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Joanna's heart skipped a beat and she didn't dare to say anything else.
Zayn then looked at her with a sullen expression before turning his gaze back to Bethany.
“Is there a scan?.
“Yes, I'm used to having a backup copy on my computer, but I guess that's gone too"
With that, Bethany quickly open her computer to check the file where she had kept the scanned design. Sure enough, it was gone.
Seeing this, she was not a bit surprised but was welled up with anger.
After all, why would that person not delete her scanned copy when her design has been stolen?.
Zayn kept silent and constantly tapped his finger on the desk, making it impossible to know how he was feeling at that moment.
A while later, he stood up abruptly, and said, “this is the end of today's meeting. The evaluation of the Oceania project will be discussed at another time”.
When he finished talking, the people in the conference room stood up and dispersed in a group of two or more.
Soon after, only the three of them were left in the conference room.
Bethany bent over and picked up her laptop with one hand, and her briefcase with the other hand, after that she raised her brows to look at Zayn before saying, “Mr. Meyer, I'd like to have a look at the surveillance cameras ”.
“You intend to find out who stole your design, right?” Zayn asked as he tried to guess her purpose for asking for this.
“Yes, Mr. Meyer” Bethany replied while looking at Joanna through the corners of her cold eyes to capture her expressions.
However, Joanna was surprisingly calm and not all mystified by this, which suddenly made Bethany very much unsure about her doubts.
Could Joanna have not done it?
As she was lost in a daze, thinking about this, Zayn nodded his head slightly and answered
“Go ahead”.
“Okay, thank you, Mr. Meyer” Bethany immediately suppressed her suspicion and left the conference room.
After she left, Zayn narrowed his eyes and looked at Joanna, “Tell me, do you do this?”.
Joanna had an incredulous expression on her face as she said.“Zayn, you suspect me as well?”.
“It's not that I'm suspecting you. I'm only asking because you have targeted her in the past” Zayn said in a cold, emotionless tone.
Joanna clobbered her feet against the floor lightly at his trust, she looked seemingly angry as well, “I admit that I have targeted her before, but it wasn't me who did this. If it was me, why didn't I stop her from going to the surveillance room?”.
Upon hearing what she said, Zayn lowered his head and was lost in thought for a few seconds.
Joanna knew that he was a little swayed by his words by her words. A sinister smile soon broke out on her thin lips.
But soon enough, the expression on her face was replaced by a gentle smile, then she walked up to him and took his hand, shook it,
and looked up at him expectantly.
“Zayn, trust me. You had warned me to stop targeting her the last time. How could I not listen to you? If I did, wouldn't I be working against you?”.
“All right” Zayn pulled his arm away from her grip with an expressionless face and patted the crease in his sleeves, “I hope, it wasn't you who did that. Otherwise, I'll force you back to your studio”.
With that, he took his gaze away from her and walked out of the conference room unhurriedly.
In the surveillance room, Bethany had her arms wrapped around her chest and was staring intently at the various monitor, afraid of anything suspicious.
Just then, Zayn came in to stand beside her while looking at the monitors as well.“ Have you found out anything yet?”.
Bethany shook her head with a serious face, “No, this is the second time, I'm having a good look at the videos. No one has been to my work post since yesterday until this morning ”.
“There's something fishy about this” Zayn frowned.
“I don't think something is right either” Bethany rubbed her palms.
No one has been to her work post, yet her designs had disappeared and even the scanned copies were also deleted.
There was something not normal about this!.
But what had gone wrong?
Bethany bit her lips and looked down in contemplation.
After a while, she suddenly recalled something and her beautiful eyes narrowed, “Mr. Meyer, I'm sorry for messing up today's meeting. Please, give me some time ill find a way to clear things up soon and give you a better explanation.”
She lowered her head in front of Zayn.
She would make sure that the person, who had stolen her designs would be punished.
“Are you sure about this?” Zayn looked at Bethany and lowered his head before saying in a light tone.
“Yes”
“Oh” She answered without hesitating, which caused Zayn to raise an eyebrow, “Fine, then I'll give you a day. If you don't find it at the end of it, then you'll have to make another draft and it can't be the one from before. Do you understand?”.
“Yes,” Bethany replied with a serious tone as she straightened her expression.
Zayn nodded his head and turn to leave.
Bethany didn't stay long in the surveillance room either. However, she took a copy of the video from the surveillance cameras in the main office before heading back to the design department.
By Midday, she left the Blue ridge company, found a detective agency, and handed the computer mouse over to them to identify the fingerprints left behind before taking a cab to the condominium.
When she got back home, she went straight to her room and immediately gave Jenna a call.
“Hello, baby!? How are you doing ?” Bethany asked, immediately Jenna picked up the call.
“I'm fine? What do you want from me, Miss Burnett? Why are you calling?” Jenna peeled a lollipop and put it in her mouth before continuing.
“I want to know how you're doing”.
“I'm fine, Miss Burnett. It was fun at school today, and you can't believe how many friends I've made in such a short time, mommy”.
“I know my baby was going to leave a great impression on others. You are so awesome Jenna” Bethany said.
Hearing this, Jenna could stop smiling.
After a while, Bethany decided to ask for a favor.
“Jenna, can I ask you for a favor?”
“What kind of favor ” Jenna titled the lollipop in her mouth as she asked.
She cleared her throat and said, “You are very good with computers, aren't you? I need to make use of your computer skills to check on the surveillance of the company”.
“What? Checking the company's surveillance?” Jenna tilted her head as she asked.“But why?”.
“Because someone has stolen my designs!” Bethany rubbed her temple and replied warily.
Hearing this, Jenna's face darkened and the expression on her innocent face became stern“, Miss Burnett, is someone trying to pick on you?”.