Drowning Him In Regret novel Chapter 84

Chapter 84 Confession

The employees behind me all fell silent, staring at me in disbelief.

If that document really was authorized, they’d likely all be out of a job.

I stepped forward and glanced at the paper in Aiden’s hand, then scoffed. “You call this chicken scratch a signature?”

He said, “Jude was in a coma at the time. Who knows how you got this signed? Was there a lawyer present? Any medical staff to bear witness?

“Jude personally said he didn’t authorize anything. Are you seriously trying to fake this?”

Since Jude said he didn’t remember, I’d just take that as him not knowing.

After all, he was barely conscious. Even if the signature was his, under those conditions, it wouldn’t legally count.

I knew that. And Aiden knew it too.

He shot me a venomous glare. “This is Jude’s signature. Do you think I’d dare forge something like that? If you say he’s awake, then fine. Let’s go confront him. Let’s go!”

He really knew how to find a way out for himself, and actually took his people and left.

When Bodhi passed by, he tried to bump into me on purpose, but Casey shoved him aside without hesitation.

“Fat bastard. Disgusting,” she muttered under her breath. I quickly tugged on her sleeve.

She was still going to be working at Carson Group in the future. It was better not to provoke these petty people too much.

With the crisis temporarily averted, I told everyone to return to their posts and get back to work.

We had to compensate the victim’s family, sue Skydiver Material, and suppress the negative public opinion.

And thanks to Aiden’s recent chaos, the company was in a complete mess. I had to clean it up quickly.

Ewan called to let me know Jude had been taken back to the old residence, which finally gave me some peace of mind.

He asked, “Ada, do you want to come back to the old house? I’ll send a few people to pick you up.”

I replied, “Ewan, I’ll stay at a hotel near the office for a while. There’s too much work.”

He didn’t press the issue.

After all, Jude and I were still planning to get divorced. The less we saw each other, the better. Avoiding too much interaction with the Carson family was for the best.

Casey had basically been working overtime with me every day. Worried about my health, she even moved into the hotel with me.

I wasn’t sure if it was some kind of final burst of energy, but I’d been feeling better. I was more productive and even started getting my appetite back.

Especially when we won the tender for the overpass design project. I was over the moon.

This project had actually been pursued by Carson Group for months. But the initial designs weren’t right and had been rejected multiple times.

Lately, I’d been sleeping lightly, and in my spare time, I’d tinker with revisions. I brought together Departments One and Two to work on it. Everything just came together naturally.

After winning the bid, Casey wanted to take me out to celebrate. But I shook my head.

I said, “Let’s not. We still need to pull together the detailed proposal. I was thinking…”

Casey insisted. “We just landed the bid! That can wait. I’m treating you to BBQ tonight!”

The other coworkers had already left, so she dragged me out quickly.

But before leaving, I opened a security program on my laptop. If anyone tried to input the password, the webcam would automatically turn on.

After what happened last time, I wasn’t going to be careless again.

We had just ordered food when I got an alert from my phone app. Someone had actually tried to access my laptop.

All of Carson Group’s sensitive data was on that laptop. It was locked in my drawer. I wondered who could’ve opened it.

When I pulled up the app, I saw it. Douglas was sitting in front of my laptop, talking on the phone.

He said, “Can’t you just unlock it remotely? I gave you two thousand dollars. What the hell are you doing? Hurry up! She’ll be back soon, you useless piece of trash!”

I didn’t know what he plugged into my laptop, but he really managed to break into the system.

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Chapter 84 Confession

I didn’t make a fuss. Instead, I called up a few of Jude’s bodyguards to head upstairs while Casey and I rushed back to the office by car.

By the time we got there, Douglas was already under control.

He glared at me furiously. “Mrs. Carson, what’s the meaning of this? I just came back to grab some files!”

“Grabbing files from the director’s office?” I raised an eyebrow. “Very impressive.”