Chapter 408


    In the evening, when Ste walked out of her office, the girls in her studio happened to prepare to get


    off the work.


    They greeted Ste, “Ste, we wille home now.”


    Ste nodded her head with a smile, “See you tomorrow.”


    After the girls’ leaving, Ste looked at Sherry who was standing aside with a backpack on her back.


    She uncontrobly raised her brows and asked, “What are you…”


    Sherry coughed to cover her embarrassment, “I’m not doing anything. Just having an exercise.”


    Ste walked to the tearoom to pour some water and said with a smile, “Are you going to date Daniel?”


    Sherry walked to her and leaned against the wall, “No…Nope.”


    She lowered her head to buckle the belt of her backpack, “It’s just that we’re going to have a meal


    together.”


    Ste picked up her ss, took a sip of the water and took a nce at the man who was waiting


    outside, “Hurry up. He’s waiting for you.”


    Sherry looked over following her gaze, her lips uncontrobly twitched. She pondered for a while and


    said, “Ste, there’s no matter in the studio. Would you like to go with us?”


    Ste replied, “No, thanks. …rence wille to find meter.”


    A knowing expression appeared on Sherry’s face when she heard the reply. She then said sensibly,


    “Then I will not bother you. I will leave first, goodbye.”


    Ste nodded her head, “Be careful.”


    After Sherry’s leaving, Ste closed the ss door. When she prepared to walk into the studio, she saw


    someone in the car in the opposite street was watching her.


    The car had been parked at that ce long time ago.


    Sensing Ste’s gaze, the person in the car quickly withdrew his lines of sights, started the car and


    followed Daniel’s car to leave.


    Seeing this, Ste slightly pressed her lips together.


    If her guess was right, the one in the car should be Charles’ subordinate.


    Ste came back to her office, put the ss of water on the desk and then picked up her painting


    pencil. She pondered for a long while, yet didn’t draw anything in the end.


    She only wrote down several names on the drawing paper.


    Charles Steward, Phoebe Steward, Daniel, Cameron Carter and Mr. Moore who gave the key to the


    storage house to her before and disappeared after that…


    Looking at the names on the paper, Ste pondered for a while and added a name: William.


    Although William seemed to have no rtionship with the whole matter, he had some rtionships with


    the above-mentioned people.


    Ste recalled the day when she came to Cameron’s house together with Emmett. It seemed like


    William and Emmett didn’t know each other and they simply greeted each other lightly.


    This was so strange. Emmett was so close with Cameron, and it seemed like William also had a good


    rtionship with Cameron that how it appeared on the surface.


    With their rtionships with Cameron, they had many opportunities to meet each other.


    There could be only two exnations for this. Maybe Emmett and William were not familiar with each


    other, or maybe they pretended to be unfamiliar with each other.


    Emmett, Daniel and Cameron had a shared purpose, which was to fight against Charles.


    As for William, although he looked like a person who had nothing to do with this matter, he coincidently


    won the bidding of the Steward Group’s project.


    Combing these things, it was difficult for her to believe that William came here just for developing the


    domestic market.


    However how hard she tried, Ste still couldn’t figure out anything. Fretful, she blotted out all the


    names on the paper.


    Right at this moment, a man’s low voice sounded by her ear, “What are you writing?”


    Being caught off guard, Ste was startled and subconsciously leaned backwards, yet only leaned onto


    the man’s hot chest.


    rence curled his lips into a smile and took the advantage to put his arm around her shoulders.


    Ste, “…”


    This wretched man must have done it purposely.


    rence asked, “Have you eaten?”


    “Didn’t you ask me to wait for you?”


    rence raised his brows, “Let’s go.”


    Ste packaged up her things, tore down the paper with the names on it, crumpled it up into a ball and


    threw it into the trash can.


    When having dinner, Ste asked, “I saw the statement posted by the Conrad Group today. What do


    you think of it?”


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    “Are you mentioning the cheating in the contest, or the matter of bribing the judge?”


    Ste was confused and asked, “Aren’t they the same thing.”


    rence added some water into her ss, “Originally it’s the same thing. But now it was handled as


    two matters.”


    “What do you mean?”


    “Someone used Modesty of cheating in the contest and bribing the judges. There’s evidence to


    prove that she has cheated in the contest. But as for bribing the judges, from the current situation, it


    seems like an oral usation and there’s no evidence. Moreover, the two judges refuse to admit it.


    Therefore, it can only be regarded as two matters.”


    Ste couldn’t help but frown when she heard the words, “It’s true that there’s no direct evidence to


    prove that Modesty has bribed the judges. But I still believe that Modesty doesn’t have the ability to


    bribe them. As for Robert, the organizer of the contest has investigated him and they found that he


    didn’t do that…”


    rence said slowly, “Now that it was not something she is able to do, we should not waste time on


    her any longer.”


    Ste was stunned. Several secondster, she suddenly understood what he meant.


    That was it. She almost forgot that Phoebe and Aurora also took part in the Young Designers’ Contest.


    Ste asked, “Phoebe and Aurora, which one would do that?”


    “Both of them are suspects.” rence paused and then continued, “But the Barton Group has a


    subsidiarypany that engages in fashion and it has a deep cooperation with the two judges.”


    Ste understood all when she heard the words.


    Aurora was the one behind this.


    It was not simply about bribing the judges. Because of thepany’s cooperation with the two judges,


    no one would find any problem in the articles of their contracts or the capital intercourse between the


    two parties. This was the reason why Louis didn’t find it.


    Thinking of this, Ste couldn’t help but click her tongue.


    rence asked, “What’s wrong?”


    “Nothing. I just feel that Mr. Conrad is so charming.”


    rence, “?”


    As Ste was almost full, she stood up and said, “I’m full. I’ll leave first.”


    rence licked his teeth and followed her out.


    When Ste pulled open the door to the driver’s seated, she found rence had seated himself on the


    passenger seat.


    Ste, “…”


    She got into the car sulkily and asked, “Mr. Conrad, what are you doing?”


    rence replied without any expressional change, “Send you back.”


    Ste didn’t want to talk with him. She sat into the car and pulled the seatbelt, but rence suddenly


    leaned forwards.


    Ste subconsciously moved backwards, “What… what do you want to do?”


    rence sped her hand, buckled the seatbelt for her and said in a charming voice, “To buckle the


    seatbelt for you. Or what do you want me to do?”


    Looking at his face that was so close to hers, Ste suddenly felt hot. She coughed, winded down the


    window and pushed his chest, “Sit properly. You’ve blocked my sight.”


    When speaking, she looked towards the rear-view mirror on her right as if what she said was true.


    She then started the car.