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

Was it a solo job or a gang thing?

the scenes, but the cops can’t

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

didn’t want to bring it up with Cornelia, fearing it would hit her hard. But he thought, why should Cornelia bear the brunt of someone else’s

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

it. Those who smear a girl with

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 personally contacted

drift, “So, even though both the police and us know that Clair’s the puppet master, no one can touch her

blew the ten grand they got on gambling. They’re broke, can’t compensate us. Our loss of a few tens of thousands might

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

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