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

Zack’s voice. “Cornelia, the cops just called. After some serious legwork, they finally tracked

or a gang thing? Any puppet masters pulling the

but the cops can’t

first, they were playing hardball, insisting they had some shady dealings with you. They

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

from you because I trust you. I want you to know, you can’t let people

smear a girl with

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 personally contacted

“So, even though both the police and us know that Clair’s the puppet master,

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, and

were not made of money. Though the comic studio had been doing alright recently, all the earnings went towards buying a house and paying the mortgage. They already splurged a good chunk on renovations. The comic copyright sale hadn’t cleared yet,

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