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“Ava?” Martins didn’t recognize Ava.
Reese nodded, “Ava Smith. She’s the new employee in the company’s Information Technology Department and a well–known hacker online.”
Upon hearing this, Natalia’s heart sank. She didn’t know how skilled the person Ava found was at restoring surveillance videos.
Martins made a phone call, and after a short while, Ava entered the room with a notebook in her hands.
Seeing Ava, Natalia felt a sense of unease for no reason.
Ava was already aloof, but now her face was even colder.
Reese raised an eyebrow, “Why did you bring a notebook?”
Ava looked at her, then her eyes fell on Natalia. “The surveillance video has been restored.”
Natalia’s face instantly lost its color upon Ava’s words.
Ava glanced at her and then looked at Natalia, “Do you want to explain, or shall we watch the surveillance video together?”
Natalia stepped back in panic, her lips trembling. She tried to convince herself that Ava was just bluffing.
She took a deep breath, “I–I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t know anything.”
Ava coldly sneered, “Oh. Is that so?”
She didn’t waste time on Natalia and immediately opened the restored surveillance video.
Seeing the screen on the computer, Natalia lost all her strength and slumped onto the sofa.
Martins looked at Ava with amazement and curiosity. He hadn’t expected that the seemingly indifferent girl from the Information Technology Department could do something that so many others couldn’t do.
Moreover, she had managed to restore the surveillance video in such a short time, despite his phone call not being made too long ago.
In the video, Reese left her design draft and Natalia received a phone call. Then, when no one was around, Natalia quickly folded Reese’s design draft into a small piece and stuffed it into her pocket. She headed to the restroom.
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Shortly after, she returned from the restroom and took out a design draft that looked identical from her pocket, waiting for the courier to come and mail it.
Martins stared at Natalia with indifference. “Do you have anything else to explain?” He asked coldly.
Natalia began to tremble uncontrollably. She never thought that this matter would be exposed. The person had said that the design was not even good enough to pass the preliminaries, so no one would pay
attention to it.
Moreover, even if someone noticed, the surveillance video had been tampered with, and there would be no evidence pointing to her.
Yet, they not only noticed, but they also restored the surveillance video. Now the evidence was right in front of them, and she was powerless to explain.
Seeing Natalia’s silence, Martins’s expression turned even colder, “Why aren’t you saying anything? You said earlier that you didn’t know anything.”
Natalia lowered her head and bit her lips tightly, not saying a word.
Martins’s tone became completely cold, “Since you’re not saying anything, I’ll have to report this to the
police.”
Natalia suddenly looked up, her eyes reddening, “It wasn’t me.”
Martins snorted coldly, “If it wasn’t you, then tell me, who instructed you to do this?”
Natalia was stunned for a moment and seemed to think of something. She opened her mouth, but for a long time, she could only stammer, “It was me. I wanted to do it myself. I was jealous of Ms. Roberts’s talent and wanted to ruin her.”
Reese looked at Natalia with a complicated expression. She could tell that Natalia must have been manipulated by someone, and how could Martins not see it?
She told Martins, “Mr. Parker, you can investigate. Ava and I will leave first.”
Martins nodded.
Reese and Ava walked out of the small meeting room, and Ava followed Reese closely.
Reese looked back at her, “Aren’t you going back to the Information Technology Department?”
Ava rubbed her ear, “I, I just restored the surveillance video. They are all too enthusiastic over there, so I wanted to avoid them and go to the Design Department.”
Reese saw through Ava’s thoughts with just one glance. She was just making excuses to go and see Cole
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Hopkins.
Reese nodded, “Let’s go.”
As they entered the Design Department, they saw Cole coming out of his office.
Cole had just learned about Reese’s design draft being swapped, and he was about to call Reese to his office to find out what happened. However, he saw Reese and Ava coming in from outside.
In a deep voice, he said, “Ms. Roberts, come to my office. I have something to ask you.”
Reese looked at Cole, “Director Hopkins, I know what you want to ask, but Ava knows more about this matter. Let her tell you.”
Cole didn’t know what Reese is up to, but since she said that, it was clear that she didn’t want to talk about it herself, so he didn’t want to force her.
Besides, he saw Ava’s eyes shining brightly, so he nodded subconsciously, “Then let her come over.”
To be honest, he didn’t even know why Ava was here.
As Ava saw Cole, she hurriedly walked over.
As soon as Cole’s office door closed, Victoria couldn’t help but sarcastically comment, “Some people really think too highly of themselves. They can’t even get the director’s attention.”
Reese ignored Victoria’s provocation, but of course, she understood that Victoria was referring to herself. However, she didn’t want to bother with Victoria.
On the top floor of Strakovski Jewelry, in the CEO’s office.
After questioning Natalia, Martins asked Lukas about their next steps.
Lukas frowned, “She’s not willing to say anything.”
Martins nodded, “Yes, it is obvious that someone instructed her, but she’s not saying anything.”
Lukas fell silent for two seconds and then said, “Then let’s investigate her background and see if we can
find anything.”
Martins nodded and immediately started the investigation.
At noon, Reese planned to have lunch with Ava and Cole to celebrate Ava’s new job.
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However, as soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she received a call from James King.
“Reese, let’s have lunch together,” James’s voice carried a clear tone of laughter.
