MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

Savannah's eyes reddened.

From her point of view, she should hate her grandpa.

But from Raymond's point of view, what he did was understandable.

If her own daughter had been kidnapped and sold, wandering and suffering for so many years, after finding her back, she would also try to separate her from her previous life in order not to remind her of those terrible days and nights.

In her dream, her father told her that love was more important than hate.

She could not be truly happy if she lived in hatred.

Perhaps it was time to let go of all hatred and resentment...

After all, her father had said he didn't hate anyone anymore. She should also let it go.

***

A few days later, Joanne called Savannah. She said that Raymond had a lot of business associates in LA, so he wanted to hold a business party before he left. He invited Savannah to come together with Joanne.

Savannah hesitated.

"He's going back to Chicago soon. You have little chance to see him often." Joanne said softly.

Savannah nodded and agreed.

***

The party was set for next Saturday evening.

Savannah spent several days in K&G, intending to finish the new designs of Young series for the coming season by the end of next week.

This day, she had just arrived at the office in the morning and turned on the computer, when there came abrupt knocks on the door, and Tina walked in.

"Miss Schultz, we're in trouble!" she said quickly with a grave face.

"What's the matter?" Savannah stood up.

"Maple Style of Young series has just come into the market, but someone pointed out that it's very similar to the style of a small clothing factory, and the clothes of that factory came out more than half a month earlier than Maple Style. Now it's said that K&G copied the idea from that small factory!" Tina handed Savannah a picture of the outfit from that small factory.

The pupils of Savannah's eyes constricted.

The style of the dress on the picture was almost exactly the same as the Maple Style of K&G's fall collections!

Maple Style was the main autumn style of Young series. It was trendy and fashionable, making young women look smart and striking, and it was earth tone colored, which encouraged warmth. The maple leaf patterns on the clothes were hand-drawn by Savannah personally, so it was also called Maple Style.

But now, the maple leaf on the clothes from the small clothing factory was exactly the same as the pattern hand-painted by Savannah!

And their products came into the market half a month earlier than K&G's Maple Style!

How did that happen?

"Miss Schultz, a reporter called the company and asked us about K&G's copying designs..." An assistant reported nervously as she came running in.

Savannah knew it was not the time to panic.

"Tell them not to believe what they heard. Let them give us time to check into it, and I will explain to the public later," she said calmly.

The assistant nodded and went out.

"Miss Schultz, it seems that someone stole the design draft of Maple Style and sold it to that factory." Tina frowned.

That should be the truth, but Savannah had no idea who the thief was, and she couldn't explain it to the public without proof. No one would believe her words, and they would think she accused others of the theft to sneak away herself.

Only Tina and two assistants were allowed to enter her office, and she believed the thief was not one of them. If it was not her staff who stole the designs, that could only be the workers in their cooperative manufacturer. Someone stole the design drafts after they were sent to the manufacturer for apparel sample production.

But many people had a chance to get the designs, so it was very hard to find out who was the thief!

If they couldn't find out who stole the design, they couldn't prove that K&G didn't copy!

Just thinking about it was depressing.

This was the first time she had ever had a problem since she took over K&G, and it was such a tough problem.

Savannah asked Tina to appease K&G's employees and then told her to investigate the theft. After that, she called YSHEN personally to explain that there was a misunderstanding.

The charge of plagiarism was fatal frustration for companies in the design industry.

If she couldn't solve the problem immediately, there would be a clear crisis in K&G's brand image, and people would have doubts about K&G's commercial integrity.

Her employees would also lose faith in her and come to mistrust her.

It meant that all her work would have been wasted.

It was so distasteful!

Shortly before noon, the phone rang.

Joanne, worried about Savannah after learning the news about K&G, called to inquire what had occurred.

Savannah told her mother that the Maple Style design had been stolen and sold and asked her not to worry about her.

"I can deal with it," she said.

"Savannah, your grandpa heard about it this morning. He said he could arrange a lawyer for you. The Morton group has a good legal team. They are good at dealing with this kind of case."

"No, mom," Savannah took a breath and said, I'm now the head of K&G. I must deal with it myself."

"But..." Joanne was still worried.

"Mom, I'll call you when I need your help," Savannah said bye and hung up.

After refusing her grandfather's help, Savannah called Tina in.

"How's it going?"

"According to your instructions, I checked into the people who had access to the design draft, from K&G's staff to the workers of the manufacturer... But too many people were involved, and it's impossible to find out who let the design draft out. Even if we know someone had stolen it, we don't have any proof." Tina looked very bad.

Savannah's heart sank. The situation was as expected.

Tina continued, "a lot of reporters gathered at the door of our company, asking you to give the public and that clothing factory a lucid explanation of the plagiarism. If we keep silent, I'm afraid it will get worse and worse outside."

Savannah squinted at the clock on the wall and stood up.

"Tina, take the reporters to the conference room, I will hold a clarification meeting at 2 p.m."

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Dearest Lovies, 

Let me greet you all, Happy Valentines Day. Today, I decided to give a mass release as part of this special heart day. I hope everyone will have a great Valentines' celebration with your loved ones. 

I knew the past few uploaded chapters for this novel were a bit depressing and frustrating, but let me remind you not to take it to your heart. This one was only a product of my wild imagination and a part of the entertainment, neither a fact at all. 

Rest assured, the couple will learn this past event, cherish each other, and build a better relationship. In reality, every dire circumstance teaches us a great lesson. There's no perfect human being, and every mistake we've made will serve us as a stepping stone to grow mature. 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! Have a great weekend!

Love lots,

Anna Shannel Lin