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

Cornelia picked up, she heard Zack’s voice. “Cornelia, the cops just called. After some serious legwork, they finally tracked down

“Awesome! Was it a solo job or a gang thing? Any

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

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

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 the brunt

from you because I trust you. I want you to know, you can’t let people frame you for things you didn’t

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

string of their misdeeds. With the evidence

us know that Clair’s the puppet master, no one can

broke, can’t compensate us. Our loss of a

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

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