Chapter 62 Sixty Two


    Isabelle appreciated Jacob’s support, but didn’t take his words seriously. It wasn’t like there was


    anything he could do to teach Naomi a lesson. As long as Naomi was dating Green Leaf’s CEO, she


    could do whatever she wanted at thepany.


    While Isabelle was disappointed to have lost her chance at the project, she was happy she still had a


    job. Keeping her job at the Larson Group was more important than taking part in a one-off project.


    So, she wasn’t going to do anything that could offend Naomi, and in extension Green Leaf’s CEO.


    Naomi had threatened to bar her from the industry, and while Isabelle was confident that her adoptive


    sister had no means to do that, she wasn’t sure about her CEO boyfriend. If Naomi lodged aint


    against her at the Larson Group and thepany chose to side with their client…


    She wasn''t going to risk it.


    Besides, after they had gotten back to the office after the unsavoury meeting with Naomi and her


    boyfriend, Grace had submitted a draft from another designer to Green Leaf Company right away.


    There was no need to dwell on it.


    She assured Jacob that she was over it, and that she would concentrate on the other designs she was


    working on. He nodded, but she could still see the fire in his eyes that suggested he was still thinking


    about her sister’s behaviour.


    The next day, Green Leaf Company approved the new draft Grace had sent. Grace made the


    announcement to the department, letting them know of the new designer whose draft had been chosen


    for the Green Leaf project.


    Isabelle felt a pang in her chest, but she pushed it away. It was none of her business anymore. There


    would be other projects in the future, projects without Naomi’s ws sunk into them.


    Grace then announced a meeting with the Green Leaf team, which had been scheduled to take ce


    as soon as the otherpany approved a draft.


    “I can’t believe they reced your drafts,” her colleague who sat closest to her said as they gathered


    materials for the meeting. She huffed and rolled her eyes. “Green Leaf must have very bad taste. Your


    design was way better than the one they epted.”


    Isabelle shrugged. “They must have their reasons,” she replied. Reasons like a CEO who let his


    girlfriend affect business decisions.


    “Reasons like a mediocre design director, maybe,” her coworker snorted.


    Isabelle wondered whether Naomi was even the design director at Green Leaf Company. She couldn’t


    think of any qualification her sister had that wouldnd her in such a position.


    Maybe being the CEO’s girlfriend was all the qualification needed.


    The two followed their colleagues to the meeting room and took seats at the conference table. Isabelle


    was hoping against all odds that Naomi wouldn’t show up with the Green Leaf team.


    But she had said she was the one in charge of the project, and Isabelle knew better than anyone that


    her sister would never bypass a chance to lord over her.


    Her fears were confirmed when a few minutester, Grace walked into the room, apanied by


    Naomi. Naomi was on her own, so she was the only one representing the client.


    “Everyone,” Grace started after weing Naomi to take a seat at the head of the table. Isabelle didn’t


    miss the self-important look on her adoptive sister’s face as she looked around the table, as if she was


    their CEO or something. “This is Miss Naomi Cruz. She is in charge of this project at Green Leaf


    Company, so she’ll be overseeing every step. Before we kick off the meeting, Miss Cruz would like to


    say something. Wee to the Larson Group, Miss Cruz. We are happy to have you.”


    Naomi nodded at Grace, assuming a smile whose fakeness Isabelle could detected from her position


    farther down the table. “Thank you. I’m thrilled to be coborating with the Larson Group on this project.


    This project is very important for ourpany, and naturally, we wanted only the best talents on it. The


    new design that Director Ocampo submitted yesterday is very brilliant, and we are confident the end


    result will be amazing.”


    She turned to look at Grace. “We are also grateful that you considered out desire to switch from the


    first design you sent us. Frankly speaking, it was trash, and it wasn’t what we were looking for.” She


    turned her attention back to the rest of the team sitting around the table. Her eyes rested on Isabelle.


    “The designer who submitted it needs to really work harder and do better. I couldn’t believe such a


    mediocre draft originated from the Larson Group, but oh well. It happens. At Green Leaf, we don’t


    ept anything but the best, and I hope all of you will keep that in mind as we go forward. We don’t


    want a situation where we have to waste any more time because of amateurish work.”


    Isabelle pretended she couldn’t see all the gazes being directed her way, but they were too obvious to


    ignore. Naomi hade to the Larson Group to humiliate her, and going by the barely concealed smirk


    on her face, she thought she had seeded.


    Grace spoke up, and Isabelle was happy that she was steering the meeting away from Naomi’s smear


    campaign. “Trust me, this is the best team you can have on this project. We’ll not let you down,” she


    assured her, passing over a few sheets of papers to Naomi. “Please have a look at this. This is what–”


    She trailed off when there was a knock on the door and then it opened and the vice president walked


    into the conference room.


    Jason walked straight to the head of the table and looked down at Naomi, who was busy studying the


    papers Grace had passed to her. “I’m sorry to interrupt,” Jason apologised, and then asked, “Ma’am,


    who are you?”


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    Naomi looked up as every eye in the room turned to her. She looked up at Jason, an impatient look on


    her face. “Excuse me?”


    “This is the meeting about the Green Leaf Company project, right?” Jason asked, looking around the


    room.


    “It is, sir,” Grace replied.


    “Who is this person, then?” He looked down at Naomi. “This is an important project that should only be


    presided over by the design directors from bothpanies. I’m pretty sure you’re not the person in


    charge of the design department at Green Leaf. That’s the person who is supposed to represent the


    Naomiughed and threw her head back. Haughtily, she dered, “I’m the girlfriend of the CEO of the


    Green Leaf Company.”


    After that deration, she looked around the table, as if expecting a round of apuse. Isabelle was


    almost embarrassed on her behalf.


    The way she threw around the fact that she was Green Leaf’s CEO’s girlfriend, you’d think she was the


    iing queen of some powerful monarchy. Green Leaf Company wasn’t even the biggestpany


    around. In fact, it was a subsidiary of arger corporation.


    How would she behave if she was dating, let’s say, the chairman of the corporation? Make every


    employee kiss the ground she walked on?


    While Naomi basked in whatever glory she thought her rtionship orded her, Jason was not the


    least amused. Seriously, he asked, “And what position do you hold at the Green Leaf Company?”