Chapter 399


    Turning around, I saw that the host of the event, Richard, had appeared. Then, Kevin immediately


    greeted him: “Richard!”


    “Kevin, Mom has been looking everywhere for you. You should find out what it is,” said Richard, smiling


    at him.


    “Okay,” Kevin replied without asking questions. Before leaving, he turned to me and said: “Lilian, wait


    for me a bit. I’ll be right back. When this party is over, I’m going to offer you something delicious.”


    When he saw Kevin’s enthusiasm for me, the smile on Richard’s face faded a bit. “Dona Lilian, let’s talk


    somewhere.”


    I nodded and followed him out of the main hall and through the back door into the open garden


    outside. It was a huge gardenplete with pavilions, a small bridge with a stream of water


    underneath and all kinds of rare nts and flowers.


    Leading me down a path, we finally stopped at the pavilion in the center of theke. “Please sit down,


    Miss Lilian!” he


    offered.


    Unlike how he was with Isabe at the restaurant earlier, or how he spoke on the phone the other day, I


    found his current tone of voice a little odd. Despite this, I still sat down.


    Sitting next to me, he praised: “You dance well, Lilian


    “Thanks for thepliment, Young Master Richard”


    “How did you meet Kevin?” he asked.


    “Mypany coborated with the Walker Group, where I worked for a period before, and that’s how I


    met Kevin,” I exined.


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    “I see, he replied” Miss Lilian, I would like to talk about a project with you today, actually.”


    Excitement coursed through my veins when I heard him mention that. It felt like heaven was still kind to


    me, even though Eric tried all sorts of methods to put me through hell and refused to leave me


    alone. Still, Richard was a good man and really opened up about construction with me. So I figured it


    shouldn’t be too much of a problem to take over the interior design of his building. Suppressing the


    anxiety in me, I said. “Please go ahead young master RichardTM


    “Previously, Ms. Craig told me you’re an interior designer, and we hit it off as soon as I met


    you. Thinking that the end result will be beautiful if a handsome designer like you designs the interior of


    mypany building, I thought I’d let you have this project. However, I just heard some bad news


    today.”


    Stunned, I asked, “What kind of bad news?”


    “There are some rumors about you, Dona Lilian”, he replied. After a moment’s hesitation, he continued,


    “It might not sound pleasant to the ears, so I’m not sure I should continue.”


    Even though I had a feeling he was definitely going to say something horrible, I knew I hadn’t done


    anything wrong, so I wasn’t afraid to say anything bad. So I calmed down and said to him, “Please say


    what you think.”


    “I’m honest with you if you’re okay with it. Someone said that you are unprofessional as a designer and


    always act like a loose cannon, doing things however you want with no regard for your client’s


    feelings. If that’s the case. ..


    “Young master Richard, although I have not been in this field for a long time, I have never been


    unprofessional, let alone disregarding my client’s feelings. Someone is trying to tarnish my reputation,”


    I immediately rebutted.


    “I don’t think you’re such a person either, but this person painted a very clear picture and even said that


    you mmed the table in an argument with your client.”


    By now, even an idiot would have known who this client in question was. Within my five years in this


    industry. Eric was the only person I argued with, so obviously he was behind it too. It made me so


    angry I almost couldn’t breathe. “Young master Richard, you can’t just listen to your one-sided story.”


    ”Really? So what do you have to say about it?”