It was night time, and a drizzle were starting out there.
Kathy had just left the NCHV Medical Company, and there was a black Cayenne parked at the entrance.
A man in white shirt and black pants was holding an umbrella in the middle of the rain. Although the visibility was very low due to lack of lighting, his perfect features were still very much distinguishable.
Kathy stopped in her tracks momentarily. Joseph’s leather shoes were drenched in rainwater, signifying that he had been in the rain for some time.
“When did you arrive?” Kathy trotted towards him and wrapped her arms around his.
There was a calm and composed expression on Joseph’s face as he stroked Kathy’s hair and sliding it to behind her ears. Her mesmerizing side profile came into view.
“I have just arrived and was planning to give you a call.”
“You can just let the driver pick me up.” Kathy replied softly.
She knew that Joseph was always busy lately, so she had been picked up by the driver for a few times before this. It was a while since he had come to fetch her personally.
“It’s raining now, so I’m slightly worried about you.” Joseph continued to caress her long hair lovingly before he lowered his gaze and kissed her on her lips.
This man was often times domineering but sometimes he was gentle. He had never failed to captivate her…
“I’m going on a business trip tomorrow.” Kathy leaned against Joseph’s shoulder in the car while informing him of this.
“You’ve been going on a lot of business trips lately.” Joseph couldn’t help knitting his eyebrows.
“Alexia has resigned, so I’m taking over her duties for now. I’ll need to go on a lot more business trips in the future.” She replied.
“Aren’t you going to have your exam soon? You should just resign.” Joseph replied in a low voice.
Kathy frowned as she thought of her chances of participating in the exam. She didn’t know whether she was qualified to take part yet. How could she resign just like this?
“I think I’ll wait a little longer.”
At this moment, Joseph produced a file from the drawer next to him and handed it to her. Kathy accepted the file with a surprised look on her face as she saw the words “Boston University” printed on the file. Her hands were slightly shaking now.
Could it be…
She flipped open the file and saw that it was her thesis from back then. But this version here was obviously not written by her.
“How did you get this?” Kathy asked with an astounded expression.
“My grandpa is one of the founders of Boston University, and I used to be part of the school’s board of directors. It was a piece of cake for me to get your thesis.” Joseph explained calmly.
“So that was it, no wonder you were able to help me last time.” Kathy leafed through the thesis and came to the realization that this version was probably the one being accepted by the examiner back then. Anyhow, this was not her own work. What had happened to her own work? If it was really swapped with someone else’s, then who could have done that? She didn’t know who was holding such a strong grudge against her.
“Do you believe me if I say that this thesis is not written by me?” Kathy smiled mockingly and said. Joseph frowned as he took the file over to study it. His frown deepened as he flipped through that thesis.
“I’ll find out who is behind this for you.” He said with determination.
“Won’t it be difficult to do that?”
“Just leave it to me.”
Joseph’s words were always credible in her opinion.
She lowered her gaze as her eyes were gradually filled with an iciness.
“I suspect that Herbert was behind this, but I don’t have any proof. She wouldn’t admit either.” She speculated.
“Alright, I’ll use this clue to start my investigation.”
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