Chapter 26: Lost trust
Anne pushed back her chair and stood up, prepared to answer—but Becca chimed in.
"The project progress report. She worked so hard on it until late last night, but... I think she forgot to save it properly. And now, she can’t find it."
Becca played her role perfectly, masking her deceit under a layer of false sympathy.
Tania let out a dramatic sigh, shaking her head in mock disappointment. "What a shame," she drawled. "Such carelessness is not expected from you, Anne. As a secretary, you should have been careful—but instead, you simply forgot to save a file?" She scoffed. "This is unacceptable."
Turning to Denis, she tugged at his arm and pouted. "Denis, you can’t keep her as your secretary. Fire her immediately."
Denis remained silent. He didn’t look at Tania, nor did he acknowledge Becca’s words. His cold, piercing gaze was fixed solely on Anne.
Anne also looked at him. She was sure she had saved that file. Not only that, but she had also backed it up on Google Drive—it was her habit to store important documents online as a precaution.
That’s why she wasn’t nervous.
But now, she realized someone had touched her laptop while she was away. Someone had intentionally erased her file.
Her mind raced back to the fleeting moment from last night—when she had seen Becca sneaking away just before she left the office. A flicker of doubt crept into her mind. She suspected that Becca had done something with the file.
"I saved it," Anne said firmly. "But it’s gone now."