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Reese’s face turned extremely unsightly. “This isn’t my design draft. I didn’t create this. Wait a moment.” She said.
After saying that, she hurriedly went upstairs to get her notebook.
On her computer, she had backup copies of the scanned design drafts.
Reese came back downstairs with her notebook, quickly opened her computer, retrieved the design draft from this competition, and then turned the notebook towards Lukas. “This is the design draft I submitted that day.”
Seeing the design draft in the notebook, Lukas let out a sigh of relief.
This was the level Reese should have.
Lukas noticed Reese’s anxious and angry expression and asked, “So, what do you think went wrong that led to your design draft being replaced?”
Reese’s face looked grim as she tried to recall the situation from that day. “After I finished drawing the design draft, I packed it up and took it to the front desk to send by express delivery. The company’s deliveries are handled uniformly by the front desk, so any of the subsequent steps could have gone wrong.”
“There are three possibilities for the design draft being swapped: either an issue with the front desk, a problem during the delivery process, or someone at the Morning Light Jewelry Competition receiving the package and swapping it,” Reese calmly analyzed.
Lukas observed her and was impressed by her ability to remain composed despite the urgency of the situation.
He raised an eyebrow, “Even if you’re right, the first possibility is relatively easy to investigate since it happened within the company. We can check the surveillance anytime. However, the other two possibilities are not so easy.”
Reese suddenly looked up at Lukas, “Will the company get involved in this matter?” She asked.
Lukas stared at Reese and fell silent for two seconds before nodding, “Yes, the company will get involved. The company doesn’t allow incidents like the swapping of drafts. This not only affects the reputation of a designer but also the company’s reputation.” He said.
Reese breathed a sigh of relief. “That’s good. Although I could investigate and face this matter all by myself, If the company can help with the investigation, I would be very grateful.” She said.
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Lukas snorted, “No need to be grateful. It’s the company’s responsibility. However, have you thought about what might have happened if I hadn’t found out from someone else that it was your submitted design draft? Your skill would have been questioned. How do you think the situation would have developed then?”
Reese calmly replied, “If I were eliminated in the preliminary round, no one would know what kind of design draft 1 submitted.”
Lukas glanced at her, “You are quite self–aware.”
Reese looked at him calmly, “It’s just obvious. However, according to your analysis, it’s clear that the person who swapped the design draft wanted me to be eliminated in the preliminaries without anyone noticing. Her intention was probably to prevent me from winning the competition, right?” She said in a
calm voice.
Lukas raised an eyebrow in surprise. He didn’t expect Reese to deduce his speculation so accurately.
He said, “Then think carefully, who wouldn’t want you to win?”
With a serious expression, Reese thought for a while before shaking her head, “I don’t know. Many people might not want me to win, including Alexa or even people–within the company. After all, people’s hearts are inscrutable, and I can’t be sure.” She said.
She definitely held a grudge against Alexa, whose reputation she ruined in the public eye. Alexa was undoubtedly one of the people who wouldn’t want her to win, but she couldn’t be certain if Alexa was behind this incident. She still needed to investigate.
After all, Alexa’s influence might not reach that far.
Lukas’s expression didn’t look good. “Since that’s the case, let’s investigate. As for the draft, print the backup design drafts from your computer and submit them for evaluation. On your side, try to recreate the original draft as much as possible. When the time comes, if you win, the Morning Light Jewelry Competition will require the original draft for display. As for the matter of the design draft being swapped, I’ll explain the situation to the competition judges.” He stated.
Reese nodded, “Thank you, Mr. Strakovski.”
Lukas coldly snorted. Looking at Reese’s face, he thought of last night’s grievances, making him even more displeased.
At this moment, Lukas’s phone rang.
Reese wanted to tell Lukas about last night’s situation but saw him walking toward the floor–to–ceiling window with his phone.
Reese got up, took her notebook, and went to print the design drafts.
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The call was from Martins.
He said, “Mr. Strakovski, about last night’s incident, it was caused by a waiter at the banquet. However, the person vanished overnight, as if they disappeared from the face of the earth. I haven’t been able to find them yet. But based on initial judgment, it seems to be the work of the Rivers Family’s enemies.”
“Several other women present at the banquet last night were also affected, so it’s not just Miss Roberts. The effects of the drug take some time to manifest, with symptoms appearing after about an hour or more, varying from person to person. Last night, several couples had to leave the banquet early due to this reason. I only found out about it today, and several people are investigating in this matter.”
Lukas’s expression became heavy, as the reality was different from what he had anticipated.
He had thought that someone was targeting Reese, but he hadn’t expected that there would be so many victims affected. It was unlikely that anyone would be so foolish as to offend so many people at once, except for their enemies.
Lukas considered it for a moment before instructing Martins, “Send me the list of names of those affected
last night.”
Although it appeared that the incident might not be specifically targeted at Reese, he still wanted to investigate further.
Aside from asking Martins to provide the list of guests affected, he also assigned him the task of investigating the swapping of Reese’s design draft.
After hanging up the phone, Lukas glanced at the list, and his pupils slightly contracted when he saw a
familiar name.
