When the Flame of Love Fades (Sierra) novel Chapter 293

Chapter 293 Under Investigation

Finished

Sierra went over every person she’d come in contact with lately, but came up empty. The only name that came to mind was Shane–but there was no way someone like him could’ve gotten anywhere near the Astrophysics Institute.

That was Draven’s turf. And yet, it was here that everything blew up.

No one was more furious than Draven himself.

When Autumn showed up, his face was a mask of rage.

After working with Sierra for a while, he knew she wasn’t the type to make careless mistakes. Someone had clearly set her up.

The worst part? He couldn’t figure out who.

“Who else had access to the lab’s data besides her?” Draven asked sharply, not bothering to sugarcoat it.

Autumn blinked, then instantly caught his implication. Her face darkened with anger.

“Mr. Draven, what the hell are you trying to say? She’s our junior. You think we’d set her up?”

Draven didn’t see any problem with the question. He spoke coldly.

“She’s extremely gifted.”

The unspoken message was clear that someone jealous of her might have sabotaged her.

Autumn actually laughed in disbelief.

“Why don’t you look at your own people? You guys had way more access than we did. And don’t worry–we’ll be investigating too. We’re not letting anything slide. Hope you can understand that.”

Her words said understand, but her tone said anything but.

Her impression of Draven hit rock bottom. She used to think he just had a temper when it came to research–something they all understood. Everyone got cranky when they hit a wall.

But now, she realized Draven’s whole character was questionable.

She had once hoped he’d help get Sierra out as soon as possible. That hope had completely vanished.

“I’ll be telling Professor Martin everything. And if we find out the problem came from your side, you’re going to owe us a serious apology.”

She stormed out, fuming.

Draven gave a crooked little smile. Martin’s students were all so damn naive.

He’d only stated the most likely scenario–and they couldn’t even handle that?

Truth was, he didn’t just suspect them. He was suspicious of everyone, including his own team. Because this was Sierra.

He’d already launched his own investigation–he just hadn’t found anything yet.

What troubled him the most now was figuring out how to explain all of this to Johnathan.

Professor Martin had used the excuse that the project was entering a sensitive phase and all outside contact was cut off.

That had worked–at least for a few hours.

1:03 PM

Thirty minutes later, Johnathan showed up at the institute entrance with a dark expression on his face.