Chapter 57: Chapter 57 Forgive me
Alana smiled faintly. “Wear whatever you want. As long as you’re happy.”
“True.”
Carla chuckled, patted Alana’s shoulder, then returned to her seat to enjoy her breakfast.
Alana sat down at her desk, booted up her computer, and began processing the data and files on her screen.
“Holy crap!”
“Everyone, check the company group chat! Someone anonymously reported our Manager Dane for a messy private life, hooking up with multiple young female college students!”
“What?! Where?! Which college girls?!”
The office instantly switched to gossip mode, work abandoned as everyone rushed to open WhatsApp and check the group chat.
The company group was flooded with photos of Dane’s alleged mistresses.
The pictures were explosive, some even bedroom shots.
However, the women’s faces were all obscured with black marker, making their identities unrecognizable.
Only their clothing and body shapes hinted at their distinct identities.
Yet Dane’s chubby face remained untouched.
It seemed the person who posted the photos deliberately spared the women’s dignity.
Suddenly, someone gasped.
“Vera?!”
“How are there photos of Vera and Manager Dane in there?!”
Because among all the women, only Vera’s face remained unblurred.
There she was, starkly visible in a bed photo with Dane.
Vera had just joined the project team. Hearing the gossip and seeing the suggestive glances directed at her,
she felt utterly baffled.
Suddenly, her gaze froze.
Because she saw a photo on a colleague’s phone, a picture of her and Dane checking into a hotel room.
Vera screamed, lunging madly to grab the colleague’s phone.
“Ah!”
“No one is allowed to look!”
“Delete it! Delete everything!”
Her colleagues weren’t about to indulge Vera.
“Why should we delete them? This was sent out by the company group chat!”
“Vera, you dared to do that with Manager Dane, but you won’t let us see it?”
“Exactly! You put on this act of being pure and innocent, but behind closed doors, you’re this despicable!”
“Wow, you even went for a married man with a potbelly like Manager Dane. Looks like you were really hungry!”
Faced with her colleagues’ vicious taunts, Vera couldn’t hold back her tears.
“It’s not like that!”
“Manager Dane forced me. I didn’t want to be with him...”
Her colleagues weren’t buying it.
“Tsk tsk tsk. Look at that look on your face when you were underneath Manager Dane. You say you were forced? I think you enjoyed every second of it!”
“Exactly!”
Vera shook her head frantically. “No, no, I didn’t! Who sent these photos?! Who’s so jealous of me?!”
“Someone anonymously mailed them to the company’s complaints department!”
“Who? Who was it?! Alana, was it you??”
Vera suddenly fixed her gaze on Alana, her eyes filled with fury.
Lately, she and Alana had been at odds.
Reasonable suspicion pointed to her as the one who mailed the photos to the company. Otherwise, how could it be that all the girls’ faces were defaced except hers?!
But how could Alana possibly have the clout to dig up these compromising photos?!
Alana gave Vera a cool glance, neither confirming nor denying.
Vera was so furious she wanted to strangle her on the spot. “Alana, it must be you!”
Carla couldn’t hold back. “Vera, just leave already! Stop making a fool of yourself!”
“You did those dirty deeds yourself, and now you have the nerve to blame others!”
“Besides, you say Alana did it, do you have any proof? Don’t falsely accuse her without proof. She’s beautiful and kind-hearted, why would she target you for no reason?”
Vera’s eyes turned bloodshot with rage, her teeth gnashing, yet she had no rebuttal.
As she felt her colleagues’ mocking stares one by one, she could no longer bear to stay. She turned and fled.
Alana watched Vera’s retreating figure with an expressionless gaze.
She truly wouldn’t target someone for no reason.
It was Vera who had struck first, prompting her retaliation.
That’s why she only defaced the other girls’ faces, Vera remained untouched.
It was simply a warning, mess with her, and you’d pay the price.
The other girls had done nothing to her, so she saw no reason to expose them and make them look foolish.
What if they really had been coerced by Dane? If she reported him, not only would she fail to do a good deed, but she might also drag these girls into an even bigger whirlpool of rumors and slander.
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Meanwhile.
Dane, lying in his hospital bed, received news that the company had fired him.
The reason? Alana had reported him for his chaotic personal life, being married yet involved with multiple women.
Had he concealed it well enough, the company might have turned a blind eye.
But once exposed, the company couldn’t stand idly by.
To prevent further damage and protect the company’s reputation, they terminated Dane outright, a clean break.
Recovering from his injuries, Dane felt his world collapse in an instant.
After all, he had worked tirelessly for years to secure his managerial position with its seven-figure salary.
Never did he imagine that his private life would be exposed, effectively sentencing him to professional death by the company!
Furious, Dane slammed his fist into the hospital bed.
“Who the hell did this?!”
Already crushed by being beaten and sent to the hospital, now he was exposed of a messy private life? Was this some attempt to finish him off?
His mind drifted to Alana and that man who had suddenly appeared to rescue her that night. Could this be connected to that man?
After all, he knew exactly what Alana was capable of. If she had any real power, would he even bother with her?
So it probably wasn’t Alana who did this, it was that man who exposed him.
So that man had his eye on Alana and was helping her take him down?!
Dane gritted his teeth in fury. Who the hell was that arrogant brat?!
If he weren’t afraid the police would uncover his what he almost did to Alana, he’d have that bastard rotting in jail for at least ten days!
Mid-thought, the hospital door slammed open.
A burly woman stormed in.
“You old bastard! Meeting all these other women behind my back!”
“I’ll kill you today!”
She charged straight at Dane, ignoring his wounds and launching into a beating him.
Shocked and flustered, Dane frantically blocked with his hands. “Honey, stop! I’m innocent! Those photos are fake! They’re not real! My love for you is as true as heaven and earth!”
“Heaven and earth can attest to your sincerity? I had those photos verified, they’re real! You old bastard! I won’t rest until I beat you to death today!”
Furious, the woman swung her thick, muscular arms, landing slap after slap on Dane until he was in agony.
“Honey, please stop! Waaah, I’m sorry, I won’t do it again... forgive me...”
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