Raelynn Ortiz hadn't expected this. Before she could even confront Seraphina Vance, the other woman was already flaunting her supposed authority.
Her arrogant posture made it seem as if the recent drama had never happened.
Raelynn knew exactly what Seraphina was thinking.
She was confidently banking on the fact that ordinary employees wouldn't know about the scandal at the anniversary gala. Since only the executives present knew she was the other woman, Seraphina was exploiting that information gap to throw her weight around.
"Just call downstairs," Seraphina said impatiently, glancing at her watch. She was clearly displeased by Raelynn's sudden appearance.
After that day, "Faye" hadn't pursued the matter, and Dr. Adrian Moreno hadn't followed up with further accountability.
Nothing serious had blown up in the aftermath.
This made her realize that after Leo Flynn took her home, Sebastian Croix had handled the mess for her.
Even if Raelynn wasn't ready to give up and wanted to drag her down from her pedestal, it would be useless.
The patent office had notified her that the matter was still under investigation. If they determined she had maliciously registered and plagiarized someone else's work, all her patent rights would be revoked.
But she wasn't worried.
She had looked into it.
Faye hadn't registered it yet.
Without proof of prior registration, the patent rights would ultimately remain hers. She could just spin it to the public as a massive misunderstanding, sprinkle in some conspiracy theories, and the masses would believe her.
"But..." someone next to Seraphina reminded her, sounding suspicious. "Doesn't it require a keycard to get up to this floor? Could she be one of Mr. Tanner's guests?"
Since their R&D team moved up here, they handled a lot of highly classified information.
Outsiders were strictly prohibited from roaming around.
Not just anyone could come up here.
Seraphina frowned.
Her intuition told her Raelynn was about to cause trouble.
Putting on an air of professional duty, she snapped, "Can't you understand plain English? This is a restricted area for commercial secrets. What kind of twisted logic are you trying to play at?"
"You're so incompetent that you have to steal other people's data. What kind of secrets could you possibly have here that are worth being proud of?" Raelynn had always had a sharp tongue, drawing blood with every word.
Seraphina's face instantly dropped.
Ignoring her reaction, Raelynn turned to the general manager's secretary, who had followed her up. "Why is the R&D team on this floor?"
The secretary knew Raelynn had been personally invited up by Mr. Tanner and didn't dare disrespect her. "It's because... Mr. Croix used to come here occasionally, and his office is on this floor. Ms. Vance and Mr. Croix are basically inseparable, and she wanted to spend more time with him, so Mr. Croix made a special exception for them to move up..."
The secretary's explanation brought a smug curve to Seraphina's lips.
She shot Raelynn a mocking look. "Sebastian really does grant my every request. As an outsider, you have no right to interfere with Longstride's decisions!"

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More chapters pls........
This author is not letting her FL win. haha Such a rage bait! But I keep on reading anyway! Urgh!...