What other accusation is this? Even though she never opened Lisa's computer or laptop, she was accused of plagiarizing Lisa's work. The gazes of everyone glaring at her now made her fearless. Because she was afraid, she really never plagiarized her enemy's work.
Serena folded her arms. "I never opened Lisa's computer, on what basis are you accusing me?"
The figure of a fat woman pushed Serena's shoulder repeatedly. "We have evidence that you have been plagiarizing Lisa's proposals for years."
"I can prove that you manipulated the evidence."
"Then show us!"
Serena put her laptop bag on the chair while turning on the computer. She was very curious about who the perpetrator was who spread the hoax news, causing her to be attacked at an office. Is Lisa the culprit? Did Barbara deliberately trap her so that she would resign from the company voluntarily?
As she browsed her computer, suddenly many proposal documents appeared on the desktop screen. All the documents were proposals made by Lisa, making her legs start to feel weak. It felt like she wanted to delete all copies of the document, but everyone was watching her movements now.
"What's all the fuss about?!" Lisa snapped, who had just arrived at the office, clutching her laptop bag.
The fat woman immediately approached Lisa in panic. "Weren't you aware that your proposal was plagiarized by Serena?"
"What?!" Lisa's eyes immediately glared at her enemy. "Is that true, Serena?"
Serena shook her head. "I swear I will never plagiarize your work, Lisa!"
Lisa squinted at all the document names listed on Serena's computer screen as if they were familiar to her. "Wait a minute! Why are all my documents on your computer?!"
"I don't know either. I swear I never opened your computer. I don't even know your computer password." Serena sobbed while rubbing her palms together frantically.
"You bitch!" Lisa slapped Serena's cheek as hard as she could, making Serena's cheek swell.
Even though Serena had always been ostracized at work, she had never been treated unfairly like this. She never got justice, no one wanted to defend her because they all didn't want to be dragged into her problem. If she reports this problem to Barbara, the problem will become even more complicated because Barbara will use this golden opportunity to fire her.
She ran out of the working space and looked for fresh air on the roof. It felt so stuffy listening to everyone who didn't believe what she said. Moreover, there is no CCTV footage showing that last night someone opened her and Lisa's computers. She was very sure that the person was Lisa who did everything under Barbara's orders.
One thing she wanted to do now was to talk to Zerash directly. Without caring that Zerash was busy working, Serena opened the game then started chatting with her best friend.
"Zerash, are you busy?"
"No, what's wrong? How come you called me so early in the morning."
"I need someone. Right now I have no purpose and I'm being ostracized by all my coworkers."
"What? Then, why didn't you report this serious matter to the director?"
"The director is my main enemy. Anyway, I'm very tired of working in this cursed family company. I never get justice and everyone only defends bad people. They accuse me of plagiarism even though I never opened my co-worker's computer."
"Why don't you just resign if you can no longer stand being treated unfairly. They are so mean!"
"Because I still have one task to complete. I can't leave my task halfway."
"But you must protect yourself if no one can protect you now."
"It's not the easy thing I can do. I just want to die now."
This time Zerash did not reply to the message. Having been waiting for almost ten minutes, Serena assumed that Zerash was actually focused on work now. She didn't want to disturb her busy friend.
At the same time, she received a short message from Barbara to meet her directly in the main director's room. Serena acted tough when she entered the main director's room, which felt more tense than yesterday. She didn't care how she would be scolded. Because the only ones doing all this were Barbara and Lisa.
"You bitch! How presumptuous of you to plagiarize your colleague's work!" Barbara snapped while throwing all of Serena's proposal documents on the floor.
"Do I need to prove directly that I'm being framed?"
"Then what is the proof? If you have proof, now you have to prove it to me!"
"All the office CCTV footage from yesterday, was it you who deleted it all?"
Barbara pounded the table as she walked quickly over to her stepsister. "What did you say? After you dared to dodge it, now you dare to accuse me?!"
"Isn't that what you really wanted all along? You wanted to kick me out a long time ago because you didn't want to let trash like me dirty this company."
Barbara slapped Serena's cheek with all her might until Serena's cheeks became even redder. When her cheek was almost slapped again, Serena grabbed Barbara's hands.
"It turns out you dare to fight me now!" Barbara snapped, wanting to let go of her hand but Serena was still holding it.
"I won't be a weak woman in front of you anymore! I don't want to be your slave anymore!"
"Okay, then you have to stop working starting today. I have already written your dismissal letter. If you want to resign today, I will immediately agree."
"Is it just because I was framed that I'm fired today?"
"Employees who do illegal things must not be kept. Of course I have to throw you out."
"Then, what about Lariette's project? Don't I have the right to complete it?"
"No. I will transfer all your work to Lisa."
Hearing a sudden knock on the door made Barbara immediately act professionally as she tidied up her appearance. She put on a fake smile to welcome the unexpected guest who visited her at this time, Asher.