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Chapter 1

The moment the words left my mouth, a cheery voice resonated from behind me."Nicole, help me sign!"Rachel ran over from the direction of the meeting room, her high heels clicking.She was wearing a light pink knit sweater today. She had slightly wavy long hair, her eyes curving sweetly when she smiled.Rachel had been in the same group with me for two years and was the person I was closest with in the entire department.At least, that was what I had always believed before today.She ran up to my side and reached out to tap the package."It's mine."Didn't I tell you yesterday? I had a large package arriving today and asked you to help sign for it."I looked at her."When did you tell me that?"Rachel froze for a second, then immediately laughed."Just during lunch break, silly."Did you drive yourself crazy rushing that project recently?"She smoothly stuffed the pen back into my hand."Just sign it, now. Don't keep the guy waiting."Any day in the past, I probably would have signed

Chapter 2

Rachel's face flushed red, crimson creeping up her neck."Why make such a big deal out of it?"The thing's mine."Nicole signs for me all the time. I don't know what bug crawled up her ass today."She made it sound as though I were the one in the wrong.The delivery man shifted awkwardly.I, on the other hand, suddenly felt a wave of strange calm."That was before today."Starting now, if it's not mine, I'm not signing."Rachel glared at me, her eyes burning with venom.In the end, she pulled out her phone and dug up the order confirmation.After verifying the details, the delivery man made her sign her own name beside the label.As she dragged the package away, I noticed her fingernails digging deep into the cardboard, almost tearing through it.She didn't say another word to me.During lunch that day, for the very first time, no one in our usual four-person lunch group invited me to join them.When I went to the pantry to refill my water, I overheard voices inside."It's just a packa

Chapter 3

I had no idea when she had come to stand at the door, her eyes glued onto my phone screen.Chloe clearly sensed the tension in the air."Um, you two talk it out."She excused herself under the pretense of printing documents and quickly stepped away.Rachel walked over."Nicole, what's the meaning of this?"I turned the log page toward her."Nineteen items."Why are they all addressed under my name?"She only offered it a passing glance."Didn't I already explain it to you? It's just for convenience.""Convenience for what?"Impatience flared across her face."Why are you suddenly making such a fuss about this?"You signed for so many packages before without a problem. Why make a fuss over my camera now?"If you feel that my buying something expensive rubbed you the wrong way, just say it straight."I could hardly believe my own ears."You think I'm jealous of you?""I didn't say that."She denied it in her reply, but the look in her eyes meant exactly that.I stared at her."Don't use

Chapter 4

Just then, our team leader, Adrian Scott, came out of his office."What's going on?"Rachel wiped the corner of her eye."It's nothing."While she insisted it was nothing, she couldn't look more aggrieved.Adrian looked over at me.I gave a brief, clear summary of what had happened.He frowned."Just don't have her help sign for your packages in the future, isn't that simple enough?"How big of a deal can this be?"I tried to explain:"The issue isn't receiving packages—she keeps using my name—""Enough," he cut me off."Don't let personal conflicts affect your work."The clients are coming this afternoon. You both need to manage your tempers."Rachel kept her head lowered.Yet the corner of her mouth curved up into an extremely faint smirk.I caught it, and suddenly felt like I didn't even want to bother explaining anymore.I turned back and sat down.I uploaded yesterday's screenshots, the platform complaint ticket, the chat history, and the audio recording to my cloud drive.In the

Chapter 5

The next morning at nine, the moment I arrived at the company, I immediately sensed something was wrong.Four visitors stood at the front desk: a camera brand representative, a platform representative, and two police officers.Everyone's eyes kept darting toward the scene.Adrian stood at the doorway of the meeting room, his face looking terrible."Nicole, step inside for a moment."Just as I walked over, Rachel stood up from her desk.Her face was pale, yet she spoke up before I could: "What happened?"There was no reply.The door to the meeting room closed after I stepped in.The platform's risk control representative placed a stack of printed materials onto the table."Ms. Sullivan, over the past three-plus months, twenty-one high-value orders were placed using your name and work address as the delivery details."Among them, eleven resulted in post-sales requests."Seven resulted in refunds or compensation on grounds like item not received, damaged goods, or item not as described."

Chapter 6

Rachel stood frozen for a good dozen seconds.She probably never expected that I would have an audio recording.Even less did she expect that I had already reported the situation to the platform long before things blew up.The police officer was the first to react."When was this recording made?""Three nights ago.""Do you have the original file?""Yes.""Has it been edited?""No."I handed my phone over."There's a backup on my cloud drive, and the file creation timestamp is preserved."The officer tapped the file and played it.Every expression in the meeting room shifted, especially Adrian's.When he told me to hand over my access badge just moments ago, his tone carried obvious irritation.Now, he didn't say a single word.The platform's risk control representative asked me:"When did you notice your shipping information was being used abnormally?""Three days ago."I opened everything up in chronological order."These are the front desk delivery logs from the company for the past

Chapter 7

Her lips turned pale.Just moments ago she was weeping, asking me why I would do such a thing.Now, she couldn't utter a single word.The platform representative asked again:"In the past, have you ever logged into Ms. Stone's shopping account?""No.""Have you ever helped her apply for post-sales returns?""No.""Have you ever sent returns on her behalf?""Never, not me."However, company deliveries are all dispatched through the front desk, so I don't know if she used my name to return items previously."I looked at Chloe."Does the front desk have records?"Chloe stood at the doorway, her face pale."Yes."Every dispatch requires recording the employee's name and department."She hurried off to fetch her computer.Ten minutes later, the records were pulled up.Nine items in total.The submitting employee listed was always Rachel.Yet under the sender's name, six were mine.The air froze once again.The police officer looked at Rachel."Why?"She explained in a panic."The system def

Chapter 8

In the afternoon, Rachel was called away by HR.When she came back, her eyes were badly swollen.Everyone was peeking at her on the sly.She ignored them all.Sitting down, she began packing her things.I thought she would keep a low profile for at least a couple of days.Unexpectedly, half an hour later, she suddenly slammed a folder onto my desk."Are you satisfied now?"I looked up."What?""My projects are suspended."They told me to go home for now."Her voice wasn't loud, but it was clear enough for everyone nearby to hear."Nicole, are you happy now?"I stared at her."I'm not the one who sent you home.""Then who was it?"Her eyes were bloodshot."If you hadn't recorded me and made such a huge fuss, would I have ended up like this?"For a moment, I actually didn't know how to respond.A few seconds passed, then I asked:"So what you're saying is, I should have kept signing for your packages?""I didn't ask you to bear any consequence!"Has anything bad actually happened to you?

Chapter 9

I certainly remembered it.It was worth over a grand.I signed for it on Rachel's behalf."What about it?"Chloe replied quickly."Rachel brought it downstairs later to send back as a return."Except before shipping it out, she stayed in the restroom for over half an hour."When she came out, besides the original packaging, she had a very old phone box in her hand."I stared at the texts."Why do you recall it so clearly?""Because she asked me that day whether returns are usually weighed by courier companies."My palms went stiff at once."What did you tell her?""I said I didn't know."Then she laughed and said shopping platforms are all pretty easy to trick nowadays."I immediately asked, "Are you willing to tell the police about this?"Silence stretched out for a long while, then a reply came."Sure."Just don't tell her I was the one who brought it up."I sent back an "Okay."That night, I didn't go home.Instead, I sat in the coffee shop downstairs from the office, listing every

Chapter 10

The police investigation progressed faster than I had imagined.Three days later, I was called in again to give a statement.This time it wasn't in the company meeting room.It was at the police station.Rachel came as well.And there was another man.He looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, wearing a black jacket, with a very gaunt face.I had seen him on Rachel's Instagram before.Her boyfriend, Luke Simmons.The two of them had been together for three years.Rachel used to brag often about how good he was at business."His mind is razor sharp."Now I knew where the man put his sharp mind to use.The police had retrieved a portion of the platform's records.Out of the orders, the majority were placed through Rachel's own account.A small portion came from Luke's account.The payment cards belonged to the two of them respectively.All seven refunds or compensation payments had gone directly into their own payment accounts.Not a single cent had ever reached me.Most cru

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