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    These were the reports Jamir had been feeding her every day. How could they be wrong? Unless…


    She instinctively turned toward where Jamir had just been standing—only to find he’d vanished. Jamir was gone?


    Sandra stepped forward with Elbert and addressed the crowd. “Everyone, please don’t be misled. Sylvia’s always beenmitted to her research. She has no reason to giarize.”


    Hester let out a coldugh, her voice dripping with sarcasm. “Come on. Everyone knows Sylvia loves showing off around here. And with Nina’s evidence so credible, you’re still trying to clear Sylvia’s name. If she’s so confident she’s innocent, why isn’t she showing up at the research institute now?”


    Then another voice chimed in, “Yeah! If she’s really innocent, why hasn’t she shown up yet?”


    “Mr. Hoffman, are you seriously nning to protect her?” another voice asked.


    Paul’s tone dropped. “These reports are confidential to each team. Nina, regardless of how you got them, you’ve already broken institute rules.”


    That wasn’t the reaction Nina had expected. “Mr. Hoffman, we’re talking about giarism here,” she protested. “That document is stamped. You’re seriously going to just ignore it?”


    Paul mmed his hand on the desk, his voice sharp. “Enough! If someone here has done something wrong, I’ll deal with it. But what you’ve done—dragging a crowd into my office—that’s just as serious.”


    He gave her a hard look. “You essed another team’s research without permission. That alone is grounds for removal from the project.”


    Nina’s face darkened. She clenched her fists at her sides, eyes burning with fury. She knew it. Paul was protecting Sylvia.


    “It’s office hours,” Paul said coldly. “All of you—get back to work.”


    Nina opened her mouth to argue, but right then, the door opened again. Someone walked in slowly, step by step, until they were standing in full view of everyone.


    “What’s going on here?”


    William hadn’t been at the research institute that morning. He had gone to the Briggs Group for business and had only just returned when he overheard a group of staff talking about Ste and the giarism rumors swirling around her.


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    Outside Paul’s office, he ran into Jamir, who told him that Nina was stirring things up and getting others to turn against Ste. Feeling uneasy, William headed straight to Paul’s office.


    When he walked in, his eyesnded on Nina. His voice was sharp and direct. “Miss Carter, mind exining why you’re creating such a scene with half the institute gathered here? This isn’t a yground. We don’t tolerate workce bullying here.”


    He didn’t bother hiding his annoyance. In the past, he might have been more courteous toward Nina, but now his tone held no warmth.


    Nina hadn’t expected him to walk in just then. She had assumed that since William already knew about the giarism allegations, he wouldn’t get involved. Keeping herposure, she replied, “They came on their own. I didn’t ask them to. What right do you have to use me, Mr. Briggs?”


    William didn’t flinch. His expression remained calm but clearly unimpressed.


    He turned to Paul. “Mr. Hoffman, I heard there was a document that ims Sylvia giarized?”


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