The senior managers looked at Derrick in confusion.
They completely had no idea what Derrick meant.
Fire her?
The only person whom they were discussing to fire or not was Sarah. So it was supposed to be clear
whom Derrick was referring to.
If so, the drawings of the designs had been drawn by Sarah?
How could that be possible?
Although they were not actual professionals when it came to design, they had seen some of Sarah's
work.
There was a world of difference between those and the ones in front of them now.
It could even be said that they were heaven and earth.
But a few moments earlier, Derrick had just told them that they were drawn by Sarah. How could they
believe it?
For a while, the meeting room was so quiet that one could even hear a pin drop.
The senior managers didn't have anything to say about it for some reason.
"No, I didn't draw these. How could they be my drawings! All of them look like trash! They are not
mine!"
All of a sudden, a sharp female voice broke the silence of the meeting room.
The one who spoke was none other than Sarah.
In fact, she was certain that she had made all of these drawings.
She thought had destroyed all of them but she didn't know why they appeared in Derrick's hand now!
Upon hearing this, all the top managers in the conference room looked at Sarah.
If it had been in the past, Sarah would be so delighted that so many senior managers were looking at
her.
But at that moment, when she felt every gaze of the top managers in front of her, she felt that her legs
were so weak that she wanted to escape.
At the very least, she was afraid.
Even though she was scared, Sarah knew what she should do and what she shouldn't.
She had to make it clear right then and there. She had to get rid of any suspicion about her, or she
would have to leave the company.
And Sarah was sure that she didn't want to do that.
After all, she had been working in the company for a long time, so she already had enough insight
about it. When the top managers turned to look at her, though she was scared inside, she didn't let it to
show on her face. She just took a deep breath and said, "I did not make any of these drawings."
For a while, the senior managers in the conference room continued to look at her. But this time, they
did it in a more subtle way.
Although they wanted to say something to help her, since the facts had been laid out in front of them, it
didn't matter whether they believe her or not. What else could they say? Could such a person be
allowed to continue working in the company?
But Derrick looked at Sarah with a faint smile and said, "Have I said anything about who had drawn
this? I haven't, have I? Even so, why are you getting so defensive? Are these drawings yours or not?"
Hearing that, Sarah's eyelids twitched. Now she finally understood why the leaders would look at her in
that way when she denied that the drawings belonged to her.
Derrick
had set up a trap for her!
Sarah bit her lip. She then thought, 'Do I have to admit it now?'
"Okay, these drawings are mine. But every artist has their own ups and downs. You can't guarantee
that one would always have inspiration all the time.
I suppose that I have contributed a lot to the company these past few years. I designed a lot of good
things for the corporation. I have done a lot to make this business become what it is right now.
Recently, I ran out of inspiration. We call it 'creative block'. It was just this one time. But then you chose
to treat me this way?"
Sarah thoroughly explained.
Everything went well with the company all these years, so Sarah still had some confidence when she
talked, and her tone slightly showed that she felt she was justified to question the senior managers.
The expression of the senior managers darkened while listening to her. They were even pleading for
her case, but they didn't expect Sarah would think this way.
Indeed, she had contributed a lot for the company, but the corporation had also spent a lot on the
publicity of her work. If the company were not that powerful, she wouldn't get any recognition from the
public even if she were that talented.
Without the company, how could she get to her current status all by herself?
What she had now was all given by the company. Didn't the corporation help her achieve all of those
awards?
But now, she was taking all of it for granted.
For a moment, no one spoke and silence once again descended on the meeting room.
In fact, they didn't know what to say.
Moments earlier, they were still thinking about how to keep Sarah in the company. But after hearing
what she had to say, they all felt uncomfortable.
Besides, when they looked at the drawings, they felt even worse.
Looking at Sarah, Chloe raised her eyebrows and thought, 'She isn't that smart.
She revealed her weakness so easily. How did she even manage to have Ashley get fired before?'
Earlier, Chloe was still wondering what kind of strategy she should deploy in order to deal with Sarah.
But now it seemed like she didn't even need to do anything at all.
Chloe felt a little bored so she yawned before saying, "Well, now that she has admitted that she drew
these designs, then I'm going to fire her. Does anyone have any objections?"
After thinking for a while, she added, "Besides, there are a lot of newcomers in our company. Plenty of
them have potential. You won't give up the entire forest for a tree, will you? We should discover more
capable designers.
I don't know what all of you are thinking right now. But during her stay here, she was given all the
resources that she needed. The company did not fail in providing for her. So are you going to ruin this
entire corporation because of her?
If one day she leaves the company or she steals something from the business, how can the corporation
survive, since she's the only designer in here?"
Chloe then rolled her eyes.
The senior managers looked at each other and realized that what Chloe said seemed to be reasonable.
But they couldn't deny the fact that the other designers of the company couldn't make anything
worthwhile at present.
So they had no other choice but to rely on Sarah.
Now that they thought about it, they realized that the situation seemed strange.
How come the new designers were all so incompetent?
If the designers were lacking in talent, they shouldn't have been recruited in the first place.
The top managers looked at Sarah and couldn't help but suspect that she had the motive to create
such kind of a situation.
On the other hand, Sarah was still in a daze, thinking about what Chloe had said just then.
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