Chapter 483
The secretary noticed Marina’s serious expression and the way she kept silent, as if something had just occurred to her.
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She asked softly. “Ms. Finley, do you know who took those photos?”
Marina didn answer. Her lips pressed into a thin line.
Seeing this, the secretary wisely didn’t press further and quietly left to get back to her work.
Marina pressed her fingers to her brow, then pushed open the office door and walked in.
She sat down in her chair, took out her phone, and opened her chat with Daron.
She typed out a message, but ended up deleting it.
Marina kept her eyes fixed on the chat window, her mind swirling with thoughts.
After a while, Daron’s message popped up.
[Are you at the office yet? Something came up this morning. I had to rush out and couldn’t wait for you]
Marina saw the message, her fingers hovering over the keyboard as she hesitated.
[What happened?]
But after typing those words, she deleted them. She didn’t reply to Daron, just set her phone aside, her mind unsettled.
She already had a pretty good idea. There was no need to ask.
Whenever Bette had to deal with Zara and Hayley, she always ended up suffering.
Now that Zara had spread those photos around, and it barely made a ripple, Daron probably saw it as no big deal.
Marina rubbed her brow, a chill glinting in her gaze.
Even if Daron was siding with Zara this time, Marina wasn’t about to let her get away with it so easily.
She had her own way of striking back.
At Cloudstorm Group, Daron stared at his phone screen.
He watched as the “typing” bubble in his chat with Marina vanished, but she never replied.
He frowned, his face darkening. What’s going on with her? he wondered
Right then, Zara knocked on the door and came in.
She walked over to Daron’s desk, dressed in a tailored suit, her face set in a practiced, professional vrnite
“Hey Daron, Garret told me you were looking for me? Zara said
Daron looked up. his gaze falling on Zara, a touch of coldness in his eyes
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Baron had his gaze on her, his voice growing even colder. “Where were you last night?”
Zand hands cenched rightly by her sides.
She took a deep breath, her expression visibly tense.
Daron locked eyes with her, his voice cold and cutting
“Spit it out!” he snapped.
Zara bit her lip, nerves written all over her face, and blurted out everything she did at the restaurant.
Daron frowned, watching her tense up.
“What did you do at the restaurant?” he pressed.
Zara shook her head
“I didn’t do anything.” she said, feigning innocence.
“Is something wrong. Daron?” she asked, her voice all sweet and clueless.
Daron narrowed his eyes at her.
Her heart skipped a beat under his piercing stare.
She forced herself to meet his gaze, acting like she had nothing to hide.
Daron just stared at her, his expression cool and detached.
Finally, Zara couldn’t hold it in anymore and spoke up in a low voice.
I actually ran into Marina at the restaurant yesterday,” she murmured.
Her voice was barely above a whisper, almost like she was afraid to be heard.
Daron kept his eyes fixed on her, his expression unchanged.
“And then?” Daron prompted.
Zara took a deep breath, her voice barely above a whisper as she said. “I saw Marina go into a private room with some guy He was being really affectionate with her, so I snapped a couple of photos.”
As she talked, she pulled out her phone, found the photos, and handed them over to Daron.
‘Here, Daron Take a look,” she said.
Zata debberately scrolled through her phone to find the photo that could easily be misunderstood.
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In the picture, Henry’s hand looked like it was wrapped around Marina’s waist.
Honestly, I then I was just seeing things at first, Zara said, her voice trembling.
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“Pe Zara trailed off, her eyes darting nervously to Daron’s face.
Zara carefully watched Daron for any change in his expression.
Pat Daron never even glanced at her phone screen.
A flicker of confusion crowed Zara’s eyes.
The next second, Daron’s voice cut through the air, cold and emotionless.
“You didn’t want to tell me, so you decided to broadcast it online for everyone to see?” he said.
Zard’s expression froze, and she instinctively shook her head.
“No way she blurted out.
I really didn’t, she insisted.
Daron didn’t say anything, just watched her, his gaze unreadable as she grew more flustered.
“Mease, Daron, believe me. I really didn’t do something like that,” Zara pleaded.
Daron reached out and took Zara’s phone, looking down at the screen.
Just as Zara was about to let out a breath of relief, Daron’s piercing stare fixed on her once more
“You’re lying” he said, his voice icy and flat.
Daron’s tone was frigid, completely emotionless.
Zara shook her head, her gaze flustered and uneasy.
Daron, you have to believe me. I swear, I didn’t tell anyone. Zara said, her words trailing off
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“But since the photos got out because of me. I’ll take responsality and springer the addet
Daron looked at her, his tone icy.
“You need to own up to everything and apologize for what happened” Daron said colifly
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Zara’s eyes reddened, and a single tear slipped down her cheek.
Zara never expected that even after she told Daron someone else had posted the phonse saline, he didic she apologize anyway.
“I’ll apologize to Marina in person,” Zara said.
“I’ll go at noon…” she added.
Daron cut her off, his face completely blank.
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not enough to just apologize face–to–face. You also need to clear things up online, tell everyone the pot w misleading because of the angle you used,” he said coldly.
Zara froze, her eyes wide with disbelief.
She never thought Daron would really push her this hard.
He’d never been this strict about things like this before.
She took a shaky breath, her face turning ghostly pale as she couldn’t stop the tears from falling
“Alright,” she said, her voice trembling.
She didn’t dare refuse Daron, so she just played the weak and pitiful card, hoping he’d notice and be and he
But Daron didn’t even spare her a glance. His voice was icy as he said. “I want to see your apology vadee bel
Zara bit down hard on her lip, her mouth filling with the taste of blood
She gave a stiff nod and mumbled, “Okay”
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
