Winning Her Heart Again

Chapter 43: A Mess

"So what are we gonna do now?" I asked Erica, I know that they were busy last night, and they don't have enough sleep but this design and proposal is very important.

"I was just wondering. I found something as usual." The painting at my back wasn't in its proper arrangement near the drawer where we always placed our plans for our meeting. "What do you mean, Ma'am?" Kurt asked with a confused voice. Rhian even looked at me.

"I do not want to say this, but someone is sabotaging us. I found my painting not in its proper arrangement. I'm also wondering how those files would be missing together with the files in Rhian's laptop. Something's not right here," I told them.

"Does that mean there is someone in here trying to sabotage our plan?" Jacob uttered and looked at each of them.

"I can't do that, I am loyal from the start" Kurt said, defending himself.

"What is even more Interesting in that is the part where my camera didn't catch anything," I added while looking at them.

"I know I've been working here for just a year but I couldn't sabotage our work," Erica said, trying to clear herself.

"Even me, I can't do that. I can't betray you ma'am Jaz. For years that I've been working here, this is the first time that this happened, " Ryan said while trying to fix himself.

"I'm sorry, guys. This is my fault. If I had only brought my laptop with me, this would not have happened. Even if they get the hard copy, if I have the file on my laptop, then we don't have any problem now, "Rhian said while looking down at the floor. I could even hear her voice, saying that she wanted to cry, but she was just forcing herself not to.

Everyone was silent, waiting for me to talk. I stared at them, if the perpetrator is not here then who it was?

"Do we have other copies of CCTV outside the building?" I asked them Kurt placed his laptop on the table and tried to look for the video of last night outside the building.

"I don't find something wrong here ma'am," he started to look for it. And gave me the laptop.

I tried to rewind it but no one was outside that night. I was about to close the video when, at the end of the clip, I saw a man holding a garbage bag.

I rewind it many times, and he's leaving with that garbage bag, which, as far as I know, is not that heavy.

Rhian came to my back and they followed her.

"What is that man doing there in the middle of the night?" Erica pointed at the screen. That's also my question.

"Rhian when you came here, did you observe something?" I asked her and she thought about it for a second.

"Actually, when I came to my table, my laptop was not in its proper place, though I know that I placed it on the left side of my table, but then when I came, it was already placed on the right. I thought maybe I just forgot where I really put it, but then when I opened it and checked for the files, it was already gone. I also went to your office, ma'am, but I couldn't find the hard copies," she said. I tried to zoom in on the man, but he was wearing a cap and facemask.

"That means that the man on that video is the one who did all of this?" Jacob said. While watching it, I left the place holding that garbage bag.

"What is even more interesting with this man, when I checked the CCTV in our office, everything was normal. "I told them and Rhian covered her mouth.

"Which means that man was the one who did it, and he was the reason why we couldn't find any evidence on the CCTV?" She said while I was still in deep thought.

Who would dare do this to me? I am busy working abroad, and Paul was the one coming here for this business, though I could only meet them through video call. And sometimes, if Paul couldn't go here, Rhian was the one coming abroad.

"Ryan and Kurt, find any evidence outside this building or gather evidence on the other building so we can find this man," I said, and they both nodded. They went back to their chairs, and I lent him his laptop.

Then seconds later, my phone rings.

"Mr. Huston, I'm sorry for not calling you this morning. I also apologize, but we haven't finished the designs. Rest assured that tomorrow morning, we will set the meeting so we can discuss everything with you," I said, and I looked at my team.

I know that this day is not enough to do that, but since we are rushing, we have to finish that design by this day.

"Actually, I changed my mind," he said. That made me stop. What did he mean?

"Sir? I'm sorry but-" he cut me off, I was about to ask him about his words.

"I'm sorry, Ms Stewart. Since we agreed that you would be sending me those files, which you failed to do, someone offered me a very good deal, and I found their designs and proposal very interesting, " he said and chuckled like he was talking to someone.

How is that possible? Did he just have another meeting with another businessman? But how could he cancel our deal?

"Mr. Huston, we have a deal. You can't just cancel that easily. "I told him but he just laughed. That made me pissed off.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Stewart, but you failed, and I found another company to invest my money in," he said and ended the call.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

I frustratedly threw my phone on the table and stood up while massaging my forehead. Damn it! We made an effort to do that proposal, and now everything went a mess!

"Ma'am" Rhian stood up and she looked scared. I look at them and they are worried.

"Mr Huston cancelled his investment. "I told them and I can see how their faces changed.

"This is my fault, " Rhian said while crying. Jacob went beside her to comfort her.

"I'm sorry Ma'am Jaz, I just didn't know that things would turn out like this," she said, sobbing. Jacob is caressing her back.

"He cancelled the deal not just

because we were late but also

because he found another company that offered him a great deal," I told

them no one talks while Rhian is still до Crying. She knows how important

that dream is. Every one of them

knows

"I just couldn't imagine how that company or person would do that Proposal and design at the same time. As far as I know, I am the only one with Mr. Huston who made a business deal with him. "I told everyone.