Chapter 117
However, Keith enly managed to pull together a gentle smile and said, “Go on up. Don’t overthink it
Serena didn’t say another word and turned to leave. Keith watched her back until her figure completely vanished into the stairwell
He lowered his head, looking at his own hands, suddenly feeling ridiculous. Leaning against the car door, he realized he seemed to have completely Fallen Serena.
Morning sunlight seeped through the gaps in
gaps in the curtains into the room. Serena opened her bed ayes. Her heard still felt healy, so the got up and wathed into the bathroom to splash water on her face. The cold water helped her regain some clarity
After a simple breakfast, Serena took the subway to work. Arriving at the office, she tried her best to hide her exhaustion. She forced a cheerful greeting to her colleagues and quickly walked to her desk
Shortly after sitting down, the internal phone rang. Max said, “Serena, come to my office.”
“Okay” Serena hurried to Max’s office.
She knocked gently and entered only when allowed. As soon as Serena came in, Max snapped, “Serona, how dare you!
Max slammed his desk, making Serena jump. She was confused.
Pointing at her, Maxe said. “You leaked the company’s new product ideas to competitors. Do you know how much loss you’ve caused the company!”
Serena was deeply puzzled. She had never leaked product ideas to competitors. “Mr. Davidson, could there be a mistake? I’ve never done such a thing” she said.
Max retorted, “The evidence is conclusive. Are you still denying it? Did you think no one would notice your little tricks?”
Hearing Max say the evidence was conclusive, Serena furrowed her brows, suspecting she was being framed.
“I’ve never done this. Someone must be framing me. I really didn’t-“Serena tried to explain, but Max cut her off roughly. He waved his hand in disgust and said, “Enough. There’s both human and material evidence. Stop denying it.”
Serena replied, “Fine. Since you say the evidence is conclusive, please show it to me. I won’t admit to something I didn’t do until I see the evidence. H someone is framing me, I will definitely get to the bottom of it.”
She would never confess to something she hadn’t done
Max snorted. He picked up the phone on his desk and dialed the internal line. “Ask Stacey to come to my office.”
Soon, the office door knocked, and Stacey walked in triumphantly. “Mr. Davidson, did you call me?” Stacey glanced at Serena
“Stacey, show Serena the evidence,” Max said, pointing at Serena with disgust
Stacey nodded, took out several printed documents from her folder, and handed them to Serena. “Ms. Gray, these are the proofs that you leaked company secrets to competitors. Take a good look she said.
Serena took the documents and browsed through them quickly, her expression growing tenser. She clenched the papers so tightly that they almost crumpled. These so–called evidence were all carefully forged by Stacey to frame her.
Serena said, “These are fake. I’ve never seen these before. How can you say I did this?”
Stacey smiled contemptuously, looking at Serena with confidence.
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“Ms. Gray, just confess. Besides, Thave a witness here,” Stacey said.
She clapped her hands, and a man walked in. He was wearing a suit and looked very thread and capable,
Stacey pointed to the man and said, “This is an employee of the competing company, Mr. Charles Smith. He can testify that you gave him the native plan,”
Charles walked up to Max and bowed respectfully. “Hello, this is the creative plan given to me by!
Ms. Gray It’s exactly the same as the ne product your company is developing
He took a document out of his briefcase and handed it to Max. Max took the document, flipped through it carefully, and then threw it in front of Serena in
„ “Serena, what else do you have to say?”
Serena picked up the document and looked at it. The content was indeed the new product creative plan she had recently submitted, but she had never leaked it to anyone.
She couldn’t understand why the plan, which she had only handed to Max yesterday, was now in the hands of an employee from the competing
She had no opportunity to contact employees of that company at all. Serena looked at the man calling himself Charles, then glanced at Stacey standing by with a triumphant expression.
Gritting her teeth, she forced herself to calm down. She placed the document on the desk and looked up to meet the sharp gazes of Max and Stacey
Serena said, “Mr. Davidson, I want to confront this so–called witness. If I did this, I wouldn’t deny it. But if not, I hope the company will clear my
ear my nan
However, Max sneered at Serena’s words. “Serena, at this point, you still want to confront him? Do you think making a scene will benefit you?”
Max spoke rapidly, even aggressively. “You handled this plan. That’s how you do things? By passing the buck when it goes wrong? Stealing company secrets and not admitting it will only make your reputation worse.”
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