Ste steadied her nerves and gave Lauretta a call.


    "Ste," Lauretta''s voice came through the line.


    Her tone was soft, as if deliberately hushed.


    Ste asked, "I saw the news about the Chapman family... Lauretta, is it serious?"


    Lauretta''s voice was a bit heavy. "Yeah. Actually, The Chapman Group has been having issues for the past few days, but it''s only gotten worse. By the time it hit the news, it meant the situation could no longer be covered up."


    Ste asked, "What exactly happened? Was a corporate secret really leaked?"


    Lauretta didn''t hide anything from Ste and spoke the truth. "Yes, a very important project of ours had its confidential files leaked. This project hasn''t officiallyunched yet, and only my parents and brother knew about it. Not even the top executives at The Chapman Group knew the specifics. But recently, this secret was leaked."


    Lauretta paused, then whispered, "This confidential file has always been kept by my brother. So, my parents suspect it was leaked from him."


    Lauretta hesitated for a moment before adding, "Right now, Mom and Dad believe the person who leaked our family''s secret... is very likely Aurora."


    "Aurora?" Ste asked. "Why do they think it''s her?"


    Lauretta exined, "In the entire Chapman household, the only person who can enter my brother''s study is Aurora. Normally, when he''s not around, even my parents and I can''t get in. Aurora used to work at The Williams Group and knows a lot about business. She fully has the capability to steal corporate secrets from my brother''sputer."


    Corporate secrets aren''t something you can just take.


    If someone knew absolutely nothing about the business and had no discernment, they wouldn''t be able to pull off corporate espionage at all.


    Lauretta continued, "Our family''s secrets started leaking right after Aurora joined our family, so she is highly suspicious. Also... Mom and Dad found out that Aurora has been in contact with an untraceable phone number. The calls aren''t too fréquent, but they just can''t track down any information on it. Mom and Dad think Aurora married into our family on purpose just to steal our secrets."


    After what happened at the engagement party, Lauretta''s father and Mrs. Chapman had a terrible impression of Aurora.


    Even though she was pregnant with McCoy''s child, they always suspected the baby might not be his.


    Ste asked, "What is McCoy''s stance on this?"


    Lauretta said, Although my brother trusts Aurora, that untraceable number did make him a little


    suspicious of her. However, these are just our private discussions; Aurora doesn''t know yet. Mom and Bad''s


    Auros not to alert her right


    nów, to see if she makes any further moves, ideally catching her red-handed."


    Ste''s brow twitched.


    McCoy was currently Aurora''s only pir of support. Stealing the Chapman family''s secrets wouldn''t benefit her at all.


    Logically speaking, Aurora definitely wasn''t the one stealing the secrets.


    But Lauretta''s parents still held a


    grudge over Aurora''s humiliation at the engagement party, plus she used to string along a lot of guys and had many suitors


    t of guys tre


    They were prejudiced against her, believing she was stealing their secrets while


    fooling around with other men.