Chapter 39
Chapter 39
In fact, she came prepared–she’d booked a table at a restaurant with an average cost of 300 dollars per person. When I saw the price, I nearly lost my mind.
That vixen flashed a bright smile. “Oh, Ms. Moreno, I hope you’re not going to hold back?”
“Not at all,” I replied, forcing a smile..
Once the bill was paid, the conversation flowed smoothly. We had lunch, chatted through the afternoon, and by the time we finished, both teams had made great progress on the collaboration.
I had to admit–Holly was sharp. Bold, clever, and completely unrestrained. Compared to her, I felt overly cautious and reserved.
After the meal, I got a call from Sheila saying there was a document waiting for my signature.
1 rushed back to my office, but by the time I got there, Sheila had already moved on to other tasks. The folder she mentioned was sitting quietly on my desk. I opened it and to my surprise, several small pieces of paper fell out.
I picked them up and took a closer look–fragments of photographs. I thought, “But… who has put these in the file?
1 set the fragments aside, deciding to finish what I was working on first. But by the time it was almost time to leave, I couldn’t resist. I started piecing the fragments back together.
Halfway through, my hands began to shake. Because I realized he person in the photos was me. It was from that day I was knocked unconscious and locked in a room with a man.
I wasn’t wearing clothes, and in the photos, I looked exposed–bindingly so. I couldn’t continue. My whole body was trembling.
Panicked, I immediately dumped the fragments into the shredder, turning the power up to the max. I had to destroy. everything–shred it so fine no one could ever piece it together again.
Just then, there was a knock at the door. Sheila came in. “Sylvia, ne files you asked for are here.”
I jumped, and a few of the photo fragments slipped from my hands, drifting toward Sheila.
“What’s this?” she asked, looking down at the fragments that had fallen near her feet.
I quickly changed the subject. “Nothing, just some scrap paper. Can you hand me the files?”
She seemed to buy it. “Sure.”
I quickly flipped through the papers, but my mind was spinning The file Sheila had prepared for me was the one I needed to sign. I wondered, ‘Could it be… that she also put those photo agments in the file?
I couldn’t help but glance at her. Sheila was young, with fair skin and delicate features. While not as striking as Holly, she had a fresh, pure quality to her.
She was the assistant I’d handpicked, and she’d been working with me for a year. She’d done well, and I’d even considered her a good candidate for further training. A few times, she had rejected offers from other companies and told me about
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I wondered, ‘A girl as straightforward and honest as her… would she really do something like this?”
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I lowered my gaze. It didn’t matter. There were cameras in my office. The last time something went missing, I learned my
lesson.
This time, unless the document was urgent, I wouldn’t have even shared the office password with Sheila. If anything happened, I could always change the password after work.
With that thought. I closed the file. “Good job. By the way, when you left my office, did anyone else come in?”
Sheila shook her head. ‘No, Sylvia.”
“Are you sure?”
She frowned, thinking for a moment, then shook her head again.
“Alright, you can go now.”
“Okay.”
After Sheila left, I picked up the fragments and threw them into the shredder. I cleaned up the remnants and left the office. But as I walked out, I changed my mind. Instead of changing the password, I turned the office cameras back on. Then, I took out a photo, carefully ripped it into pieces, and slipped the fragments into the same folder.
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