SWNOVELS Chapter 117
Chapter 117 Dine in the Pasta House
“Danniel has conducted investigations and everyone who had access to that technical information has been interrogated and cleared of suspicion. Now, the only people under suspicion are those from your department, and you are the prime suspect,” Maxwell stated bluntly.
Leaking the information was critical. If it weren’t for Camila’s relationship with Maxwell, Danniel would have reported this matter to Conner Consultancy a long time ago. In that case, Camila would likely have lost her job.
This morning, when Danniel told Maxwell about this matter, they had a heated argument.
Finally, with Maxwell’s assurance, Danniel decided to keep it quiet for the time being.
“It’s impossible, I wouldn’t do such a thing.” “That document given to you last weekend contained a small portion of technical information about this project. Think about it, who has seen that document?”
Countless images flashed through Camila’s mind instantly, searching for the suspect.
“It was given to me by Danniel and he said it was very important, telling me not to show it to anyone else. Only I saw it at that time. Then I put it on my desk.”
“Did you carefully think if anyone else had seen it?”
Camila thought hard and said, “No. Because Danniel had
mentioned that this was very important, I didn’t give the information to anyone else. I even gave it to Danniel before leaving work.”
“Have you ever left the office?” Maxwell didn’t believe it was Camila’s doing.
“I went out once. At that time, only Elena was there,” Camila thought for a moment.
“Elena?”
“She was usually a very honest person, she shouldn’t have done this,” Camila said.
“Looks can be deceiving. She may not really be honest,” Maxwell pondered. “Don’t tell outsiders about this matter. The leakage of information doesn’t have a significant impact on us. However, this incident has served as a wake–up call for
us.”
“Okay, I hear you.” Camila understood the importance of the
matter.
For technology companies, before the project is made public, the introduction is considered a trade secret because some competitors can develop similar products just by taking a glance. If competitors register the patent first, it would be
even worse.
Seeing that Camila was willing to cooperate, Maxwell didn’t want to pressure her. He gave Camila a key and said that they would work together once the investigation was clear.
Camila had no choice but to agree.
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At noon, Camila was just about to go to the cafeteria to have lunch when Brook arrived.
“Camila, do you want to go to the cafeteria for lunch? | suggest you don’t go because the food there is terrible. How about I treat you to eat out? There is a new pasta house across the street. I heard the pasta there is delicious,” Brook said.
“I was good, I grabbed some food at noon.”
At that moment, Olivia and Elena Hale walked over. “Camila, a little bird told me that the dishes at that pasta house are especially delicious. We also want to go and try them. How about we go together?”
In Camila’s opinion, Elena rarely ate with others. She couldn’t help but remember that incident and agreed to go eat together.
Brook originally intended to eat with Camila, but it turned out that four people ate together.
On the way, Brook sat closely next to Camila and made every effort to please her by constantly showing concern.
Olivia noticed that Brook had feelings for Camila.
“Camila, how about Elena and I go somewhere else to eat? The tables at that restaurant were small and it was a bit crowded for four people,” Olivia said tactfully.
Camila glanced at the strong and tall Brook, her eyes filled with disdain.
Brook looked at Camila with an innocent expression, “Camila,
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don’t tell me you wanted me to change pasta houses? It was me who suggested going to that place.”
“I didn’t say anything. You can join us if you want to.”
They entered the pasta house together. The tables of that shop were small and could barely accommodate four people.
Elena sat across from Camila.
“Elena, what kind of pasta do you want to eat?” Camila asked.
“I didn’t mind. I ordered the same as Olivia did,” Elena said. She spoke less and appeared to be an honest person. However, Camila felt that she should have her own mind inwardly.
Finally, Olivia and Elena ordered beef bolognese, while Camila and Brook decided to have tomato pasta.
Because there were many people in the pasta house, the serving was slow.
They started chatting, but basically it was Brook who did most of the talking. Olivia didn’t want to feel awkward, so she occasionally chimed in.
Elena didn’t say a word throughout the entire time, doing something with her phone.
Camila saw her sending messages continuously.
Because the two were close, Camila leaned forward slightly and saw her chatting with Jamie.
Elena felt Camila’s gaze and quickly stopped chatting on her phone.
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Camila was a bit confused. Elena had been transferred from Caleb’s group, so she probably wasn’t familiar with Jamie.
The dishes finally arrived.
Brook ordered some more dishes and placed them all in front of Camila.
They could all see that Brook liked Camila, but Camila didn’t notice at all.
“Camila, Maxwell was so annoying today. Why did he make you move to his office?” Brook said discontentedly.
“Maxwell worked for better opportunities,” Camila explained, “and besides, we were hired by your company and have to follow the arrangements.”
“I didn’t know where Maxwell came from, but it seemed like Danniel obeyed his every word,” Brook disliked Maxwell.
“Wasn’t he from the IT Department?” Olivia said.
“I worked in the IT Department. How come I didn’t know him?” Brook retorted.
“Oh? Really? How many people are there in the IT Department of your company?” Camila frowned.
“There were many people in the IT Department of a technology company. And, we collaborated with many outsourcing companies,” Brook said.
“That’s a possible explanation,” Camila thought, “that he might have been working at the outsourcing company you mentioned, and he recently came back.”
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But Brook still felt that Maxwell didn’t seem like a technical person. He thought Maxwell was more of a manager because Maxwell’s presence was even more imposing than Danniel’s.
After finishing their food, they started walking back. Suddenly, Camila’s body tilted and her shoe heel got stuck in the gap of the drain. She almost fell down.
Brook quickly helped Camila pull her shoe heel, but the heel got stuck inside. He exerted force, and the heel was pulled off.
They were all stunned now, looking at each other.
There is still a distance from the company here, Camila cannot walk back barefoot.
Finally, Brook expressed willingness to carry Camila back to the company.
As soon as Camila entered the door, she saw Maxwell
standing in the hallway. Camila quickly asked Brook to put her down.
As a result, Brook moved too quickly and Camila fell to the ground.
Brook was ready to help Camila.
Maxwell stepped forward and forcefully pushed Brook aside, then grabbed Camila by the arm and pulled her up from the ground with one hand.
“Had a meal, how did the shoes get lost?”
“The heel got stuck in the drain.” Camila pushed Maxwell aside and stepped into the office, one step at a time.
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Brook wanted to go in, but was blocked by Maxwell outside.
“Are you free? If I remember correctly, you were still on
probation, right?”
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