Chapter 861
Chapter 861:
Simultaneously, the surveillance footage provided a vital clue—someone, wearing a hat, mask, and an oversized lab coat, swiped another person’s access card and snuck into Stella’s lab at dawn. The person remained at the computer for almost ten minutes.
Despite the disguise, the cameras recorded details that gave the person away—their height, body shape, and a small, habitual gesture.
Everything pointed directly to Nina.
Armed with the evidence, William and Stella entered Nina’s office. She was sitting there, sipping coffee and watching pre-competition news, a self-satisfied smirk on her face.
The moment she saw William’s cold stare, her smile faltered. Her coffee cup slipped from her hand, shattering on the floor, the contents splattering everywhere.
“William, what… what is this?”
She tried to act calm, but her voice trembled, betraying her anxiety.
William didn’t waste a word. His gaze was ice-cold as he nodded to the tech team behind him. “Show her everything.”
A technician placed a tablet in front of Nina, displaying restored login logs, screenshots from the surveillance cameras, and even clear footage from a convenience store camera capturing her stealing the access card.
Nina’s face drained of color. She shouted, “No! That’s not me! You’ve got the wrong person, William. I go to bed early. I was asleep all night!”
William let out a mocking laugh and threw a freshly printed report onto her desk.
“Still denying it? This is a draft report from your own laptop, showing evidence of data deletion tools. Do you want the experts to explain how we recovered it, step by step?”
With every word, Nina turned even paler, her body trembling. She couldn’t say a single word to defend herself.
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She hadn’t expected William to act so quickly, nor for him to confront her with police involvement over Stella.
Stella stared at Nina, feeling more confused than anything else. “Why? Was it really just to eliminate me from the competition? Was it worth all of this?”
Nina’s eyes burned with bitter anger. She yelled, “You don’t understand! Why do you get to stroll into the Carter family and have everything? I couldn’t stand it!”
Nina jabbed a finger at William, her voice cracking under the weight of desperation. “I’ve loved him for so long, and he never once looked at me. Then you just appear out of nowhere, Stella, and suddenly you’re the one he pays attention to. Why you?”
Tears rolled down her cheeks, stripping away her usual pride, leaving only eyes filled with bitterness and helplessness.
William’s stare was cold and distant, as though Nina was nothing more than a nuisance. Without a flicker of emotion, he moved protectively in front of Stella and said in a steady voice to Nina, “She didn’t need tricks to earn her place. She worked for it. You, on the other hand, chose sabotage, and that only disgraces the Carter family. Effective immediately, you’re dismissed from the institute. I’ll also be filing charges against you for corporate sabotage and espionage. The Carter family lawyers will be sending the papers soon.”
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