Hearing her words, Carla, who was about to enter the elevator, stood rooted to her spot. She knew what secrets Lola was threatening her with.
She could not imagine the disastrous consequences if the circumstances of her children's births were revealed.
The media would find out about her hiring a gigolo, and they would definitely put words into her mouth before they spread the news.
When that happened, not only would she have to face Zayn, but the children would also be traumatized.
Furthermore, she had yet to find out whether Zayn was the gigolo that night.
"Please leave. Stop making a ruckus in Divine Corporation."
The few security guards then dragged Lola out.
"Let go of me. Let go!" Lola continued struggling vehemently as she screamed, "Don't you know who I am? My husband's Harry Stayton. How dare you lay your hands on me? I'm going to get my lawyer and sue you!"
"Help! The security guards at Divine Corporation are beating me up. They're beating me up!"
None of the security guards paid any attention to her words as they continued to drag her out.
Refusing to give up, Lola continued yelling, "Carla, are you really planning to hide in there? I'm going to the reporters right away and I'll-"
Before Lola could finish her threat, Carla scuttled out. "Stop making a fuss here. Let's have a private talk instead."
"There you are, you finally have the guts to face me, " Lola sneered. "Why should we have a private talk? Are you afraid that I'd expose some ugly details about you? Why didn't you think of that when you were seducing my husband?"
"You've misunderstood me. There's nothing going on between your husband and me."
While Carla was talking, many of her colleagues had crowded around them. Most of them did not care about the fact that they were about to be late for work; they only wanted to hear more gossips.
Even the security guards were watching them from the side.
Just then, Avares walked over and whispered, "Carla, do you need help?"
"No, I'm fine." Carla did not want to trouble him nor involve him in the mess.
"I've misunderstood?" Lola questioned in agitation. "If there's nothing going on between the two of you, why are you two on a date? Why are you holding hands? Who knows if you've done other things with him? Do you think I'm a fool?"
"We met that time to return the bracelet, " Carla stated. "You should know how important the collaboration with Divine Corporation is to your husband. If you keep this up, while it's true it'll affect me, I'm afraid it'll affect you worse."
Hearing that, Lola's expression froze. She understood Carla's words well, but fury had taken over her mind earlier. That was why she barged into Divine Corporation to curse at Carla, hoping to force her out of the building.
Now that she had achieved her aim, it would not be beneficial for her to keep up the maniacal act.
"There's a café opposite the street. Wait for me there. I'll be there in ten minutes after I apply for my leave."
Carla then turned to return to the office building.
"Don't leave!" Lola rushed forward to stop Carla but her path was blocked by Avares.
She was about to start hurling profanities again when Avares warned, "Mrs. Stayton, the company has informed Mr. Stayton about this matter. I'm sure he'll be here soon, so it's best if you stop making a fuss here."
"Who told you to inform him?" Anger exploded in Lola, but all she could do was to leave.
Meanwhile, Carla went to Mosa to apply for her leave.
When she found Mosa, the woman threw a stack of newspaper at her face and said sternly, "Carla, your private life has caused a lot of troubles for the company, and it's affecting the company's reputation. The higher-ups have notified us that you'll be suspended temporarily.
"Suspended? Why?" Carla promptly explained, "Miss Wright, this is a misunderstanding. I really didn't-"
"You don't need to explain to me, " Mosa interrupted. "It doesn't matter what the truth is. What matters most is that the company's reputation has suffered from this. You'll be suspended until this issue is resolved. This is just the company's standard operating procedure when handling this kind of problem."
With that, Mosa turned and left.
Carla was at a loss for words. This was a disaster that she never saw coming. I'm innocent! Why is the media spouting nonsense?
Nevertheless, her priority right now was to deal with Lola. Otherwise, should that woman lost her mind and exposed the matter about her children, she would be doomed.
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