Impulsive Vow to an Enigmatic Husband

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

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 the strings?”

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

Cornelia’s 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 day, and they only went rogue after getting

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,

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

girl with such dirty tricks

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

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

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

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