Chapter 639

The phone suddenly rang, cutting off their conversation Cornelia shot a glance at Ben, signaling that he could scram, no need to keep hovering around her desk.

Once Ben took off, Cornelia picked up her phone. The caller was Zack. He knew Comelia usually didn’t carry her personal phone during work hours, so he dialed her office

line

As soon as Cornelia picked up, she heard Zack’s voice. “Cornelia, the cops just called. After some serious legwork, they finally tracked down the perps who trashed our studio

a gang thing? Any puppet masters pulling

someone behind the scenes, but the cops

follow–up, Zack continued, “Two young punks in their twenties did us over, fresh from a stint in the slammer for a bar fight. At first, they were playing hardball, insisting they had some shady dealings with you. They claimed you turned them down that

the bus. Zack was fuming when he heard this. He didn’t want to bring it up with Cornelia, fearing it would hit her hard. But he thought, why should Cornelia bear the brunt of someone else’s screw–up since she didn’t do anything

said. “Cornelia, I’m not keeping this from you because I trust you. I want you to know, you can’t let people frame you for

chuckled, ‘Don’t sweat it. Those who smear a girl with such dirty tricks will get

are, they couldn’t escape the eagle eyes of the cops and the hard facts. The cops found not just one fishy money transfer, but a whole string of their misdeeds. With the evidence stacked against them, they spilled the beans, including that Clair was the one who

got the drift, “So, even though both the police and us know

Zack sighed, “Those two blew the ten grand they got on gambling. They’re broke, can’t compensate us. Our loss of a few tens of thousands might be gone for good,

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