My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey) novel Chapter 482

Lanny pretended to cough. "Actually, I should be the one who won the honor last year. However, I was sick at that time, thus I didn't look well. Otherwise, the honor must have belonged to me."

"You're right, Lanny. Don't worry, it must be you this time," said the woman beside Lanny.

"If Mr. Whitlock danced with you, he would certainly be obsessed with your beauty and graceful dance."

They began to flatter more.

"By the way, I heard that Mr. Whitlock is not married. He seems to be over 30 years old. Lanny, you've got to go for it. Perhaps you will stand a chance to be his girlfriend."

"Yes, Lanny is beautiful and young. Not to mention she has a good family background. Maybe Mr. Whitlock would really like her." Another colleague chimed in with others.

Lanny smiled very happily as she listened to those flattering words in the office.

What a hypocritical scene.

Natalie could not help but let out a cough.

With that, everyone stopped talking and turned to

look at Natalie.

Natalie was silent.

She did not do it on purpose. She just coughed unintentionally. She didn't expect that everyone would fix their gaze at her.

Natalie could only explain with a wry smile, "Well, I just want to mention that Mr. Whitlock is not back yet until now. He probably won't attend the annual dinner tonight."

Everyone's face changed all of a sudden. Lanny's reaction was the most obvious.

She felt that Natalie was slapping her in the face in public.

Lanny glared at Natalie angrily. "Even if Mr. Whitlock were here, he wouldn't have a crush on you!"

Natalie was speechless.

She knew herself well. Thus, she never had such a delusional thought.

Natalie continued to grin. "I know, that's why I never daydream. Lanny, don't you think so?"

Lanny's face darkened in an instant.

She thought Natalie must have said that on purpose.

Natalie said that to her deliberately.

However, Natalie was grinning cheekily, thus she could not get mad anyway.

The evening rolled around.

Natalie changed into the dress Yvonne had given her and put on a pair of low-heels.

Of course, a pair of high heels was more appropriate for such an occasion. However, she was not good at wearing high-heels. Thus, she opted for low-heels instead.

Natalie took a taxi to go to the destination.

This time, the annual dinner of the YS Group was held at the best hotel in Agaphen City.

When Natalie arrived in front of the hotel, she saw a lot of cars parked outside.

Although not all of them were luxurious cars, they were at least high-end cars.

Although it was just the company's annual dinner, the scene was grand, and there was even a long red carpet on the floor.

When Natalie was at the hotel entrance, she saw Lanny and Doris.

They were walking hand in hand and were both dressed gorgeously.

Natalie nodded to them politely and went straight in.

She didn't like these two women very much and didn't want to spend much time with them.

Doris peered at Natalie with a gleam in her eyes. "Lanny, why does that scrubby Natalie wear such a beautiful dress? It seems to be from Dior."

Lanny grunted. "Hmph, does she deserve that?!"

Thinking about Natalie's sarcasm in the afternoon, Lanny was furious.

She hated Natalie so much.

"Even the poor Natalie wants to show off!" There was a hint of hatred in Lanny's eyes.

She whispered at Doris.

After a while, she took Doris's arm and caught up with Natalie hurriedly. "Natalie, Natalie."

Natalie heard someone calling her, hence she stopped.

"Natalie." Lanny trod to Natalie and spoke in a warm voice that Natalie had never heard before. "You look so beautiful today."

A hint of suspicion flashed through Natalie's eyes.

What should she do?

There was no way she was going to wear a torn dress to the annual dinner.

In desperation, Natalie found a waitress who was about her size and borrowed clothes from her.

The waitress only brought white sportswear with her.

Natalie knew that it would be very odd and incongruous to wear sportswear on such an occasion.

However, she had no choice. It was better than wearing a torn dress.

Natalie changed into sportswear.

Sure enough, she was ridiculed when she came out.

Many colleagues looked at Natalie and whispered.

"Isn't that the newbie, Natalie? Why is she dressed like that? Can't she even afford a nice dress?"

"I heard that this girl's family condition is bad, and she doesn't even have a house. Perhaps she lives in a rented apartment. Thus, it's reasonable for her to wear such clothes." The guest of the annual dinner kept pointing at her.

"She shouldn't attend the annual dinner if she's poor. Doesn't she know that everyone has to dress up nicely here?" A woman mocked at the side.

When Natalie came in earlier, no one noticed her. Moreover, Lanny tore her dress at a hidden place.

Therefore, they assumed Natalie came in her sportswear directly.

Natalie listened to the gossip of these people and did not want to explain much.

They were right. She was poor and couldn't afford a dress.

Yet she didn't think that it was anything to be ashamed of either.

The chatter of these people wouldn't hurt her

anyway.

Natalie simply put her attention on the sumptuous food in the hotel.

The only thing that would please her in this annual dinner was the wide choice of food.

Seeing that Natalie did not care about the comments of others and even enjoyed eating, the people felt more speechless.