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The company set up an investigation team quickly.The investigation uncovered one problem after another, each worse than the last.Fiona had said she simply came across that three-star hotel by chance.But the chat records they pulled showed plainly that she had been in frequent contact with the hotel's sales manager long before.Fiona, it turned out, had been the one taking kickbacks from the hotel.Fiona tricked her coworkers into eating poisoned lunches for two months, and the hotel paid her a $60,000 kickback.The day the investigation report came out, the whole company was stunned.The company issued a formal notice that same day dismissing Fiona for gross misconduct.The company also reported her to the police and demanded that she be held accountable.HR created a dedicated channel to tally medical costs and prepare a civil damages claim against Fiona.After she was dismissed, Fiona moved twice, and both times colleagues tracked her down.One furious former coworker livestreamed
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Before his hand reached me, someone came striding over and stepped between us.Theo had one hand in his pocket, the other resting on my shoulder.He tilted his head toward Gavin, his face unreadable and his tone uncompromising. "Sir, Nora is a key member of my company. She isn't going anywhere with you.""You can see that she's doing well here. Stop disrupting her life."He was a good deal taller than Gavin.Standing there, he blocked Gavin's view of me completely.Gavin faltered, and then jealousy and resentment flashed through his eyes.He stared at Theo's hand on my shoulder, and his voice shot up. "It's you, isn't it? You're the one who lured her away! You moved in while she was vulnerable and took my girlfriend!"Gavin lunged forward, throwing a punch at Theo.But his health had already collapsed. He had no strength left.Theo stepped aside and casually blocked the punch.Gavin stumbled several steps backward.His lower back struck the arm of a sofa. He nearly fell and had to brac
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Life in the new city went more smoothly than I'd imagined.Theo made me feel secure from my first day.He showed me around the office, then introduced me openly to everyone. "This is a friend from university. She's better at the technical side than I ever was.""Nobody gives her a hard time. If you don't understand something, ask her."Theo spoke without hesitation, as though I had always belonged there.Gavin, by contrast, had treated every extra word we exchanged at work as though it exposed an affair.Theo's openness let me relax immediately. I picked the work up fast and the project moved smoothly.We built software tools, and within a few months of launch, our user base had grown severalfold.The mood in the office kept getting better, and people put in extra hours willingly.I was run off my feet every day, but I felt settled.Just when I thought everything had finally found its footing, Gavin showed up.That afternoon, I had just returned from a meeting when reception called to
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The coworker who had ridden in with Fiona suddenly collapsed with a thud, without warning.Her face was bloodless, her lips shaking, and she couldn't get up at all.Nurses rushed over and began emergency treatment.Watching this unfold, Gavin felt cold all over. Whatever denial he had left shattered.He raised his still-numb hand, trembling, and spoke so hoarsely he was barely audible. "Doctor... could you test me too? I haven't felt right lately either. Nosebleeds, dizziness, nausea, for days now."The doctor gave him a startled look and nodded at once. "All right, come with me."After a full round of testing, the doctor's expression went from surprise to disbelief. "This is strange. All of you show traces of the same brand of pesticide. Has your company carried out any large-scale pest control recently?"Gavin shook his head desperately. "No! Absolutely not! The building has central air with fresh-air filtration. We haven't seen so much as a cockroach in the office. Why would we need
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Gavin instinctively went to step forward, but his feet felt as heavy as lead.He looked down and saw dark red blood dripping from his nose onto his shoe.He wiped at it, only smearing more blood across his face, his fingertips bright red.He gritted his teeth and tried to keep moving toward Fiona.But half a step in, the room spun and his vision went black.Gavin staggered a couple of paces, grabbed the corner of a desk for support, and slowly sank into a chair.He was breathing hard, cold sweat covering his forehead.Coworkers immediately crowded around to steady him. "Mr. Shaw! Mr. Shaw, are you all right? You've gone completely white. Should you go to the hospital too?"People from the nearby desks gathered too, whispering in panic. "Something has been really wrong lately... Last week I was chopping vegetables at home when my vision went black and I collapsed. The knife nearly caught my hand. It still scares me to think about it.""Me too. Several mornings in a row I've woken up nau
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Gavin opened his mouth as though to say something.But Fiona got there first, tears at the corners of her eyes, tugging at his cuff. "Leave it, Gavin. Nora hasn't done anything wrong. I only meant well. I just wanted Nora to try food from a three-star hotel. How was I supposed to know she would take it so badly..."She lowered her head and dabbed at her eyes as though she'd suffered a terrible injustice.Gavin fell for her performance at once, his expression darkening further.He turned and fixed his gaze on me, his tone sharpening. "Nora, the company chose the three-star hotel! You're a senior employee, but instead of supporting the decision, you've opposed it again and again! What exactly are you trying to pull! If you still count yourself part of this company, you should stay in step with the team instead of demanding special treatment."He snatched my lunch container off the desk and threw it into the trash.Then he took a glazed stoneware meal set from the hotel's delivery crate a
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