Chapter 74 Judgment

Chapter 74 Judgment
I walked through corridor after corridor; the atmosphere today felt strange—unusual. Whenever I passed people from other divisions, they seemed to be whispering. Although I couldn't hear exactly what they were saying, I felt as though I were the topic of their conversation.

"Oh my god, here comes the star of the show!" Barbara blurted out the moment I opened the door to our division's office. Instantly, everyone in the room turned to look at me.

Their gazes clearly betrayed their judgment. My heart began to race, the feeling was exactly like what I had experienced in the past.

Standing a few paces ahead of me, Barbara wore a sneer, her eyes raking over me as if stripping me bare. Her arms were crossed over her chest.

"What is it?" I asked, bewildered by all the attention focused on me.

"You've become a famous star now, Amy! Congratulations—your video went viral!" Barbara said, breaking into applause.

I had absolutely no idea what she meant. Glancing toward my desk, I saw Regina, Jennifer, and Ze standing there, wearing the same judgmental expressions as everyone else.

"What is this? What’s actually going on?" I wondered. I tried to think clearly and asked myself: what had I done to make them treat me this way?

Regina, Jennifer, and Ze turned their faces away the moment they realized I was looking at them. It was truly bizarre, I felt like a criminal.

I walked past Barbara and the others, who kept judging me with their stares. When I reached my desk, Regina, Ze, and Jennifer hurriedly returned to their own desks, trying hard to avoid me. This left me even more confused, what on earth was happening to them?

"Ze, we need to talk!" I said, for some reason, I was suspicious of her after our chat at the coffee shop the other day.

"Sorry Amy, but I have work to finish before lunch break!" He said nervously. He wouldn't even look me in the eye.

"Just a moment, Ze! There’s something I need to ask you! Fifteen minutes, no, just ten minutes, or even five. Please!"

"B-but..." Ze glanced at Regina, who looked just as anxious as he did. They locked eyes for a few seconds, as if communicating telepathically.

"A-alright, Amy!" He said. I immediately pulled her by the hand before he had even fully risen from his seat.

"Come with me!" I said, dragging him back past the people who had been staring at me strangely ever since I arrived.

"W-wait, Amy, slow down!"

"I want to know what’s really going on. What did Barbara mean earlier?"

"Do you really not know, or are you just pretending not to?"

"What? What am I supposed to know?"

"Don't joke around, Amy! It was obviously you!"

"What? What do you mean, 'obviously me'?"

"The woman in that CCTV footage was you, wasn't it?" Ze's expression shifted. He looked annoyed, as if I had committed a grave error.

Ze took his phone out of his pocket, unlocked it, and showed me something.

"Look at this!" He said, showing me his phone.

It was a three-minute video, CCTV footage from one of the office elevatorr showing the sexual encounter I’d had with Jacob a while back.

My eyes widened; I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The faces of the couple in the video, Jake’s and mine—were clearly visible.

I was in shock, feeling as though a sledgehammer had just struck my head. How could someone have found that video and leaked it? Who had access to the CCTV footage? Keith and Xavier? But they had promised to keep it a secret. Henry? Could it have been him?

"Well? Have you seen it? Are you going to deny it and claim that isn't you?" Ze demanded, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"No, I’m not trying to deny it... I-I just..."

"Just what? Oh, come on, Amy! Nothing is more shocking than this video right now! Everyone in the office has probably seen it!"

"Who? Who leaked the video? Who did it?"

"I don't know, nobody does. This morning, in the company group chat, an unknown number suddenly sent the three-minute video. When I opened it, I immediately saw you and Mr. Jacob doing it doggy-style!" Ze said. I felt like I’d been struck by lightning. It was absolute madness, who would have the heart to do something like this?

"That’s impossible..." I whispered weakly. My body felt limp, and my mind was still desperately trying to deny it all.

"Amy, what exactly were you thinking?"

"Huh? Me? W-what was I thinking? I-I didn't—"

"Aren't you and Mr. Henry in a relationship right now? So, what exactly is your relationship with Mr. Jacob?" Ze’s voice grew sharper, as if she were blaming me for what had happened. Meanwhile, I remained speechless, unsure of what to say.

The video had gone viral, and I had no idea who was behind it. I couldn't lie and claim I wasn't the woman in the footage, I couldn't deny it. By now, almost everyone likely knew about the video. What was I supposed to do?

"M-Mr. Jacob and I, w-we did it because we got carried away in the moment, what happened wasn't planned at all."