An Affair With The Ceo (Natasha and Jared) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76 She Sold Him Out

Chapter 76 She Sold Him Out

‘Where did it go?’ Natasha thought.

Leigh walked over and said, “Did you remember wrong? Maybe you didn’t put it here?”

Natasha felt confused.

‘I could’ve sworn I left the BC Project in this drawer, she thought.

Yesterday at work, she took it out to review, and made sure to put it back before leaving.

“No way, I definitely put it in this drawer.” Natasha shook her head, still confused.

Her heart raced with anxiety.

‘If I can’t find the BC Project, how will I explain this to Mr. Rundell and the others?’ she thought.

Leigh suggested, “Why don’t you check the other drawers? If you still can’t find it, that could be trouble/

Natasha opened the other drawers one after another, but still found nothing.

Leigh helped her search the office, but they still came up empty-handed.

Finally, they returned to the conference room.

“Where’s the BC Project?” Jared questioned sharply, his expression stern and cold.

Natasha stiffened.

Her mind was a total mess.

But she knew there was no running from this.

“It was in my drawer, but when I went to get it just now, it was gone! But I swear, I never leaked the BC Project,” Natasha insisted, her tone unwavering.

But nobody in the room was buying it.

Jared’s expression grew even more severe and dark. “You claim you didn’t leak it? But the proposal vanished when it was under your watch.”

Natasha defended herself firmly, “I know I’m accountable for the proposal going missing, but that doesn’t mean I’m the one who leaked the BC Project.”

Jared’s dark eyes turned piercing, like arrows. “It doesn’t prove you did it, but it doesn’t clear you either!”

Natasha’s heart jolted.

She had no comeback.

‘Is he actually doubting me now?’ Natasha thought.

Natasha scanned the conference room, her eyes darting from one person to the next.

Everyone was giving her suspicious looks.

Their expressions were just like Jared’s. She could tell they’d already made up their minds. In their eyes, she was the one who leaked it.

Natasha tried to defend herself. “I haven’t been Mr. Rundell’s assistant for long, but I’ve worked here for years! What possible benefit would I get from leaking the BC Project?”

Everyone else fell silent.

Jared spoke, his tone cold and heavy. “I only ever showed the BC Project to you. If it wasn’t you, are you suggesting I leaked it myself?”

Natasha forced herself to stay calm and think carefully.

Suddenly, it hit her.

Her gaze shot over to Marsh, who had been keeping his head down the whole time.

She spoke up right away. “Hey, Mr. Mallin, I remember you coming out of Mr. Rundell’s office during lunch break the other day. Didn’t you drop a document on the floor? Wasn’t that the BC Project?”

Marsh shuddered in fear when Natasha brought it up.

But when he looked up at Jared, he put on a look of innocence. “Mr. Rundell, I’m innocent. I’ve been working here for decades, always doing my job, and I’m about to retire.

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“Why would anyone suspect me? Besides, I never even had a chance to see the BC Project!”

The others chimed in right away. “Marsh? Impossible!”

A person said, “He’s spent most of his life working here. Even if he wasn’t always the star, he’s always been reliable.”

Marsh was an old-timer, and a lot of the execs in the room had worked alongside him for years. Naturally, they had a lot of faith in him.

For a moment, plenty of people jumped in to defend Marsh.

Even more people glared at Natasha with resentment.

“Ms. Whittier, you can’t just throw Marsh under the bus to save yourself!” someone snapped.

“Ms. Whittier, just because you don’t want to admit your own mistake doesn’t mean you get to blame someone innocent! another colleague chimed in.

Natasha instinctively protested, “I’m not…”

“Enough!” Jared cut in sharply.

The force of his presence made everyone shudder, chills running down their spines.

The conference room went dead silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone turned to Jared, waiting for Jared to hand down his verdict.

Natasha was just as anxious as the rest, her eyes fixed on Jared.

In Natasha’s eyes, Jared was a razor-sharp boss. No one could pull the wool over his eyes.

She was sure he’d have her back.

But to her surprise, he didn’t even send anyone to check if Marsh had slipped into his office. Instead, his gaze landed right on her.

“I trust Mr. Mallin, just like everyone else in this room. He would never betray the company,” Jared said, his voice cold and unwavering.

Natasha’s heart sank like a stone.

She stared at Jared in disbelief, his face now completely cold and unyielding. “So what you’re saying is, I’m the one who leaked the BC Project?”

Jared’s eyes grew even deeper and more unreadable, shadows swirling in their depths.

He was shrouded in a dark, oppressive vibe that made everyone in the room uneasy.

No one really knew what he was feeling when he learned the BC Project had been leaked, especially since Natasha was the only one he’d ever trusted with it.

The sting of betrayal and being sold out clung to him, suffocating and relentless.

He wanted so badly to trust her.

He wished he could defend her, even with all eyes on him.

Yet, she’d just sold him out last night.

She pretended to ask him out, made him believe she wanted to see him, and he happily showed up, only to find Lizzie waiting for him at the restaurant.

Afterward, he called her several times, but she never picked up.

He even went to her place, but nobody was home.

She just handed him over to another woman.

Now, after what happened last night, Jared could not guarantee that she wouldn’t stab him in the back again at work.

He’d lost all trust in her.

But more than anything, he was completely broken by what she’d done.

Jared took a deep breath, burying his feelings deep inside.

“Ms. Whittier, hand in your resignation. You won’t need to come back here again,” he said, his voice cold and absolute.

He let out a sigh, his mind made up for good.

Natasha wanted to quit for a while anyway.

She’d already submitted her resignation to HR several times.

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If he hadn’t kept holding her back, she would’ve left ages ago.

Since she clearly didn’t want to stick around, he wasn’t going to force her anymore.

“Mr. Rundell… Derek gave Natasha a worried look, then turned to Jared, hoping to plead her case.

But someone else spoke up before he could.

“Mr. Rundell, Natasha leaked confidential company information. Just letting her resign is letting her off easy, we should report her to the police!” someone shouted.

“Yeah, only if we report her and have her taken in can we show Thalruar we’re taking this seriously,” another person chimed

“The BC Project leak caused huge losses for the company. Natasha deserves serious consequences!” someone else added. Derek immediately spoke up for Natasha. “There’s no direct evidence linking Ms. Whittier to the BC Project leak. “You’re jumping to conclusions and making her the scapegoat before anything’s been proven!”

Someone else snorted, “Even if there’s no evidence, she can’t be cleared of suspicion.

“We should call the police and let them investigate. Maybe if we lock her up and interrogate her, she’ll finally tell the truth!”

“I agree! That’s exactly what we should do. Lock up Ms. Whittier and interrogate her.” Others echoed in agreement.

Derek was both furious and anxious. “You guys…”

Whenever trouble hit, these people couldn’t wait to throw someone under the bus, anything to save their own skin. Derek wondered, ‘What’s with Mr. Rundell today?

‘He hasn’t even said a single word to defend Natasha.

‘Don’t tell me he’s actually considering calling the cops and having Natasha arrested?’

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