The Billionaire's Unexpected Proposal by Samantha

Chapter 50

The next morning, instead of going to Stone Corp

pas usual, Evelyn headed for her office at Empowered.

She had received a call from Susan the previous night, informing her that the board was having a meeting that

morning to discuss disciplinary measures for her, and she was to fish out the person behind the article and their

source or face the consequence.

She had cto Ludus for a promotion not to face the consequence of an action that had nothing to do with her,

Evelyn thought as she looked out

of the window of her cab.

She was not going to let anyone, not even Sandra or Michael, get away with messing with her integrity in this

manner and making people question

ber character.

As she walked into the building, she stopped at the reception stand and asked the receptionist to ask the heads

of all the teams to gather in the conference hall for a meeting Instead of going to her office, she went straight to

the conference hall to wait for them, since there was nothing for her to do in her office.

Ten minutes later, the heads of each unit cin one after the other and they all sat around the conference

table.

Evelyn couldn't believe that the first tshe would be addressing her subordinates here would be over an issue

like this, and it angered her even

more.

Evelyn looked around at everyone seated at the table, "Im sure | do not need to tell you the reason | called for

this meeting." Evelyn said as she TOK and paced around her seat.

"I'm going to go straight to the point. Who released the article on Mr Derek Stone? And on whose order was it

released?" She asked as her gaze moved from one person to the other.

The

deputy editor cleared his throat and all eyes turned to him, "The information cin through our tip line from an

anonymous source sdays ago. We looked into it. Checked old pictures of Derek Stone and the last picture of

him online before he stopped making public appearances and we confirmed the news before releasing it."

*So, it was released on your order?" Evelyn asked and he nodded hesitantly without meeting her gaze.

"Why wasn't | informed before the story was published?" Evelyn said, feeling frustrated at the whole thing.

Although, she had figured that if someone was doing it to set her up, then the information must have cas an

anonymous tip but now that she knew for sure, she just couldn't help feeling frustrated, since it didn't help her

plight.

"You know very well that our weekend column is all about gossip. How were we supposed to know this would

cause such a commotion? It's not like we can inform you about everything we publish here. Besides, you haven't

resumed here officially yet, he pointed out

"The point here is that you all knew | was working on an exclusive with Derek Stone, yet you went on to publish

something like this about him. Do you have any idea how much trouble this has caused me?" Evelyn asked

through gritted teeth, trying hard not to yell

"I admit that didn't think of that. I'm sorry. | didn't realize it would blow up like this. | just wanted to get the story

out there," he said and Evelyn sighed, feeling a wave of frustration "Who is the head of IT here? Is there a way

we can track the anonymous caller?" She asked, but he shook his head.

"We can't. You know the company's laws protect the privacy rights of our anonymous callers. Besides, it wasn't

like the tip was false," he said and Evelyn massaged her temple. "I guess that's the end of this meeting. You can

all leave," she said and walked out of the hall before any of them could rise.

Tears of frustration burned her eyes as she made her way back to her office, her heart beating

ng hard and fast.

What was she going to do now? How was she ever going to find the person behind the anonymous tip? She

couldn't believe that there was no way for her to prove her innocence. Inside her office, Evelyn bowed her head

as she let herself break down in tears. She didn't know what to do. She was feeling confused, frustrated. angry,

and wronged While Evelyn was busy trying to figure out the way forward, Derek was in his office, a frown etched

on his face as he wondered why Evelyn wasn't in the office yet. He knew that they had a misunderstanding, but

they had yet to officially end their arrangement, so why wasn't she at the office?

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Was it because she was mad at him? He mused, thinking about all that had transpired between them from the

moment he received the call from his mother at the resort.

He had been thinking about it all since the previous night, and he admitted that he didn't exactly handle things

right or leave room for doubt despite her insistence that she was innocent.

He had been so sure that she was responsible for the article, but after last night and how she had reminded him

of the NDA, he couldn't help but be in doubt

Was it possible that someone overheard their conversation? What was he missing? He mused as kept replaying

everything that happened from the moment he woke up at the resort to last night at the Quinn's residence.

He narrowed his eyes when he remembered how confident Michael had been that it was Evelyn who had

released the news when he didn't even know if he had confided in Evelyn about it or not.

He remembered how Michael had also talked about Evelyn releasing confidential information which she was

supposed to keep to herself.

Was it possible that Michael was the one responsible for all of this? Derek mused not

ot wanting to believe it.

Why

would Michael do such a thing? What did he stand to gain by releasing such sensitive information!

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He thought about how Michael had hidden Evelyn's identity from him this whole tonly to invite him to her

family house for her p anniversary party

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Evelyn would be there. Had it all been his plan? It was all beginning to seem suspicious

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thought crossed his mind.

No way. There was no way Michael could have gone as far as bugging his office, Derek told h suspicious device.

himself as he began to look around his office for any

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