Beauty thought the office gossip from the party had reached its peak until Tuesday morning shattered that illusion completely. She was reviewing some documents when her phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number: "Check the internal forums. Now."
Her hands trembled as she moved to the company's private discussion board, where a new thread had exploded with activity overnight. The title made her blood run cold: "PROOF: Favoritism and Inappropriate Conduct."
The first image hit her like a physical blow. It was grainy CCTV footage from what appeared to be a hotel lobby, showing a woman with dark hair leaving through the revolving doors. The timestamp read four months ago, before Beauty had even started working at Venturi Enterprises. But the accompanying hotel receipts, partially vi
