Lily smirked as she spoke coldly into the pione. Her eyes held 110 warmth. “Those gifts you got for Melanie and the overseas trip you took with her, I know exactly where you got the money for them. Let‘s see, what if I told the board of directors how you used their money for entertainment purposes? I wonder how they‘d react to the news?”

This was the first time Alexander‘s heart ached for Lily amid her anger. This was the most enraged he had seen her. She was seething with race but did her best to suppress it. In a way, it looked like she was on lire.

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“Y-You have no proof!” Nathaniel was stunned for a moment before refuting heatedly. The blood in his body ran cold as his mind went blank. He had no idea how Lily learned about his use of company funds for personal expenses.

How was this possible? He made sure not to tell anyone about it, not even Melanie. Lily was a nerd and only cared about lier research and data, so how could she have found out? Nathaniel took the risk and assuined she was trying to trick him into a confession “Enough of your baseless accusations. Where’s your proof? If you continue this behavior, I’ll have to press charges!” Nathaniel threatened. “Nathaniel Hall, do you think you’re above the law? You keep threatening to sue and then eventually drop the lawsuit. You’re just wasting everyone’s time. Don’t push me too far, or I’ll make sure that when I press charges, you won’t get a chance to settle outside of court, and you can’t win against me, either! Get that into your thick skull. Do you think I’d bring this up if I didn’t have proof?” Lily snapped.

This finally shut Nathaniel up. He was afraid now. If the board of directors of MN Inc. was to find out what he had done, that was it for him. His position would be taken away. If the shareholders withdrew their funding from the company, MN Inc. could not survive either. Nathaniel finally understood how scary Lily could be! This woman, who he had known for five years and dated for three, had helped his company grow in the past few years. He realized that he never really knew her. Nathaniel’s palms were sweating as he swallowed hard, “Okay, let’s try to settle this then. What exactly do you want?” “I’m sure you know what I want,” Lily replied coldly. “Olivia Hart? That’s it? Does she have something on you? Why are you trying so hard for her?” Nathaniel asked in confusion.

“Someone like you will never understand,” Lily commented. “Remember, I’m not very patient, so don’t let me wait too long!” She warned before hanging up.

Looking at her tense back, Alexander hugged Lily from behind.

He rested his head on her shoulder and said softly, “You don’t have to do this alone. If you hand this to me, I can help you, and you won’t have to waste your time talking to him.” Lily turned around and hugged him back, “I know what you’re capable of, but this was something I had to settle personally. This is my mess, and i’ll take care of it! I’ll protect what’s mine!”

“I’m getting jealous over that declaration,” Alexander released Lily and smiled at hier, “I wonder if Mrs. Russell would take care of me as well as she takes care of Olivia Hart,”

Lily smiled at his silliness but declared proudly, “Of course she will!”

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Nathaniel hung up the phone and took a cigarette break before entering the house. Inside, Melanie was sitting on the sola, peeling an orange. Before putting it into her mouth, she ensured the orange was free of all pithis. “Something wrong?” Melanie asked as she noticed he had a pained expression. She cleaned up the mess on the table, wiped her hands, and sat up. Nathaniel shook his head, indicating that he rather not talk about it.

“Even if you don‘t tell me, I could guess. I heard a thing or two when you were on the phone. Lily was the one who leaked the information about our perfume, right?” Melanie was good at reading people as if she was filled with wisdom.

Since Melanie had overheard his conversation with Lily, he decided not to keep it from her anymore. He heaved a heavy sigh, walked to the fridge to get a can of beer, and downed it.

“Why are you so angry when she‘s the one who leaked the information? She‘s just asking for trouble. If that‘s what she wants, then let her be,” Melanie said nonchalantly.

She did not think it was a huge problem. Ever since the formula of their perfume was leaked the last time, Melanie lad honestly stopped caring

It was true that the awards she had received were all because of those perfumes, but it was Lily who invented them. Melanie did not participate in any research or production, so she knew nothing about the formula. Her value to the company diminished after the award show.

After utilizing her as a marketing tool, their primary concern was making money. Following the fallout with Lily, Melanie knew MN Inc. could not rely on its past perfume lines alone. They needed to come up with a novel approach to retain their clients.

“It‘s easy for you to say, but where can we get proos? We have no evidence that Lily leaked those formulas. The key thing now is not to blame her but salvage this situation,” Nathaniel explained his reasoning to Melanie.

Nathaniel felt like his head was about to explode. The board was already after him, so he needed to come up with a solution as soon as possible. They were already dissatisfied with him because of the company‘s previous production line crisis.

Although the relationship problem between Melanie, him, and Lily was private, the board of directors warned him to maintain a positive image for the company. The shareholders were older men with a conservative mindset. Nathaniel needed to ensure they were still happy with him to keep his position as the director of MN Inc.

“Aren‘t we already producing our new product?” Melanie placed her hands around Nathaniel‘s shoulders and leaned on him. “We could always tell the board that a new product line is in the works and is sure to be a hit with women. The company will make twice as much by then, so the loss we‘re currently experiencing won‘t matter much. “Besides, the public is already bored with our past lines, and sales aren‘t doing well either. If the forinulas were leaked, so be it. Let‘s use this opportunity to do some PR and improve our company‘s image,” Melanie suggested. “What do you mean?” Nathaniel frowned.

“If we can‘t prove that Lily leaked the information, we could say we did it ourselves to stimulate healthy competition in the industry. The goal was to share confidential information in order to develop superior versions of our products. Since the damage is done, we might as well try to improve our image. Just think of it as Lily helping us instead,” she concluded.

After listening to Melanie, Nathaniel felt enlightened and nodded in agreement, “You‘re right! That‘s a great idea!”

“Don‘t worry too much about it. The most important thing now is to get our new products out into the market is soon as possible. Which our products become a hit, we no longer have to fear Lily of our formulas being leaked! Lily‘s just a nobody. She won‘t be able to cause much commotion,” Melanie said confidently.

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Nathaniel‘s wood improved as he listened to Melanic. He was so happy that he listed her and spun a few circles in joy, “You‘re right! You‘re right! Haha, Mel, you‘re really my lucky star! With you by my side, there‘s nothing I fear!”

“Hey, hey, put me down. I‘ın pregnant, remember?” Melanie patted his arm and said playfully.

“Oh, right, right!” lle put her down hurricully and moved his car loward her tummy, “Hi baby, are you okay?” “Stop being silly! How could you possibly hear anything?” She poked his forehead and Laughed.

“Of course, I can hear him! He‘s even calling me dad! Mel, it must‘ve been tough for you. Thank you so much!” He stood up and put liis arms around her waist. Their forelieads touched as he thanked hier sincerely.

“Since you‘re aware of how tougli it‘s been for me, treat me better, okay?” She said softly as she leaned into his embrace.

Melanie had her ulterior motives as well. Since she was now working withi Frank, she saw little reason to worry about MN Inc.‘s old perfume formula. Melanie would no longer be concerned about her status if Frank could continuously supply her with new perfume blends. She could still win accolades and maintain her fame.

However, Nathaniel must not know that she was still in touch with Frank. Since Frank was not in Sapphine, Melanie could finally relax. Still, she needed to ensure that this connection with Frank was well–maintained, or all hier hard work would go down the drain.

“Mel, you smell nice. We haven‘t done it for a long time now...” Nathaniel‘s heart was racing as he took in her body fragrance. “Stop it!” Melanie pushed him away gently and turned away, but Nathaniel grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his embrace again, “We can‘t do it while you‘re pregnant?”

Melanie‘s heart skipped a beat. It was not because she did not want to, but because her body was worn out. Fortunately, her body had improved significantly without Frank‘s presence and Nathaniel taking great care of her. Melanie turned around and cupped his face, “All right, but you‘ll have to be gentle!” Nathaniel was delighted when she agreed. He listed her princess–style and promised, “Don‘t worry, I‘ll be gentle with you!”

When Lily arrived at the office the next day, she was called into Jenny‘s room.

“Did you see the post on Twitter yesterday?” Jenny motioned Lily to come over while pointing at her computer, “MN Inc. is so crazy! Who would do such a thing?” Lily was visually confused, so she walked over to Jenny and looked at her screen. MN Inc‘s Twitter page was displayed on the screen, and there was an official announcement saying they were responsible for the information leak. The perfume formulas that caused a stir on the internet yesterday were from their famous line of perfumes. They released it to the public because they wanted to use this as an opportunity to share, discuss and improve future perfume formulas.

Lily was floored by the stunt they had just pulled.

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It turned out Nathaniel had good crisis management skills since he knew how to use this issue to his advantage. After briefly reading MN Inc.‘s announcement, Lily was sure her PR stunt had inadvertently earned MN Inc.good press with the public.

Although some questioned MN Inc.‘s motives and if the formulas were autlientic, they speculated the reason for this stunt was that something big was coming up. These internet discussions were indirectly giving MN Inc. more publicity. “What do you think MN Inc is trying to achieve? Isn‘t this suicidal? Why would they expose their perfume formulas to the public? Unless they‘re planning to stop their old production line?” Jenny placed one hand under her chin and spoke her mind.

Jenny‘s words brouglit attention to the fact that MN Inc, lad decided to abandon its old perfume lines while trying to improve its branding image. However, it was something they got forced to do since Lily released their formulas. Still, Jenny and Lily wondered if MN Inc. was capable of coming up with a new product line in such a short time.

The duo‘s eyes met, but none said a word since they were both in deep thought. Suddenly, a knock sounded, and Jenny‘s secretary entered. “Ms. Gray, there‘s a Ms. Hart here to see you.”

“Ms. Hart?” Jenny frowned in confusion.

“It‘s Olivia. I was the one who told her to come and see you. Let her in,” Lily turned and said.

“Didn‘t we agree to give her a few days off? You should know that it‘s difficult for her to start ...” Jenny reasoned.

“I‘m aware we can‘t have her join the company now, but MN Inc. will soon revoke their non compete agreement. I‘m already at the most important stage of my research and need all the help I can get, so I told her to come and help me. I hope we can release our new product line as soon as possible,” Lily explained extensively.

She initially planned to give Olivia a short break, but after much thought, Lily realized she needed Olivia‘s help as she could not handle the research alone. After all, this was Lily‘s first masterpiece after leaving MN Inc., and she wanted it to be successful.

Besides, she was still a new employee at Rebirth, so there were not many who she knew well. Having someone familiar by her side to help was always welcomed, so she ultimately decided to call olivia in.

“Hello, Ms. Gray, Lily.” Olivia nodded at the two as she entered the room. She was pretty confused about the whole situation. She had received a call from Lily, asking her to show up at Rebirth, but Lily did not give her any more details.

“You can start coming to the lab and help. You don‘t have to worry about MN Inc, since Nate will revoke your signed agreement,” Lily promised.

“A–Are you serious?” Olivia was thrilled.

On the other hand, Jenny looked at Lily questioningly. “Yeali, are you serious? We just received their lawyer‘s letter, so how could you have possibly solved this in a day?” As her gaze landed on the computer screen, she realized, “Unless the ‘Twitter post yesterday was made by...”

“What? Lily, you shouldn‘t have done that for me. If they find out you were the one wlio exposed their formula, they‘d...”

The news yesterday had caused an uproar in the industry, so obviously, Olivia was also aware of it. At that time, Olivia liad doubts about who had released this information as Lily was the only one with such capabilities. Still, this was no small maller.

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It would be okay is MN Inc, did not care about this matter. If MN Inc. wanted to sue Lily for divulging trade secrets, so be it. Considering Nathaniel‘s petty personality, it would be a wonder if he ignored this matter.

“Don‘t worry. I dared to do this because I already had countermeasures at liand. MN Inc. will not use this to blackmail you anymore. Just come work here.” Lily patted Olivia‘s hand gently to comfort her. Lily did not seem like she was saying that just comforted her as her bright eyes were full of confidence.

“Lily, don‘t tell me you made some deals or promises with that i*rk, Nathaniel?” Olivia asked after some thought. In Olivia‘s opinion, Lily had made a deal or some sort of compromise to smoothly settle this matter. Nathaniel was not a generous person, after all. “That‘s right. Don‘t tell me you made a deal in secret. Please don‘t be foolish. You have a bright future ahead of you.” Jenny shared the saine concern with Olivia. Lily happily laughed when she felt Jenny and Olivia‘s concern. “Both of you made it sound like I‘m about to do something big. It isn‘t as serious as you think. We did have something similar to a deal, but I‘m not the one who needs to compromise. Don‘t worry.”

“Really?”

The duo was very suspicious of her words. They feared that she was lying to comfort them. “Of course! In a few days, MN Inc. will withdraw the contract. So, you can‘t rest anymore since you need to start working for me soon,” Lily said as she patted Olivia‘s shoulder. “I‘m looking forward to it!” Olivia felt relieved and nodded in reply.

The atmosphere at MN Inc.‘s shareholder meeting was very depressing. Nathaniel wanted to undo his tie but only loosen it as it was inappropriate.

“Mr. Hall, don‘t you think you need to explain to all the shareholders about the perfume formula leaks?” One of the major shareholders asked in a cold and questioning tone.

Nathaniel remained calm as he had thought of a countermeasure on this matter. He spread his arms to liis side as he replied unhurriedly and without hinting guilt. “I am sure all of you have seen the company‘s official statement. Currently, public opinion is still siding with our company. We are still maintaining a good reputation and public opinion. Concerning this matter, the pros far outweigh the cons. I don‘t think I need to explain anything.” “The formula leak will cause a direct monetary loss. Who knows how many other companies can imitate our product now?! Have you ever thought of the effect on our marketing? How dare you still say the pros outweigh the cons? Why don‘t you tell me who will be the one bearing these losses?!”

All shareholders cared about was their personal interests. They could no longer ignore the matter when it was apparent they would lose money. However, Nathaniel remained calm when faced with accusations. Ile leaned forward and crossed his arms on the table.

“Mr. Hayes, don‘t be so agitated. Let me explain to you slowly about the financial loss. The leaked perfume formulas are from our mature products, which have been on sale for a long time. Indeed, their sales volume consists of considerable amounts.

“In addition, the consumers liked them, and the perfumes had an excellent market response. Still, I want to remind everyone that these are old products and liave lost their novelty.”