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Some people even laughed, saying that if they had delivered the breakfast, the result would have been different. They all sighed, realizing that beauty isn't everything. I watched them with amusement, suddenly noticing the positive atmosphere in the office.

However, during lunchtime in the cafeteria, something terrible happened. I had just arrived when someone splashed water on my face. The culprit was a colleague from our department. He had been laughing and talking with me that morning, but now he glared at me angrily. Several other colleagues also looked at me with angry and disdainful eyes. I stared blankly, unsure what had happened.

My colleague, Melany, who was with me, was equally confused. Frustrated, she asked, “What are you doing? Everything was fine; why did you pour water on Esmeralda?”

“We were being nice by not hitting her. You can ask her yourself what good things she’s done,” my colleague, Bennett, retorted angrily.

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I furrowed my brows and asked, “What did I do?”

“Oh my goodness, how dare you ask?” Bennett exclaimed. “This morning, the supervisor asked you to deliver breakfast to the boss to impress him. But what did you do? You tried to seduce him.”

He continued, explaining that I failed to seduce the boss, angering him and resulting in my ejection by his bodyguards, bringing shame to the department. He added that this would lead to salary deductions for everyone. “You shameless troublemaker,” he raged, “don’t drag our department into your attempts to seduce a rich person. It’s unbelievable the supervisor still thinks highly of you.”

Melany exclaimed, “No way, Esmeralda doesn’t seem like that kind of person. Did you guys make a mistake?”

“Listen for yourself; everyone in the cafeteria was talking about it. If she didn’t do it, would others say so?”

“Yeah, when we arrived, everyone was talking about it. They all saw Esmeralda being kicked out by the boss’s bodyguard. Is it possible this is false?”

“Yeah, yeah, I never expected her to look so innocent and yet be such a person.”

Almost all my colleagues were talking about me.

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Melany, believing the accusations, stood by Bennett, disappointedly saying, “Esmeralda, how could you be like this? We trusted you so much; you really let us down.”

“I didn’t,” I said quietly. “I didn’t try to seduce the boss. The bodyguard stopped me at the staircase; I didn’t even see him.”

“You’re still lying; are they deliberately framing you?” Bennett angrily interjected.

Other people in the cafeteria were indeed talking about the incident and pointing at me. I was speechless.

Bennett declared, “In the future, we’ll all ignore her. This woman is cunning, pretending to be calm on the surface but secretly using our department as a stepping stone.”

“I didn’t!” I said urgently, trying to explain. But no one believed me.

“I’m getting angrier. How high were the supervisor’s expectations this morning? She actually tried to seduce the boss behind his back. It’s despicable.”

“Yeah, if she succeeded, she would benefit alone. If she failed, the whole department suffers. She’s cunning.”

“Come on, her? She seduced him? Just because she’s a little… prettier? The big boss—he can have any woman he wants.”

“Alright, alright, from now on, let’s ignore her. Such a cunning person—who knows when she might stab you in the back.”

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My colleagues finished their conversation and went to lunch together, refusing to speak to me. I watched them eat, then tried to explain, but they all avoided me, isolating me. I looked at them sadly. After spending a half-month together, I genuinely enjoyed working with them, and the office atmosphere had been positive.

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