From Divorce To Dominance

Natalie looked up at Tessa with an unruffled expression, "Do you really want me to bring out the evidence?" Her question was calm, but it made Tessa's heart s**p a beat. Tessa thought, 'Could she really have evidence? No. Impossible. It couldn't be. The surveillance footage from that day has already been dealt with Apart from me and Mandy, no one else will know what I did! Natalie is just trying to bluff. Tessa steadied her nerves and retorted I confidently, "If you have proof, then show it." Vivian frowned, "Ms. Xavier, if you really have evidence, please present it to prove the sheet music is yours."

"I will present it, Natalie said calmly, "but not now."

"Huh?" Tessa hadn't even spoken when Chloe burst out laughing sarcastically, "Natalie, enough! If you have the evidence, show it now. If not, you'd better apologize to Tessa! Also, you can't use this piece for tomorrow's performance." "Why?" E Emily fumed angrily. "Can you prove the sheet music is yours?" Tessa confidently said, "The mentors can prove it."

Emily pressed her lips together and glared at them fiercely, her eyes red with anger.

Seeing that Natalie didn't speak, Tessa took

another jab at her, "Natalie, didn't you say you had evidence? Show it to prove your innocence then."

She hated Natalie to the core. Natalie had stolen her spotlight and the attention and honors that should have belonged to her. A lowlife who got into bed with older men, Natalie should rot in the gutter where she belonged. How dare Natalie challenge her? Natalie glanced at her face. "Tomorrow. If you don't want a bad end, you'd better not use someone else's thing in tomorrow's performance."

They had been in a standoff for so long, and Natalie simply refused to present any evidence. Tessa was now convinced that she didn't have any so-called evidence and it was all just a bluff. Tessa sneered, "Do you think I'm scared of you? I didn't do what you accuse me of Whoever stole someone else's thing knows in their heart."

stubborn." Natalie didn't bother to argue anymore. "Let's just I'm trying to bluff you. If that makes you

"You!" Tessa bit her lip hard and stomped her foot, looking at Vivian. "Ms. Zavala, now do you plan to handle this?" Vivian hated Natalie. The worse Natalie did, the happier she was, but she still had to maintain her persona.

Seeing that both sides were sticking to their stories and wouldn't budge, she didn't want to get herself involved.

She shook her head in disappointment. "I will talk to Director Pierce about this matter and make sure it's thoroughly investigated. For now, let's continue our rehearsal."Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Backstage, upon hearing the news, Oscar rushed to the performance hall as soon as the rehearsal was over.

As soon as Tessa saw him, she ran over like he was her savior, "Director Pierce, you have to stand up for me on this one." But Oscar ignored her entirely and walked straight toward Natalie.

He personally handed her a cup of hot water, bowing and scraping, carefully choosing his words, "Ms. Xavier, I personally Sat, Sep 21

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believe your team wouldn't copy, but I still have to give everyone an explanation...

"Don't worry about it. Natalie interrupted him. "I'll handle it. You can go now."

Oscar's mouth twitched, but his body instinctively complied. "Alright."

He turned to leave dejectedly but came back worriedly after taking a few steps, "Ms. Xavier, my show won't get ruined, right?

"No, it won't," Natalie reassured him. However, her next sentence made him panic again. "But some people are done for

Oscar came and went within five minutes, treating everyone present like part of the background except for Natalie.

all Tessa bit her lip hard, filing her mouth with a metallive taste, Filled with jealousy and hatred, she thought. Today you ignore me, but tomorrow I'll make sure you can't reach me. Only idiots with no sense will flatter that shameless Natalie. Tomorrow, I'll make Natalie fall from grace after reaching the top. I've been waiting for this for so long. It's almost here. Around 7 p.m., it was in the

in the CEO's office of the Luther Group. Darren was still busy working. His desk was covered with piles of reports, all filled with dense numbers. Although the company's performance targets had been consistently met over the past few months, Darren, the talented young CEO who took over the family business at the age of seventeen and had a keen sense for these things, felt a mysterious force working against the Luther Group beh behind the scenes.

Although the opponent didn't cause him major losses, they kept creating small problems. He found it both time-consuming and expensive to resolve these issues, making him quite frustrated.

He wondered, Who on earth is causing these problems?" Darren knitted his brows. Just then, his phone suddenly rang. It was Howard calling

I but pressed the answer button, and a voice immediately came through.

Darren frowned but

"Darren! Get to the bar. Quick! Something really, really, really important happened," said Howard.

"I'm not going," Darren said, pinching his brow. Tm working

"Come on," Howard wailed. "What could be more important than my lifelong happiness?"

Darren tapped his tongue against his teeth and let out a chuckle, "Lifelong happiness?"

"Yeah! After Natalie's performance tomorrow, I want to give her a huge surprise. The day after tomorrow is our date. You don't know my date plan yet, do you? It's super romantic. I guarantee, any woman who goes on a date with me will fall deeply in love," said Howard confidently. "Really?" Darren sneered, curling his lips. "I'll be right there."

Half an hour later, Darren walked into the private room and immediately noticed the roses on the table and the impeccably

dressed Howard.

Ethan was there with his

girl too, both of them grinning from ear to ear.

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Darren. You're here: Howard said excitedly. "How do you like my outfit?" Sep 21

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strode past him with his long legs and sat on the sofa. "Pretentious."

Ethan laughed unreservedly again.

Howard gritted his teeth. "What's pretentious about it? Don't you think I look dashing today?"

Darren laughed, "I don't think so."

"Darren!" Howard huffed as he sat down. "I don't care what you say. Anyway, I'm planning to confess to Natalie just like this tomorrow. By the way, check out this dance I learned just for her. I'm going to perform it for Natalie on our date." As he spoke, he placed the bouquet on the table and performed a cheesy striptease. Just as Darren was about to comment, his phone rang. It was a call from his grandpa, Henry.

He turned and walked into the room's private section to answer the phone.

Henry, full of energy, immediately laid out his request, "Tomorrow, after Natalie's performance, she'll have two days off. Invite her over for a meal at our place." Henry hung up as per his usual style, not giving Darren a chance to speak. Darren was getting seriously annoyed. If he could have asked her out, he would've done it already. The reason he hadn't was because Natalie was starting to play hard to get. He'd asked her out in person and got rejected. Then she had even kicked him out of that chat group. If he were still in the group, he might have had a chance. Suddenly, Darren looked up. Through a pane of glass, he saw Howard with a bright smile and animated gestures. Darren slightly raised an eyebrow. He had an idea.