Betrayed and Dumped She Rose Stronger Than Ever novel Chapter 453

Rebecca blinked, caught off guard. “No, we haven’t. Why?”

Timothy let out a long sigh. “That’s good. You’ll know what’s going on in a few days.”

Rebecca pushed down her curiosity and didn’t ask any more questions.

Months ago, someone had sent her an anonymous text warning her not to work with Skyline Capital. She’d almost forgotten about it, since everything seemed fine with both Skyline and NovaStack Cloud. Now, Timothy suddenly brought it up again and hinted that something was about to happen. Her nerves came roaring back.

Was something big about to go down?

She shook her head, trying to push away the thought.

Whatever happens, it’s not my problem.

Two days later, the financial world was rocked by explosive news.

Skyline Capital was being investigated for serious corruption. Several top executives were taken in for questioning overnight, and a bunch of their projects got shut down on the spot.

On the top floor of NovaStack Cloud, Sonja was fuming. She’d called Bryce again and again, but every time his phone went straight to voicemail. In a fit of frustration, she hurled her phone at the wall.

Right then, the head of the project department barged in, looking panicked. “Dr. Campbell, bad news. Our project with Skyline just got suspended. Bryce was taken away for questioning... They’re saying bribery and corruption.”

His voice was shaky. “And there’s... there’s more...”

Sonja marched over and grabbed him by the collar. “What else? Tell me!”

He looked sick. “Rumor is, our company’s caught up in the bribery too. They’re coming to investigate us.”

“What?” Sonja’s mind went completely blank. Grabbing her purse, she bolted for the door.

But she hadn’t made it more than a few steps before she spotted officers waiting outside.

She froze, heart pounding.

“Mr. Lamont.”

Bruce was still catching his breath. He pointed toward the steady stream of people leaving. “They’re saying the company’s bankrupt. How is that possible? There was money, wasn’t there?”

The manager let out a heavy sigh. “Mr. Lamont, if everything had gone according to plan at the start of the year, we would’ve been fine. But so many people left, projects were delayed, and payments didn’t come in on time. Some projects even got canceled completely, so we lost all that money.”

“And then there’s Skyline Capital. We put way too much into that project. Dr. Campbell ordered those new hires at triple the normal salary. Plus, she gave Bryce a bunch of under-the-table benefits. Now she’s been taken away by the police herself.”

Bruce just stood there, frozen. Cold sweat prickled down his back.

So while he was gone, Sonja had run the show and done all this.

She was dangerous.

The finance manager noticed how pale Bruce looked and let out another sigh. “Mr. Lamont, I probably shouldn’t say this, but I honestly think you trusted the wrong person. Ms. Harper really cared about you. It’s a shame.”