When Love Is a Lie

Project

Whitney’s prolonged il lett the entire room staring at her in confusion.

Noel glanced up from the project documents. Before him, Whitney’s face was pale, and her expression was clouded with confusion.

Merilted slightly in glance at her laptop serren, finding it completely black

Someone whispered, “Her laptop’s not even working

At that moment, Amy stood up and walked over to check Whitney’s screen. Upon seeing the blink screen, her expression tumed stem. “You knew how important this meeting was. How could you be so imprepared?

Amy sonlded sharply before timing to Noel. “Mr. Howant, tapologize for wasting everyone’s time today. Whitney can’t present, so this meeting can’t proceed. I’ll Take her hack and report this incident to the higher–ups. She should be dis

Whitney quickly defended herselt, “I did have a backup, but it looks like my 15 drive was invaded with a virus?

The moment she placed in the USB drive, her laptop screen went black. It was clear that the drive had introduced a vins that invaded her laptop’s operating system. Not only washes Laptop rendered useless, but all the data on the USB drive had been completely wiped.

“That’s your personal USD drive, right? It’s been in your bag the entire time. As you can are, no one here even touched your things,” someone pointed out.

Whitney’s words implied that she believed someone had sabotaged lin

1er sad it was anyone here, not have accused anyone” she replied, her cold gaze meeting the other person’s directly

Amy tapped her watch, her initation growing. “Whitney, we’ve best waiting for you far too long. First, your file went missing. Now, your backup failed. Do you realize how important this project is for both companies?”

est that Whitney be

she’s muistant, I won’t cover for her. Mr. Howard, I strongly suggesti removed from this project.“.

eyes turned to Noel

at an angle, he rested one arm on the table and lightly tapped his fingers on the surface. His penetrating gaze landed on Whitney as he assessed

immediately defending Whitney, a subtle smirkcrept onto Amy’s face.

Whitney said firmly, locking eyes

his

I use your laptop?” ater request was polite, almost deferential. It was an acknowledgment of the workplace hierarchy and Noel’s position

racing. “What? Did she just ask to use

Noel’s personal

Despite years of collaboration and familiarity with Noel, she had

over to her. Whitney nodded in thanks and focused

was niined by a vines, and her laptop was bricked. She could only

stop embarrass-”

suddenly

was perfectly placed to outline the structure’s form and

greens infused the design, bringing it to life. The hospital’s main building stood at the center, surrounded by thoughtfully placed features–acate, a boolestoce,

in the room was

his

voice reached his ears. “I understand how critical the designs. That’s why, in addition to saving it on my USB driw, I uploaded

why she had asked

slaptop.

their tone filled with

extensive design experience. This design could easily win a grand prize in

over to her seat, took out a sketchbook from her bag, opened it, and presented it to the