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    There was a pause on the other end, and then his tone shifted—sharp and cold. “What happened? Stay calm. I’m on my way. We’ll handle this when I get there.”


    Less than fifteen minutester, the roar of tires announced William’s arrival. His car skidded to a stop at the institute, and he strode into theb with a determined, no-nonsense expression.


    After listening to Ste and inspecting theputer and backup drives himself, his face darkened. A storm seemed to radiate from him—silent but intense.


    Seeing him like that, Ste’s stomach sank. If he was this serious, she concluded, her data must be irrecoverable.


    “Lock down theb immediately,” Williammanded. “Call the police. Alert the institute. No one leaves until we get to the bottom of this.”


    He didn’t wait. William went straight to Paul, insisting that every exit be sealed and no one be allowed in or out.


    Then he picked up his phone and called thepetition’s lead organizer.


    “Chairman, this is William Briggs. I regret to inform you that Ms. Sylvia Gilbert’s core project data at our institute has been deliberately destroyed. As thergest shareholder of both the Briggs Group and the institute, I am officially requesting a pause and postponement of thepetition,” he exined.


    The organizer immediately understood the gravity of the situation.


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    If handled toote, the work could be lost forever. Every experiment, every log, every painstaking calction counted.


    With William’s influence, refusing him wasn’t an option.


    His intervention not only allowed time for an investigation but also ensured Ste’s team could stay in thepetition.


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    After hanging up, he looked at Ste, who was pale, and spoke gently. “Don’t worry. Even if we fail to recover your files, we’ll find whoever did this. I’ve got you covered.”


    Things like this simply didn’t happen at William’s institute. It waspletely out of line.


    William remained calm, his steady presence helping Ste and her flustered team regain theirposure. The police arrived quickly, followed by William’s elite cybersecurity crew, who immediately went to work.


    The investigation was kept under wraps. inclothes officers mingled with the staff, and no one at the institute had any clue about the incident. Experts managed to recover Ste’sbputer logs using specialized tools and meticulously analyzed every second of the security footage. Anyone who could have essed theputer was questioned.


    William took charge of the entire operation, ensuring that nothing went unnoticed.


    Meanwhile, Ste, on the verge of despair, did her best to calm Sandra while keeping her own anxiety hidden. Surprisingly, the investigation progressed faster than she had anticipated. Despite the perpetrator’s knowledge of how to delete files and cover their tracks, small traces were left behind that the experts were able to detect.


    The tech team sessfully recovered fragments of the deleted logs. They discovered that an unknown ount had logged inte at night and erased or overwritten several files. Though the ount appeared to be anonymous, its activity patterns and small anomalies strongly suggested it had been operated by someone inside the institute.


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