Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism



"Aster, go find out what happened earlier," Violeta instructed.

"Okay, I'll check right away."

Aster left the room to investigate while Violeta's makeup artist came in to help her remove her makeup.

When the makeup and hair were done, Aster returned with the information.

"Ms. White, they said it was a problem with the sound system wiring."

"That coincidental?" Violeta raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I thought so too. Oh, by the way, when I was asking around, I saw Mr. Weekley."

It was typical for someone with an invitation to attend the awards ceremony. Still, Jasper, the CEO of Apex, didn't need one-he could come and go as he pleased.

Aster mentioned seeing Jasper talking to the event organizers.

From the looks of it, he was investigating the situation, but that was beyond Aster's ability to get involved. She asked a few staff members and received a standard answer before returning.

Violeta had a gut feeling this wasn't just a coincidence. But whether it was intentional or not, she'd need solid evidence to prove it.

"Forget it. It's time to go. We'll find a time to invite Jasper for dinner as a thank you," Violeta said, letting it go for now.

"Got it."

Meanwhile, Jasper had already uncovered the truth.

Tonight's incident had been orchestrated by Evelina. After Jasper's team found and interrogated Jenny, she quickly spilled everything in fear. "Mr. Weekley, should we bring Evelina in for questioning?" one of Jasper's staff asked.

"No need."

As the driver pulled the car up, Jasper glared at the trembling Jenny before getting into the car.

Once Jasper left, Jenny let out a sigh of relief.

But she knew this wasn't over.

Just because Jasper didn't summon Evelina didn't mean he believed her innocence he didn't think Evelina was worth giving a chance to defend herself.

This was going to blow up.

Evelina had been waiting for Jenny for a long time.

When she finally returned, Evelina asked impatiently, "Why are you back so late? I've been waiting forever. Where's the car? Didn't you go to get one?"

Jenny's anxiety was evident as she nervously responded, "Evelina, something's gone wrong."

Evelina's expression faltered slightly. "What do you mean?"

Jenny had no choice but to explain everything that had happened.

"I was on my way to call a car, but Jeffrey stopped me."

Jeffrey, the special assistant, is the only male subordinate around Jasper.

Jasper doesn't bother with

day-to-day business affairs, but

Jeffrey handles most of them. He's a significant influence on the

company. Even though he's

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technically just an assistant, Even Lance, the company's VP,

sometimes had to report directly to

him.

Evelina was well aware of who Jeffrey was.

"And then?" she asked, her tone growing sharp.

"He asked me about the sound system issue about why there was no music when Violeta went on stage," Jenny stammered. Hearing this, Evelina's face turned dark.

"I was so scared. I told them everything," Jenny admitted.

Evelina's expression flipped in an instant. "What did you just say? Are you an idiot? You just told them everything because they asked?"

Jenny had been feeling guilty, but

now, Evelina's outburst sparked anger. "They're upper management-Jasper's top people! You know how intimidating our CEO is. It was like an interrogation. didn't mean to say it. It just shipped out! How can you blame me for that?"

Evelina sneered, "Oh, now you're the victim, are you?"

"I ... " Jenny began, but Evelina cut her off with a roll of her eyes.

She quickly pulled out her phone to call Jasper, desperate to explain the situation.

But no matter how many times she tried, Jasper didn't answer.

A cold chill ran through Evelina. This could have been better.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

She glared at Jenny. "Do you know where they went?"

"I don't know."

"They didn't say anything when they left?"

"Nothing. The CEO just got into the car and left. I think maybe he went back to the office?" Jenny guessed.

Evelina's anxiety spiked. Whether

Jasper had returned to the office cor

not, she needed to head there,

el.

immediately to try to salvage the situation.

"What are you still standing here for? Go get the car!" Evelina snapped.

Em, startled out of her daze, Jenny hurried to call for the car. "Oh, right, I'll get it now."