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

or a gang thing? Any puppet masters pulling

the scenes, but the

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

total stranger threw innocent Cornelia under 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

said. “Cornelia, I’m not keeping this from you because I trust you. I want you

Those who smear a girl with such dirty tricks will get their

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 orchestrated the sabotage of our studio. However, Clair is smart. The transfer wasn’t from her account, and she never

even though both the police and us know that Clair’s the puppet master, no one can touch her without

a few tens of thousands might be gone for good, and we’ll have to cough up for studio renovations ourselves. It’s heart–wrenching.”

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