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Chapter 8: You’ve Found Her?

Julia’s POV:

Stunned by her betrayal, I stood like a frozen sculpture a few steps away staring ardently at Yasmine’s cunning smile. She boldly answered Damon without any trace of shame for stealing my proposal idea which I had worked so hard to prepare for almost pulling on an all-nighter.

The other girls in the room also stared at her in disbelief, as if none of them could process Yasmine coming up with such a brilliant idea in a short time, since she was the most junior subordinate among all.

While I was too shocked to even blink my lashes, I saw a big satisfied smile appear on Damon’s face after he heard her idea. Tilting his head a little, he questioned, “Trending you say, huh? Well, have you prepared a file for your project proposal, Miss Yasmine?”

“Of course, Sir. I have the complete file ready for you, and I made sure to include a list of the top places where you would be able to enjoy a majestic drone show on your lovely date.” Still holding onto her boisterous smug face, Yasmine went ahead and handed her file to Damon, making me ardently shuffle my gaze to scan those documents.

I was shocked beyond disbelief to see those were all the same documents I had organized and printed from the computer a moment ago! It added fuel to my boiling rage when I realized under the pretense of helping me with the print earlier, Yasmine secretly accessed my prepared document and printed a copy for herself, so that she could present that in the interview today.

And here…I thought she was genuinely helping me and even shared my idea with her without a second thought, just like a colleague should be.

What did I ever do wrong to end up getting hurt by everyone like this?

While I was gritting my jaws in anger to watch Damon intensely scrolling through her file and let out a big smile when he praised her, “Great job, Miss Yasmine. I can see you had put a great effort into preparing the proposal.”

“Thank you very much, Sir.” Like a cunning wench, she continued faking that proud smile while earning the share of praise I deserved from Damon today. She didn’t even bother to meet my fuming gaze and quietly stepped aside after she was done with the interview.

“Next, Miss Julia.” I winced from Damon’s cold curious voice calling my name, and I crumpled the proposal file I was carrying with me trying to suppress my flaring rage. Even if I try to claim she had stolen my idea, no one will give witness in my favor since she had earned Damon’s favor already.

“I am looking forward to hearing what you have planned,” Damon called me again with a small frown in his brows as if he could see through the emotional turmoil I was going through.

With a small nervous gulp, I mumbled, “One second Sir,” and tossed my hard-worked file into the dustbin at the corner of the room, surprising everyone present inside there.

“Wait…did you just toss your proposal file in the bin?” As if Damon was quite baffled by my action, he asked in a low mumble as I walked close to his desk.

Inside my heart, I was nervous and terribly anxious, but I faked a confident smile outside keeping it professional, “I feel the proposal I had prepared belonged to the trash, that’s why I have discarded it. And, I have thought of a new one for you.”

This time I could feel Yasmine confusedly staring at me from aside, which made me gain a sense of superiority to crush her selfish desire of watching me get humiliated by Damon. Flipping my hair on the other side of my shoulder, I muttered, “I do not have the written proposal ready for my new idea, so can I still present it to you, Sir?”

“Hah, Miss Julia…you never fail to come up with your amazing ways of surprising me.” Damon sounded a little amused by my gesture while giving me his permission with a nod.

I took a deep breath and inhaled as I began, “I believe that no matter how much we try to show our affection for that person through romantic date plans, what matters the most is what you feel for her in your heart.”

My voice deepened with a sadness reflecting in my ocean eyes, as I pointed my finger towards my heart while narrating, “If she’s truly precious to you…let her know that you would give her the whole world so that she would never feel alone. Hold her hand tight and affirm that you will be by her side amidst the turbulence life throws at us. Promise her that you’d never betray or hurt her…and…most importantly, tell her that you will truly love her until the very end. No other woman can expect a bigger gift than loyalty and commitment from her partner, more than anything else in the world.”

Within those few minutes, I didn’t have any other choice but to present my inner feelings in the name of the proposal, which left all the girls awestruck in the room, including Yasmine who was stunned by my quick tactics to solve the crisis, including Damon who seemed quite taken aback from my answer.

As I sensed his piercing intense gaze locked on me for a moment, I felt a shiver run down my spine and a strong intuition that claimed once again that I had felt this kind of similar gaze locked on me before… But before I could speak more, Damon stood up from his chair and marched towards me.

“Miss Julia…I—”

RING RING!

But before he could finish his sentence, his phone suddenly rang aloud, breaking our conversation as he stepped aside to pick it up. Hearing quietly for a few seconds, I saw a jovial smile flash on his radiantly beautiful face when he almost shrieked out from excitement, “You’ve found her? Really?”

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