Lemira caught sight of Evelina’s panicked look, her lips curling with a hint of smirk. Who would’ve thought Evelina could actually be scared?
Evelina quickly turned to Lucian, saying, “Lucian, since this whole mess indirectly started because of me, let me clear the air. I need to find out if he was bribed to do it.” Lemira couldn’t help but scoff, “Wasn’t it you, after all?”
After her accusation, Evelina’s face turned pale, her heart racing with fear. Evelina couldn’t be sure if Lemira had more evidence up her sleeve.
Evelina rushed to explain, “Lemmy, how could I ever do such a thing? I know you’re mad because I didn’t stand by you earlier, but I swear it wasn’t me.”
After saying this, Evelina cast a desperate look towards Lucian. But the latter, frowning, remained silent.
Lemira’s eyes and brow carried a chill, “Fine, swear on it then. If you were behind it, may you be struck by lightning, meet a terrible end, and end up a beggar on the streets!” Evelina bit her lip, clearly hesitant to make such a vow. Because the last thing she wanted was to end up broke! She’d worked so hard just to make it rich.
Evelina looked towards Lucian, a picture of pitifulness, “Lucian, I really didn’t do this. I can apologize, but swearing like that is just too terrifying.”
Lucian, almost instinctively, felt Evelina had a point. An apology should suffice, no need for such dire oaths.
Hogan, seeing an opportunity, chimed in, “Boss, if Ms. Sterling is innocent, swearing wouldn’t matter, right? Unless, of course, she has something to feel guilty about?” Hogan had never been fond of Ms. Sterling, always thinking she was too good at playing the victim.
Evelina, looking all teary-eyed and pitiful, gazed at Lucian.
Such a look would usually soften him. This time, though, Lucian gritted his teeth and said, “Eve, just go ahead and swear. I believe you’re innocent.”
Evelina was on the verge of tears. She didn’t want to curse herself. But now, she was stuck.
Lemira watched the scene unfold with a smirk, rather surprised Lucian actually agreed to have Evelina swear.
In the past, Lucian would have never asked Evelina to do such a thing, instead demanding Lemira be understandable. Certainly a surprising turn of events. Now, all eyes were on Evelina.
Eventually, Evelina, reluctantly and feeling wronged, repeated the dire oath as Lemira had dictated.
Lemira watched Evelina intently, impressed by her willingness to risk it all.
Evelina felt a chill down her spine but dared not provoke Lemira further, fearing she might have more evidence.
With the matter settled, Lucian
turned to Lemira, cautiously saying, “I’ll get to the bottom of it. Thise firewall issue, we owe you one for solving it.”
“It’s all about the money for me. Hogan, make sure to transfer it to my account.”
Wishing to leave, Lemira turned and headed back to her seat. Now that the testing was successful, wrapping things up was easy.
Back at her seat, her colleagues tiptoed around, yet whispered among themselves.
“Turns out she’s the real Ms. Langston. We’ve been fooled by that impostor all along.”
“Who would’ve thought an adopted kid could outshine the real Ms. Langston herself? Unbelievable.”
As Evelina came out, her
embarrassment was palpable. Now that everyone knew she was a fake, she couldn’t bear to stay in the office, sensing these people were laughing at her.
She knew she had to find a way to silence Ethan. Evelina stood up and walked away from her desk.
Lemira had finished integrating all her code into the software, marking the end of her task. With the files ready, she headed to the manager’s office to knock on the door.