Female Novel
Chapter 2018
One of the strangers hastily questioned her. "What is it? What happened? What's up with your drawer?Did you lose something?" They looked like they had been searching for something earlier, so most ofthe people already figured out what was going on. Cindy let out a smile. "It's nothing." She had neverbeen a talkative person, and her short sentence immediately dashed the hopes of her colleagues whowanted more gossip.
The stranger looked at Cindy's table for a while before her gaze landed on the broken drawer. Cindyignored her and continued doing her work with her head lowered. After she finished the general outlineof a sketch, she put her work aside. She wasn't thinking much about her missing documents, but Ian.
Time was rather tight for Cindy that afternoon. She had to go home to prepare a meal, and then shehad to get a ride to the hospital and spend the remainder of her time eating with Ian. That was one flawof a couple having different jobs—they'd find it harder to make time for each other if they each had theirown schedules and duties.
That morning, Serena had called a few individuals into her office, but these individuals only went in fora while before coming back out. They didn't seem to show any significant changes in their expressionsafter they came out of the office, so Cindy couldn't deduce the sort of questions that Serena had askedthem. Serena had given tasks to everyone except Cindy, so perhaps she was just calling them in tocheck on their progress.
When it was about noontime, Cindy tidied her desk and prepared to leave. She had a huge mission tocomplete that afternoon, so she had to be quick. However, right when Cindy was about to leave, sheheard Serena calling her over. She hurried over to find another person standing in the room. It was thelady who had picked a fight with Cindy previously.
After taking one look at the lady's face, Cindy could guess what was going on. The girl's eyes were red—it was obvious that she had just cried. When she saw Cindy walking in, she pressed her lips togetherand turned her head away. Serena said to Cindy, "I found the person who pried your drawer open. Shewas the one who stole the files."
After Serena finished speaking, the lady spoke up for herself. "Sure. Yeah. I was the one who did it.The file has been destroyed. I know that the file is a ticking time bomb in my hands, so I burned it aftertaking it last night." The lady glared at Cindy, her neck muscles tense as she put on a resentful, angrylook. "I just don't like how you get everything. Do you think you're that great because you havesomeone supporting you? I don't care if others are afraid of you, but I'm not."
Cindy didn't seem too intimidated by the lady's words. "Are you using your act of theft to show me thatyou're not afraid of me?" novelbin
The lady's expression turned stiff immediately. Then, Serena went to sit down with an evident look ofdispleasure. "Since the file has been destroyed, we can't recover it. But you've crossed my limits, Julia.You should know what to do from here onward."
The girl named Julia was well aware of her options. Even if Serena didn't hold this matter against her,she was ashamed to continue working here.
"Okay. I'll speak to Mary," Julia uttered.
Serena nodded. "Okay. Go ahead." Julia turned to give Cindy a long, resentful glare before she left.However, Cindy wasn't afraid of Julia at all and merely let out a scoff.
Once Julia left, Serena heaved a sigh of relief. "I can't believe something so huge happened when I
have only been gone for a few days. I would be so embarrassed if others heard about this."
Cindy understood what Serena was trying to say. "I was almost done with reading the document. I'll goonline to do a little more research, and if that doesn't work out, I'll go to Mary and tell her that I lost thedocument."
"I can print you a new copy if you need it. I just hope you don't take this to heart," Serena uttered whilewaving her hand. "I hope you approach this matter with an open mind. Once you achieve that innerpeace, you'll be able to work on your own things without feeling bothered by others."