Betrayed? I Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother novel Chapter 227

Chapter 227

Just then, my phone buzzed with two new messages.

Zane: If you involve Gavin in the investigation, I will have all the evidence destroyed. I guarantee even Gavin won’t be able to find a single lead.

My brow furrowed as I read the words. Afraid he might actually do something that desperate, I quickly typed back a simple agreement.

Gavin, noticing I’d suddenly clammed up, surprisingly took the initiative. “What were you going to say?”

I hadn’t expected Zane to threaten me like that. I couldn’t risk bringing it up with Gavin now. “It’s nothing.”

Seeing my abrupt change, Gavin’s eyes instinctively flicked to my phone. He only caught a glimpse of the contact name–Zane–before I swiftly tucked

it away.

His eyes turned icy, a mocking smile touching his lips. “Chatting so warmly with him after being separated for so long?”

You just parted ways, and now you’re texting.

And you replied pretty fast.

I pressed my lips together, telling the truth. “It wasn’t warm. We were discussing something serious.”

“What serious matter?” His blue eyes studied me, his tone deliberately casual. “Discussing the divorce?”

The divorce papers were already finalized. What was there left to discuss?

Before I could speak, my phone rang. It was Elias.

At this hour, he should be at the research institute barring any special circumstances.

Thinking it might be about the project’s progress, I answered immediately. His anxious voice came through. “Elara, the results from our last experiment are in. But for some reason, the data is way off from our projections.”

My expression turned serious as I glanced out the window. “I’m on my way. Be there in ten minutes.”

Our previous experiments had all yielded results almost identical to my projections.

This was a first.

Hanging up, I looked at Gavin. “Are you passing by the company? There’s an issue with the project. I need to get there.”

I’d overheard most of her call and knew it was serious. His gaze shifted to Neil. “Take her to the company first.”

“Yes, sir.” Neil responded promptly, knowing the Young Lady was probably frantic, and increased our speed.

When we arrived at the Windsor Group building, it was still lunch hour, with plenty of employees coming and going.

I didn’t have Neil pull under the portico, hurriedly getting out by the curb and rushing into the building.

Caius, standing near the front desk, visibly relaxed when he saw me. “Team Lead Windsor, everyone’s waiting for you upstairs.”

“Okay.” I nodded and hurried toward the elevators.

Inside the R&D department, our whole project team was gathered.

Seeing me enter, Abbott handed over the experimental results. “Take a look. The data just came in at noon.”

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Betrayed?1 Upgraded to His Billionaire Brother

Chapter 227

I didn’t even bother sitting down, taking the report and scanning it carefully.

Almost immediately, I knew something was wrong with this data.

Quickly, I pointed to several spots. “All these values are off. They shouldn’t be this far off, no matter what.”

I wouldn’t say I had a hundred percent confidence in my research plan, but I was eighty to ninety percent sure.

Even if it failed, the data shouldn’t look like this.

Elias frowned, catching on fast. “You’re suggesting the results might have been tampered with?”

“Not ‘might‘.” I was certain. “They were.”

As I spoke, Elias’s gaze turned sharp, sweeping slowly over everyone in the project team.

“That’s impossible,” Abbott quickly interjected. “Only you, me, and

Young M

Caleb have access to that lab.”

Anyone with half a brain knew it wouldn’t be Elias, given his close relationship with me.

And it certainly couldn’t be me. Who would sabotage their own work? Besides, I had

been to the company in two days.

Turning it over in his head, Abbott realized the person with the most suspicion was… himself!

I could see what he was thinking and knew it wasn’t him. “Abbott, I meant, maybe we should check the surveillance footage first?”

Besides the three of us using our fingerprints, that lab also had a backup passcode.

Someone with ill intentions might have gotten hold of it.

Before anyone else could react, someone from my own team spoke up, displeased.

Sullivan said, “Team Lead Windsor, you run into a little problem and immediately suspect us? Who’s to say if it’s your flawed plan or tampered data?”

Others seemed to agree.

After all, checking the cameras made everyone feel like a suspect.

If we did it today, the whole company would know something was wrong in R&D by tomorrow.

“What actually caused the problem isn’t for me to decide.”

I wasn’t flustered by the doubt, just pointed toward the cameras. “They will.”

Elias spoke up.

“It’s just checking footage. Those with nothing to hide have no reason to be nervous

“Check” Abbott, who had also felt the results were wrong, was now willing to trust my judgment. “We have to check. I’ll call Security right now.”

He stepped aside, made a quick call, and after hanging up, seeing his subordinates were upset, tried to placate them.

“Isn’t this for the project’s sake? The sooner we successfully develop this, the better it is for all of us.”

“If this data was really tampered with, who knows what else this person might do? What if they secretly steal our results and sell them to a competitor?”

“Would any of you be okay with that?”