Bye-bye Trash! Hello Queen! novel Chapter 239

The words hit Natalie like a physical blow. She closed her eyes, trying to quell the rage rising in her chest.

“Check who’s been in my office recently.”

Luna hesitated. “Only Jerome.”

Natalie stormed out of the office. It all came back to her now. Jerome had destroyed her sketches, but he must have photographed them first.

Luna followed close behind, her voice cold. “I checked the security footage. He took pictures before he tore them up.”

Natalie’s eyes welled up with tears. For the past two years, she had put everything on hold to care for Sebastian, entrusting her company to Keith. If she hadn’t wasted that time, her business would have been thriving by now.

It was true what they said: men only slow you down.

Luna drove Natalie to find Jerome. He was at a garage, checking his race car.

He looked up and saw Natalie approaching, a storm cloud on her face. A look of disgust crossed his features. “Natalie, what are you doing here? I haven't even settled the score with you for what you did to Dad last night.”

Natalie marched up to him and slapped him hard across the face.

“What the hell, Natalie? Are you crazy? You think you can just hit me?” Jerome exploded, his handsome face twisting into an ugly, venomous snarl.

Jerome watched the video of himself, his mind reeling. He had done it, but only because he thought the designs were good and wanted to show them to Joanna. But he had gotten busy and forgotten all about it.

“Natalie, I didn’t do it! Don’t frame me! I took the pictures to show Joanna, but I never got the chance. You can check my phone if you don’t believe me.”

He pulled out his phone and opened his photo gallery. He stared at the screen, dumbfounded. The pictures were gone.

“They… I didn’t delete them. Where did they go?”

Natalie glared at his pathetic act, her eyes burning with rage. “Stop pretending. The designs in those photos are identical to the ones the Griffith Group just released.”