The manager, who had accepted a bribe of 150 thousand from Samantha, was quick to deny any wrongdoing. Nervously, he laughed, “No, no, we would never engage in such activities.” However, his guilty demeanor was impossible to hide.
Ezekiel sneered, “In that case, your whole company can forget about escaping. Wait for my lawyer to arrive.” “Sir, this has nothing to do with us! We were just following the manager’s orders.” “That’s right, we were just doing what he told us to do during the morning meeting. He found these articles for us, and we were only responsible for uploading them!” The employees immediately turned against the manager, pointing fingers at him. The manager broke out in a cold sweat.
Harmony was determined to find the person behind the scenes. She seized the opportunity to say, “Sir, it seems you can take all the blame. If you’re not sentenced to three to five years, I’ll be surprised.” Cold sweat began dripping down the manager’s face, and he quickly turned to Harmony. “Miss Mayo, how about we settle this privately? Our company is willing to compensate you 150 thousand and issue a public apology immediately. What do you say?” “Do you think I’m short of money?” Harmony responded coldly. “I won’t settle this privately, and I don’t want money or an apology. I just want you to serve five years in prison.” “No, no, Miss Mayo…” The manager certainly didn’t want to go to jail.
“Tell me then, who’s behind this smear campaign against me?” Harmony stared at him.
Ezekiel didn’t intervene, knowing that Harmony could handle this better. The manager, realizing he could no longer hide the truth, finally confessed, “It was… It was Samantha. She called me this morning to smear you. I was just doing what I was paid to do; I didn’t really want to smear you.” Harmony clenched her fists. Samantha.
“Do you have evidence? Hand them all to me.” Harmony demanded.
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