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Chapter 5

Author: Perfect Timing
The figure on the screen was Finley!

There he was, sneaking up to my desk. He glanced around, made sure no one was watching, and then started tapping away on my laptop. Seconds later, he slipped away just as fast.

The timestamp matched the exact time the résumé was sent from my email to Vera Legal.

Finley clearly never imagined I had surveillance running. When he saw his face blown up on the screen, his whole face turned beet red.

"Yelena, what the hell is this? I only borrowed your laptop to look up some files. You actually recorded me? That's a total invasion of privacy!"

I stared at his desperate attempt to deflect, then gave a cold smile.

"I'm really curious. What kind of files are so important that you had to sneak back into the office at 1:00 am like a thief and insist on using my laptop to access them?"

"I—"

"And that résumé that was sent to Vera Legal under my name was sent during the exact same time you were 'borrowing' my laptop. Bit too much of a coincidence, don't y
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