Ticket for Cheating novel Chapter 61

Chapter 2

Jaxon was MIA all morning.

Wren must’ve gotten bored gaming in the executive suite.

She wandered back out like she owned the place.

First she’d mess with someone’s design mockups they’d been working on all morning.

Then she’d randomly hit keys on people’s computers, screwing up their spreadsheets.

Everyone was pissed but couldn’t say shit-they’d just freeze when she got close, then frantically fix whatever she broke after she moved on.

Then she drifted over to the water cooler.

Probably thirsty again, she grabbed a paper cup to fill up.

Whether she’s just clumsy AF or doing it on purpose, I couldn’t tell.

Her hand jerked.

A full cup of water went flying in a perfect arc, splashing all over the wall next to the cooler.

Right where the main electrical panel was.

There was this loud “POP!” with sparks shooting everywhere.

Every light in the office died.

All the computer monitors went black at once.

A few seconds later, the whole place erupted with screams and “WHAT THE FUCK!”

“My code! I’ve been coding all morning! It’s not saved!”

“My Photoshop files! The client’s been blowing up my phone and I was almost done!”

“My quarterly reports! They’re due at 2! I’m so screwed!”

The IT manager came flying out of his office.

He saw Wren standing there looking all innocent after causing this disaster, and his face went dark.

His mouth opened and closed, fists clenched, but he swallowed whatever he was about to say.

Wren actually spoke first, voice all whiny and victimized.

“Ugh, what’s happening?”

“This electrical stuff is like, total garbage. A tiny bit of water and it breaks? Why does our company buy such cheap crap?”

The nerve of this chick blaming everyone else was honestly next level.

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The facilities manager came rushing over.

He looked at the smoking, fried electrical panel, then at Wren.

Immediately switched to this pathetic ass-kissing mode.

“Wren, you’re not hurt, are you? Did the sparks scare you?”

“This totally isn’t your fault-the wiring’s probably old. We’ll get it fixed ASAP, install a new waterproof system!”

“You go chill in the office, we’ll handle all this.”

Wren pouted, looking unsatisfied, but didn’t push it. She headed back to Jaxon’s corner office.

The facilities guy finally wiped the sweat off his forehead and started barking orders at IT.

When he walked past my temporary desk, I stopped him.

“Does this kind of thing happen a lot?”

The manager looked at me, recognized I was from corporate, and his expression went bitter.

He pulled me into the stairwell and lowered his voice.

“You’re the auditor, right? I probably shouldn’t be running my mouth, but after today…”

He sighed heavily.

“Real talk, she’s Jaxon’s princess. We can’t touch her.”

“Today Jaxon’s in Chicago for client meetings, so nobody can babysit her.”

“When Jaxon’s around, at least he keeps her locked in his office playing mobile games…”

His face showed pure defeat.

“Last month, she had another ‘oopsie’-knocked over her Frappuccino.”

“It went straight into our main server.”

“All our data got corrupted. IT pulled all-nighters for a week trying to recover everything. A whole week of everyone’s work, completely

trashed!”

“What happened then?” I asked,

“Jaxon blamed IT for ‘inadequate safety protocols’ and docked everyone’s quarterly bonuses.”

“Said it would ‘teach us responsibility.””

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