Chapter 9


    ra sidestepped with the agility of a cat, but even her quick reflexes couldn’t save her from the


    ssh of scalding coffee that hit her foot. She sucked in a sharp breath from the pain.


    She was about to give Heidi a piece of her mind when she looked up just in time to see Heidi’s body


    hurtling. towards the ss disy cab behind her.


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    Instinctively, ra reached out to grab her, but Heidi shook her off violently.


    Crash!


    Heidi’s arm shattered the ss. Blood streamed down her arm to the floor.


    At that moment,n’s icy voice came from behind. “ra, what the hell are you doing?!”


    Heidi’s pale face was streaked with tears, her lips quivering. n, it’s all my fault. I identally


    spilled coffee on ra, and she thought I had done it on purpose, so she pushed me. Please don’t


    be mad at her, okay?”


    ra’s eyes widened in disbelief. She couldn’t believe Heidi would go to such lengths to frame her,


    resorting to self–inflicted injury. She immediately retorted, “I didn’t push her. She fell on her own.”


    “I’ll be back to deal with you!” he said coldly. With that, he whisked Heidi away in a hurry.


    Watching their retreating figures, ra’s face was etched with indescribable hurt.


    This was the man she had loved for seven years. Between her and Heidi, he never chose to believe


    her.


    ra quicklyposed herself. She wouldn’t let Heidi’s schemes seed. She andn had


    broken up, so she didn’t care what he thought of her.


    But she couldn’t tolerate being framed. If it happened once, it could happen again.


    She immediately sought out her colleague Nicole, asking her to get her tech–savvy boyfriend to


    copy the security footage of the incident. She needed to prove her innocence.


    Once everything was handled, ra pulled herself out of the mess and dove back into her hectic


    work.


    Withoutn, the atmosphere in the conference room was noticeably rxed. ra’s colleagues


    praised herpetence and even teased her about her seamless work withn, wondering if she


    might end up as their boss‘ wife.


    ra responded to theirpliments with a slight smile. “We’re just colleagues, let’s not specte.


    Besides, I’m about to resign soon.”


    Before she could finish her sentence, the conference room door flew open with a bang.n stood in


    the doorway, dressed in a sharp ck suit, exuding an aura of intimidating chill as if he had just


    emerged from the underworld. His dark eyes fixed on ra with a frosty re.


    The once peaceful and rxed atmosphere of the conference room suddenly became stifling and


    tense. Everyone rose to their feet, echoing a respectful ‘Mr. Hayes.’


    He dragged ra out of the conference room.