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

the cops just called.

“Awesome! Was it a solo job or a

responded, “There’s definitely someone behind the scenes, but the cops can’t do

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

was fuming when he heard this. He didn’t want to bring it up with Cornelia, fearing

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

it. Those who smear a girl with such dirty tricks will get their comeuppance Carry on”

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 the two

police and us know that Clair’s

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 we’ll have to cough up for

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, monthly payroll was due soon, and their bank accounts were pretty much drained.

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