Three Years Forgotten, Why Go Crazy When I Say Goodbye? novel Chapter 282

"Is there a huge problem?" Julian echoed, his voice laced with disbelief. "Did you even read this? Can you really not tell if there's a problem?"

Vivienne hadn't read it. Even if she had, it would have looked like pure gibberish to her.

Facing his rising anger, she scrambled for an excuse. "The deadline was so tight. I didn't have time to review it thoroughly, I just skimmed it."

Julian was far from satisfied with that pathetic excuse. "Even if you didn't look closely this time, I distinctly remember you claiming you'd be actively involved in the research for this project. If you were truly involved, how could you miss data errors this catastrophic?"

He tapped the screen, pointing out specific data sets. "Look at this yourself. Does any of this make sense to you?"

Although Vivienne didn't understand the granular details, she grasped the broad concepts and general direction of the experiment. Seeing the numbers he was pointing at, her heart sank.

These weren't minor experimental margins of error. They were wildly, embarrassingly wrong. The entire foundational direction of the research was off.

"And look at this," Julian's finger slid down to the conclusion section. "If you told me they did this with their eyes open, I wouldn't believe you. Sinclair Group pays top dollar for talent—is this the level of competence we're getting?"

At this point, as much as Vivienne hated to admit it, she knew she had been played by Leo and his crew.

"They're clearly at fault here, but ultimately, so are you. As the Project Lead, failing to catch these glaring errors is unacceptable. It's a good thing I caught them today while we still have a chance to fix it. But what if a client had seen this? How exactly would we recover from that?"

He rarely spoke to her with such harsh, authoritative severity, completely pulling rank on her. Vivienne was stunned, her body going rigid as she stared at him in disbelief.

But Julian wasn't finished. He was starting to connect the dots, realizing something was deeply wrong. This wasn't Leo's first year at Sinclair Group. When Willow was in charge, that team had never produced a single error. In fact, they had successfully spearheaded numerous new projects and patents for the company.

Yet the moment Willow left and Vivienne took over, everything went downhill. All he ever heard from Vivienne were complaints about their lack of cooperation, incompetence, and laziness. And now, they were suddenly making catastrophic data fabrications? He decided he needed to speak with them directly.