In the surveillance room.

"Ms. Emerson, here are the surveillance videos from the past two weeks," said the security guard as he got up to offer his seat.

Charlotte nodded and thanked him.

She sat down and started watching the videos. Her eyes were glued to the screen.

However, the surveillance region only captured the corridor by the entrance of the company and those caught on tape were all employees of the company. No suspicious person ever appeared. Charlotte spent the next three hours or so watching the collection of surveillance videos, but ended up empty-handed.

She lightly massaged her sore shoulders and wondered in frustration, 'Just who would do such a thing?'

Charlotte was so lost in her thoughts that she bumped into someone as soon as she stepped out of the room.

Instinctively, she took a step back. Still flustered, she looked up and found Christopher peering down at her.

"Mr. Gibson, I'm so sorry," Charlotte apologized, rubbing her aching forehead.

Seeing Charlotte clutching her forehead in pain, Christopher's heart filled with sympathy. "Are you okay? It hurts, doesn't it?" he asked in a gentle and caring tone.

"It's okay, I'm fine." Charlotte quickly dropped her hand and shook her head as her cheeks burned up slightly in embarrassment.

"Are you here to check the surveillance videos?" Christopher took a quick glimpse at the surveillance room. "Any gains?" he asked.

Upon being questioned, all shades of disappointment were painted on Charlotte's face. She shook her head and replied, "Up till now, I haven't gotten any clues nor leads."

started ringing in her ears again. Charlotte frowned and said, "I'll continue looking for

may have a way to get some answers, maybe we could give it a go,"

suddenly lit up with hope. "What

Christopher

Charlotte followed him. Christopher brought her to the technical department

keyboard and, within seconds, the screen in front of them started spewing out codes that looked as if it was all in a different

at Christopher in

smiled at her,

minutes passed seemingly

his head, tearing his eyes off of the screen. He turned to Christopher and said,

wrap her finger around what they were

was an active group chat

were talks about selling the

- who is she?"

at it again. A moment or two later, he raised his head again and said, "The IP address shows that it's the fifth computer in the design

computer it was. Wasn't this Stephanie Noland, who was a part of the design

most recent batch and had just signed with

to her talents in designing, she was picked to be a part

unwittingly looked up at Christopher only to find him smiling at her. Locking eyes with her, he said,

returning to the design department,

avoided

With two fingers, she tapped lightly on the table and ordered, "Stephanie, come with me to my office."

down on her lip and lowered her head. She trailed behind Charlotte and

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