When the Wind is Sweet: The Fairy Tale of Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster-Chapter 204: What Is President Lancaster Really Thinking?

After delivering the documents and finishing his work, Dustin Shepherd returned to the president’s office with concerns about Faye Turner.

Adrian Lancaster was still sitting at his desk, calmly working as if nothing had happened.

Dustin put down the documents and looked up at him several times, each time stopping himself from speaking, mindful of his own position.

But he was also worried that the president might be too busy to really know what had happened.

After considering for about ten minutes, Dustin finally couldn’t help but speak, "President Lancaster, about Miss Turner and Serena Sutton’s work tying for first place this time..."

Adrian Lancaster looked up, and Dustin cut off his sentence.

"Go on," he said in a gentle voice, pausing his work and leaning lightly against the back of his chair.

"It’s just that right now... there are rumors going around that Miss Turner plagiarized Serena Sutton’s ideas, with all sorts of defamatory statements circulating."

"How do you know it’s defamatory?" President Lancaster casually asked.

Dustin felt a little flustered by this direct question.

But once the topic was started, he continued with forced courage, "I believe she wouldn’t plagiarize. With her personality, she would disdain doing such a thing."

"You know her well?"

"..." Dustin realized he couldn’t say more, so he paused, "There are also quite a few people in the company talking about it, and even more negative comments online, which could somewhat affect the company and you, given that she is Mrs. Lancaster."

Adrian Lancaster’s eyebrows slightly furrowed, "You seem to be more anxious than I am." Clearly, his calm tone indicated that he was aware of the situation.

Dustin fell silent.

Adrian Lancaster detected a concern in Dustin’s tone that seemed disproportionate to his role, which inexplicably made him uncomfortable.

Soon, President Lancaster took back his gaze and handed a document on the desk to Dustin, his lips lightly parting as he said, "Review this, and also follow up on Mr. Lane’s project from yesterday. It would be best to have feedback results by the afternoon."

Dustin then realized that his worries and concerns were unnecessary.

"Yes." He quickly took the document, saluted, and turned to leave.

Until the end of the workday, Faye Turner remained in low spirits, even though her colleagues wouldn’t discuss her in front of her.

But the feeling of being talked about behind her back was really uncomfortable.

The whole day, Faye Turner didn’t offer any explanation.

Therefore, Serena Sutton got a bit carried away, "She must have plagiarized. Otherwise, why wouldn’t she clear her name?"

She suddenly realized that Faye Turner was such a coward!

And Adrian clearly didn’t love her, nor would he help her! This matter was as good as settled!

Faye Turner left the company early, and Uncle Lane drove her back to Aqua Flora Residences.

She sat in the back seat, turning her eyes to the street view outside the window. The whole day, things had been escalating online, and Adrian Lancaster ignored her, leaving her wondering what he was thinking.

She had shown him her design draft.

He was a witness, after all.

But he was so calm about it?

Sometimes this man really was unpredictable.

After a while, Serena Sutton, in her high heels, walked out from the company’s lobby only to be surrounded by a group of reporters who had just arrived!

She was first startled, then a bit flustered, but still maintained a smile, after all, it was at the company’s entrance, what if she ran into Adrian...

"Miss Sutton, Mrs. Lancaster plagiarized your work and can still tie with you for first place—are you just okay with this?"

"Miss Sutton, you must be feeling wronged, right? Is there anything you’d like to say to your fans?"

"Miss Sutton, how are the prizes from this competition being distributed? Is it also 50-50?"

"Then how could Mrs. Lancaster have the nerve to accept it?"

Just as Serena Sutton faced the reporters’ barrage of questions, her mind unable to keep up and not yet organized to respond, Adrian Lancaster and Dustin Shepherd, hands in their pockets, stepped out of the elevator.