Chapter 44

Everyone was stunned and turned to see Aveline walk in. Her face was pale, but her eyes were cold as she looked around the room. "It's one thing to badmouth me behind my back when I can't hear, but if I catch you, shouldn't you apologize?"

She made a point of looking at the people who had just insulted her.

Their eyes darted around nervously, and a male colleague stood up and said, "Why should we apologize to you? The project information you were responsible for leaked, and no one else touched your desk. We have every reason to suspect it was you!"

Aveline looked at him coldly. "So, you admit it's just a suspicion, not concrete evidence, right?"

The male colleague stammered, looking embarrassed.

Aveline continued, "No apology? You’ve got no shame!”

Her words provoked them immediately.

"Miss Young, you made a mistake. Why should we apologize?"

"Exactly, we didn't do anything wrong!"

"Since you said it wasn't you, then show us that you took care of the matter."

"Smack!"

Aveline slammed t