My beautiful boss novel Chapter 36

"What are you all doing here? Don't you all have work?" A cold voice sliced through the commotion just as Jaden was fuming. Bella appeared with a still face catching everyone's attention.

The senior managers immediately bowed their heads and moved to both sides to make way for her.

Despite Bella's short stay in the company, she was already able to establish a strong reputation.

Apart from Jaden, no one dared to challenge Bella in Silverland Group, let alone offend or displease her.

Everyone knew of the rivalry between Jaden and Bella. Jaden still harbored ill feelings towards Bella especially after she landed her position as president. Jaden was the main candidate for the post had Bella not been transferred. There had been friction between them ever since.

"What's happening?" Bella demanded, walking to Jaden's side.

"I caught this security guard stealing confidential information from my computer. Miss Song, you need to decide what to do with him, on behalf of the company, "

Jaden advised dutifully, hiding his ulterior motifs. He knew Bella wanted to back Peter up, but he was determined to make the situation difficult for her, not as easy as she wished.

Bella didn't know what to do, cursing inwardly. He was speaking in front of everybody so she couldn't openly defend Peter.

She was sure that if she did that in front of her managers, news of her bias would reach the directors in less than 10 minutes and her position as president would be in jeopardy.

As Bella was trying to find the best way to go about the situation, four policemen suddenly came rushing in.

"Officers, thank God you're here. This man stole confidential information. Please arrest him and find out who he's working for!" Jaden immediately requested, grabbing the opportunity to have Peter detained.

Silverland Group was known as the biggest financial group in the Golden City. The police would surely prioritize this issue and immediately jump at Peter.

But as they came closer, they recognized him right away. "Mr. Wang, is that you?"

The officer-in-charge was Richard Xing, Director of the Southern Regional Bureau. He didn't expect that the spy Jaden reported would turn out to be Peter.

"Mr. Xing, you came right on time. I need your help to prove my innocence, " Peter told Richard calmly.

"Innocence? What else is there to prove?" Jaden said in anger. He didn't expect a mere security guard to even be acquainted with the director of the police force.

"Mr. Xing, as an honorable officer, surely you wouldn't bend the law just because you know the person involved, would you? This man sneaked into my office to steal confidential information. I caught him in action. This is the flash drive he used to store the data. We have witnesses and evidence. You have everything you need to arrest him, right now!"

Richard didn't know what to do. Had he known that the reported person was Peter, he would not have come here. Now what? He was holding a wolf by the ears. How would he find a way around this?

Was it wise to arrest Peter? If the allegations were true, then there would not be any problems. But if they weren't, his position as director would surely be in jeopardy.

If he didn't arrest Peter, he'd surely be under scrutiny for his refusal in front of the senior managers of Silverland Group. Neither side wasn't without risk. Realizing that he was in a severely precarious situation gave Richard a very bad headache.

Thankfully, Bella came to the rescue. "You don't have to arrest him right away, Mr. Xing. Peter is denying the allegation. We might as well listen to his side of the story."

"Bella Song, you are obviously covering up for this culprit. I will file a complaint against you!" Jaden accused, pointing a finger at Bella.

"How dare you! Who are you to address me as such? Know your place! As president of this company, I will not hesitate to put a criminal behind bars; but also I am not going to allow any of my employees to be unjustly accused of a crime they did not do."

"If he is a real spy, I won't defend him anymore. But if the allegations against him are proven wrong, then mark my words, I WILL find out who is behind this trickery."

Bella boomed, regaining her control over the situation.

Peter looked at Bella with appreciation. "Mr. Xing, I am wronged indeed, " he explained calmly. "First of all, I have never seen that flash drive before. You can check it for my fingerprints if you want to.