Anna returned to the Luke Corporation's design department, only to find the entire office cloaked in a heavy, tense atmosphere, as if a storm had just passed through.
She frowned, puzzled.
Just then, her assistant, Samantha, came running over, her face pale and eyes glistening with unshed tears.
It was clear she was on the verge of breaking down.
"What's going on? Why are you in such a rush?" Anna asked, her brow furrowed.
She had only been away for a week, what could have possibly happened?
Samantha blinked rapidly, her voice trembling as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Anna… I'm so sorry. I… I…"
Seeing her assistant too shaken to speak clearly, Anna gently handed her a napkin and patted her shoulder. "Alright, calm down. Just tell me what happened."
Samantha sniffled, struggling to get the words out. "The contract… the one you asked me to sign and submit to Titan Group… it… it had a plagiarized design in it."
Anna froze. Plagiarized design?
