Chapter 62
Layla smiled and thanked her. As she and Benson were high–fiving each other, Tiffany walked past and said coldly, “So much for wanting to change groups this morning. Now, you’re friends again. You’re so childish.
“At least we have manners and don’t go around snatching deals from other people. Isn’t that right, Sales Snatcher?”
With that, Layla sashayed past Tillany.
Benson hurried after her. “You’re really daring, Layla. You’re a newcomer, but you actually dare to cross her.”
care about Tiffany at all. She walked out to return Robert’s call.
Layla didn’t ca
At lunchtime, Benson was scrolling on his phone when he realized that the website he’d been following had been deactivated. He had planned to read up on some gossip while eating, but he was met with an apology statement from the website, saying that they had defamed a public figure for clout and that they wanted to publicly apologize to Layla Murray.
“Fuck”
“What’s up?” Layla asked. She was a picky eater, and the takeout she was having wasn’t to her taste. She ate her food while picking out the bits that she didn’t want. As she spoke, she leaned in toward Benson
“The piece of gossip that we were talking about yesterday has been taken down,” Benson said, showing her his phone.
“That was fast,” Layla said with surprise.
Benson was stunned. ”
“What?”
Layla tried to cover up her previous words and replied, “Oh, it’s nothing. Let’s eat.”
Benson read the apology and then said, “She’s a trashy person, isn’t she? I’d always thought that what they said about her was true. I was ready to curse her out as well. Oh, and you both share the same name.”
were the s
same person
Layla hummed in response. Little did he know that they were
As he surfed the internet, Layla’s group of friends began sending her messages.
“Lay, I won’t believe you when you say that Mr. Yates doesn’t like you. Your scandals have been completely removed from the entire internet. I heard that Mr. Yates had spent the whole day getting his company’s legal department to clear up the accusations.
second that.”
“Me three.”
“Maybe it’s because all that gossip about me would damage the Murray Group’s stock value, Layla guessed.
“oh, for god’s sake. Everyone knows that your reputation does literally nothing to Murray Group. The only ones that can affect its reputation are your grandfather and your husband.”
Layla put down her utensils and packed up the leftovers as she said, “I’ll be going out for a while, Benson. You can eat alone.”
“Are you already done? You barely ate anything.”
Layla threw the leftovers away and then went outdoors to chat with her friends.
“Who told you that Stephen is clearing up
up the gossip about ine, Giselle?”
Giselle replied, “My dad. He witnessed it today.”
The group began insisting that Stephen liked Layla. They even began dissecting the clues from the past, Only Layla was confused and left wondering why Stephen would do this
She then decided to call him, which was something she rarely did.
After a few beeps, Stephen picked up the phone. “What’s up, Layla?”
“What happened to all that gossip about me?” she asked.
“I was worried that it would damage the company’s value, so I took care of it,” Stephen said as he sat in the meeting room. He watched as his employee handed him the latest updates and then nodded as a sign for him to continue.
Laylasat beside some flowers and stared at the hem of her skirt. She didn’t believe him, but she still said, “Oh. Well, you can keep doing it then ”
