207: Chapter 207 - Then we are doomed

Chapter 207 - Then we are doomed

'Mr. Martin Dane, the CEO of Dane Industries, drugs Miss Sabrina James, the deputy CEO of JC Minerals, and tricks her to sign documents he claims are for assets.'

The caption was enough to make Martin crazy and as Martin read the details of the news, he saw the video attached to it and ran to Mara's room, leaving his breakfast untouched.

"Mara. Now you got me into trouble," he yelled as soon as he closed the door. 

Mara was sleeping but was awakened by Martin's urgent voice, speaking drowsily, 

"Martin, what is the problem? Calm down."

Martin gave his phone to her and her eyes went wide with shock. 

She would have said that it was impossible but the news was right there staring her in the eyes.

"How possible? He cleared the cameras."

The sleep cleared from Mara's eyes because this news was enough to earn Sabrina the pity of netizens and Martin would be the hated one.

Not only that, but their company would also suffer for it and Mara was going to lose a lot of money as well.

Mara could not believe that this was happening again. 

Sabrina seemed to be impossible to contend with and Mara hated her more and more.

Martin was perplexed, knowing that he ruined everything. 

He couldn't get Sabrina to agree to marry him and this news would cause more people to hate him, all because Mara promised to have his back covered.

"Then where from this?" He asked in an anger-laced tone, Mara stretched her hand and picked up her phone after giving Martin's phone back to him.

She remembered the news about when her identity was revealed and how Peter took down the news and cleared everything. 

Hope fledged in her heart and she said,

"Martin, let me call him again. He is capable of taking down this whole news."

Martin needed all the help he could get and did not refuse.

"Then do so now."

Mara dialed Pete's number but this time around, it went into voice mail. 

Her heart lost its rhythm and she regretted pushing him away. 

It was not wrong to have sex when pregnant and she should have just allowed him to have his way with her but now, everything was closing up on her.

Martin's phone began to ring. When he saw that it was the media reps, he refused to answer it.

Then it rang again. It was his HR so he answered it.

"What?" He yelled into the phone and the HR Manager went straight to the point, saying,

"Sir, five of your top managers resigned with immediate effect this morning."

"What?" Martin was knocked with shock. 

How could they resign when he needed them the most? Martin wanted to send an email that he was taking two weeks' leave, so his managers would handle the company affairs until his return but now...

It was so unexpected for this to have happened but he was yet to receive another shocker, as his HR Manager had not finished speaking.

"Sir, I'm sorry but I also resign with immediate effect."

Martin's eyes were almost about to fall. If the most prominent people resigned, then how was he supposed to keep running the company when he could not be physically present for now?

Martin could not let this happen and would do anything to salvage the situation.

"Wait, I will double your pay. I need you to work for me and if you convince them to stay, I will equally double their pay."

The HR Manager was surprised to hear him sounding all polite in contrast to his usual arrogant ways but her mind was already made up.

"Sir, some of us prefer integrity to money. What you did to Miss James, a pregnant woman, is inhuman. I can't work for someone like you."

"Wait…"

The beeping sound at the end of the line was an indication that she had hung up the phone. 

Martin had even forgotten about Sabrina's pregnancy when he went ahead with that part. 

How could she look so attractive when pregnant? Remembering all that he lost, his eyes were already glassy.

The way Sabrina warmed up to him that morning and even hugged him. 

She was so comfortable around him because she trusted him. 

His conscience pricked him seven times to not do it but he was so bent on pleasing Mara or was it his desire to manipulate her to marry him?

"What is it?" Mara asked upon seeing his pale look after receiving the call.

"Five top managers resigned."

Mara chuckled in annoyance. "We should recruit their replacement."

"HRM resigned too and I can't go to the office now because the press representatives would be there," Martin revealed miserably, Mara equally regretted resolving to that form of attack against Sabrina.

How could she have known that everything was not wiped?

"Martin, I'm sorry."

Martin stared at her with indignation in his eyes. 

"Your revenge on Sabrina has caused us to lose everything. Congratulations, Mara."

"There should be a way," Mara said, not willing to give up but only raised Martin's irritation.

"Why don't you show me which way?" He asked her. Then remembering that this was all because of the hacker, he asked again, "This hacker of yours. Don't you have his address?"

"No," Mara shook her head. Martin smiled sadly,

"Then we are doomed."

Mara could not let everything slip out of her fingers. 

"We are not doomed. We still have billions saved up in investment but then…" Mara paused as a sad realization crept into her mind. "It means we can't take over the JCs."

Martin let out a humorless chuckle before adding to the misery, 

"I even forgot to tell you that Devin tore the signed documents."

Mara turned ashen. "Oh no."

That stupid brother of Sabrina. Mara wanted to tear him into pieces as Martin reminded her,2

"So, we indeed lost everything."

"No. I will find a way. Just let me think, okay?" Mara disagreed and spoke. 

Then she sent a text message to Peter.

'I'm sorry Pete, your absence made me realize how much I miss you. I think I love you.'

A response came through within seconds. 

'The man whose child you are carrying is the one you love. Let him clean up your mess.'

Mara could not understand the reason why Pete was being stubborn when she was giving him a chance.

'You failed to clean up the cameras like you promised but just to let you know, the pregnancy was faked. I was just testing you,' she texted back. 

If she had to make him believe that she loved him to get what she wanted, then that was exactly what she was going to do.

However, Peter's response shattered her world.

'Did you forget that you sent me a video of you drugging and having sex with him for me to edit? I just saw it.'

Mara was hyperventilating and as she was about to type a response, another message dropped,

'As for the cameras, I indeed cleared them except there was a secret one which was not accessible to the JCs IT department. I can't be blamed for that.'

Mara quickly typed a response, as she was more concerned about the first part of the message.

'Please give me your address. I will come and see you. I can explain please.'

The response, though just a text message, was so cold, she could feel chills in her bones.

'Don't bother. I'm out of coverage.'

Mara's subsequent messages did not deliver anymore as Peter had blocked her.

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