New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 94

Chapter 94. A needle in a haystack

Claire stared at the news on her computer screen, dumbfounded

She never expected to see that HP and Venus AMD had made an official partnership.

Her thoughts was racing with an overwhelming sense of betrayal from Mr. Rodriguez, and the news that Hip had released instantly felt like a slap in the face, When Mr. Rodriguez had proposed a partnership to her, he hadn't rushed to announce it to the press. He'd said he wanted to make it a surprise. Tums out, it is differnt from what he'd promised

Claire scoffed, a mix of disbelief and anger bubbling inside her. She looked up at Sandra, who stood nearby.

"Is this really happening? Did they toy with us?" Claire asked, referring to Hp..

Sandra hesitated, unsure of how to respond. Before she could muster a reply, Claire cut her off with a sharp breath.

"This is not what I imagined," Claire muttered to herself, her fingers scrolling down the news feed in a desperate search for more information.

She stopped at one particular headline and cliclued on it, feeling a knot tighten in her stomach. The article featured a video of Venus AMD launching their new software.

Claire already had a bad feeling about it, but she clicked on the video.

Her heart fell as she watched.

The project Venus AMD was presenting was identical to her own. The ideas, the details, everything was exactly what she had discussed with her team.

"Am seeing things?" she whispered, trying to make sense of the situation.

Sandra, still standing nearby, noticed the change in Claire's demeanor, "What's wrong?" she asked, concerned lacing her voor

her voice tensed, eyes still trained

moved to Claire's desk and watched the video. Her eyes widened in shock "It can't be. That's our project! How can they have it? "Exactly."Claire said,

tumed to Sandia, berface set in

Now."

didn't ask any questions, the immediately made her way out of Claire's office to gather

eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath to steady herself she knew she had to

her and talk badly about her behind her back

team was already there, whispering among themselves. The murmurs ceased as Claire stepped inside, their

grew in the room even

work but there is something more significant

Sandra. "Sandca, please

video. The room fell into a hushed silence as

of the employees spoke up. "That's our project How

any sense, How did they get

voice steady but heated with frustration. "They've announced an official collaboration with Venus AMD. What caught

their expressions, searching for any hint of lies or

leaked our information to Venus AMD and if one of you involve in any of this" she said, her

clarified. "Our project, Cortex 2.0 is confidential and no one in this company

And 1 told all of you to keep it a secret about the details and the idea.

with surprised, shocked, contusion and worried. None of them leaked the information even to their coworkers, especially to an outsider. Mums of confusion rippled through the group.

wouldn't do such thing."A hint of nervousness was visible in

Ms. Peterson." Another employer chimed in. "We all know how important and confidential the project is and we have been very careful. No one

her chest, her eyes narrowing trust you all, but if anyone here is lying and has betrayed me,

again, but this time the silence was more tense, almost

workers exchanged glances as they attempted to figure out who might be involved. But there was