'she make it sound like I am her enemy or bad wisher' Frank thought.
*****
"Let's go" Kelly said when she came downstairs to Anna.
"Are you done with my phone" Anna asked her when they entered the car. Kelly is acting strange and Anna began to suspect that she is hiding something.
"No I am not done" Kelly said without looking at Anna's direction. "Let's go boss, or I will be late. I don't want you to punish me for been late" Kelly said trying to change to topic.
Anna is dumbfounded at Kelly's statement. She is now sure that Kelly is up to something, or she is hiding something from her, but she act clueless and decide to find out about it later. She keep quite without saying a word for the rest of the ride.
Kelly left with Anna's phone and tab to her office when they reached the company.
When Anna reached her office, she found Toby sitting there while sorting out office files.
Anna is amazed to find Toby in her office along, Toby never stay in her office unless she call him. He always preferred working in his own office room which is adjacent to hers.
This made her even more suspicious, because Toby and Kelly are always a perfect team even though they usually fight over little things.
"Why are you in here?" Anna asked him her question directly when she entered.
"Ohh, that hurts. Do you want to send me out" he replied faking a hurtful expression, and clutching his chest at the same time
Anna raised a brow and shook her head at his dramatic expression. Anna fiegned seriousness as she looked at him directly in the eyes without shifting her gaze.
"The CCTV cameras is deleted two days to the meeting" Toby sighed and said. He knew that Anna is suspicious from her gaze, so he decided to shift the topic go business she decided to interrogate him directly.
Toby reported what he found out, and it works as Anna forgot about him been in her office. She looked at him curiously hinting for him to continue.
"The project had been copied from Kelly's office" he said.
"But Kelly isn't done with the project at that time, she finished the work a day before my meeting" Anna said, confused.
Toby sighed, even though Anna is the current CEO of Brown enterprise, she is not that experienced and good.
Toby is her friend before she took over the position, and he decided to help her maintain it as her P.A. Anna onces saved him without knowing him, and he is so thankful to her that he promised to help her all the time she needed.
Even though Anna is the boss, she must admit that all the success she gained for the two years she took over is all thanks to Toby's hard work.
"Kelly has not finished the project at that time, but she is 90% done. The project is a complicated and good one, so the person who stole must know about it from the beginning" Toby said, and Anna seen to begin getting his point.
"You mean the culprit knew about the project right" Anna said as she understands his point. But then she thought of something and said "But we kept it a secret, so who do you think will know apart from the three of us".
"That's the point we are missing, The person who copied has been planning it for a while, and is just waiting for the right time " he said.
Toby stood up from his seat and went to Anna's side. He then opened the laptop and show her something.
"We all go home from work at 4:30pm, and here the security camera to Kelly's office turn off at 5:00pm. So the person must have copied the project at that time, and maybe Kelly left her work at the office that day" Toby explained to her further while showing her the footage.
Anna finally get the point at this point. "Mr Paul is sura a calculative and cunning person" Anna said and laughed a little in amusement.
"He already planned everything from the beginning, and just waiting for the perfect time to strike" Anna said.
"But how can we get evidence against him" Anna asked.
"He already destroyed everything, we can suspect some staffs and interrogate them but that will take a lot of time and efficiency" Toby replied.
"To be more accurate and waste less time we will have to use extreme methods" he added and looked at her 'which you will without doubt disagree' he added again in his mind, not saying it out loud.
"No, I want to do it peacefully" Anna said as Toby expected. She is too kind to use extrema and cunning method while dealing with business, and that is why Toby always take care of thing without her knowing, and with Kelly's help and they make a team.
'As expected of you' Toby thought and show his head . "This is a business world Anna, you can't always be gentle or else you will be taken advantage of" Toby reminded her. Anna is too kind and soft for this world, if not for Toby and Kelly then she might fall because the cruel people of the business world will use her and destroy her business.
"Please think of something, I trust you. And don't let Kelly know" Anna said.
"Okay" Toby replied and went back to seat on his seat opposite her.
"Back to my first question" Anna said when toby sat down. "What are you doing here in the fist place" she asked as she scrutinize her gaze on him.
Toby gulped at her question and his Adam apple bulp 'I thought my plan to share the report of the plagiarism worked. Arghh this woman' he then looked at her and smiled pretending to not hear her.
"I know you heard me" Anna said "so just tell me what you are up to" she said not giving up on her request.
'cant she just give up' Toby said silently. "Isn't it obvious, I am here to share the report of my findings with you" he said making her raised a brow. She obviously didn't believe him and he knew it.
Anna knew she wouldn't get an answer from him, so she tried to change the topic. "Okay" she said making Toby sighed in relief.
But that didn't happen for long as her next word stumped him and make him nervous again.
"Give me your phone then" Anna said.
"Why did you need my phone?" He asked her "where is yours"
"Kelly took it, she said that she will use it, so I need yours to check if she is done using it" Anna replied sincerely.
"Mine is out of battery" Toby said giving the same excuse as Kelly. He isn't surprised that Kelly managed to take Anna's device.
Anna is again surprised and more suspicious after Toby gave the same excuse as Kelly.