My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 847: Shift

Chapter 847: Shift

This news also reached Austin at the first possible moment. WhenJeremiah informed Austin of it, he was in the midst of a pool party witha bunch of friends, surrounded by beautiful women, and theatmosphere was lively.

So, when Jeremiah called, Austin was somewhat unhappy because hehad been interrupted.

Naturally, his tone towards Jeremiah wasn't going to be pleasant. Heasked indifferently, "Can't it wait until I finish enjoying myself?"Jeremiah hesitated for a moment, then after careful consideration, hedecided to speak up. “Mr. Norman, it concerns you, so you better comeout quickly. I'm waiting for you at the entrance.”

Austin's mood instantly soured. His face immediately darkened, and hepushed away the woman in his arms, got up from the pool, and coldlyasked, displeased, "What's the matter? Just spit it out, don't beataround the bush."

Jeremiah's expression also stiffened. He wished to speak in front ofAustin, as it would be better to address this matter face-to-face.However, Austin's attitude was firm. If he went straight into the poolparty at this moment, everyone would probably replace out, and thatwouldn't be good for him. After all, Austin still cared about his image.After much hesitation, Jeremiah spoke in a low voice, “Mr. Norman,someone in the company's internal group has leaked the informationabout your long-term illegal collaborations under the guise of NormanGroup projects, including money laundering..."

Jeremiah's voice grew quieter as he continued speaking. In truth, heknew in his heart whether what Austin had done was true or false.Although he hadn't been directly involved because Austin had kept himin the dark, he had been by Austin's side for many years. He had somesense of anticipation and intuition about certain things.

After informing Austin about what had happened in the company'sinternal group, there was silence on Austin's end for a long time. Theatmosphere was extremely quiet, and Jeremiah dared not say anything,holding his breath as he awaited Austin's reaction.

Austin's face suddenly turned rigid and cold. The woman who had justcome out of his embrace saw him emerging from the water and quicklywalked over, holding a robe to cover him, and reaching out to hug him.However, she was frightened by Austin's expression.

The woman asked with concern, “Mr. Norman, what's wrong?"

Austin remained silent. His brows furrowed tightly, his face extremelycold and grim, exuding a hint of anger. He said in a chilling voice, "Fxxkoff!"

The woman was instantly at a loss, but she still maintained a smile andsaid, "Mr. Norman, you were just holding me. Why do you seem like adifferent person now?"

The woman's voice wasn't too loud or too soft, but the people aroundhappened to overhear.

The people present were all familiar with Austin, so several men whowere standing nearby immediately spoke up, asking, "What's wrongwith Austin? Is it because the girl didn't serve him well? When it comesto women, just get a new one, problem solved!"

After these men spoke, they couldn't help but burst into laughter. Thewoman standing in front of Austin instantly fell silent, her expressionstiff. Finally, she walked away, not daring to utter another word toAustin.

Only then did Austin calmly say to Jeremiah on the phone, “I'm comingout now."

He hung up the phone, quickly got dressed, and when his friends sawhim about to leave, they exclaimed, "Austin, you're leaving? We'rehaving a great time. What are we going to do without you?"

Since Austin was paying for most of the gathering, this pool party hadinvited many internet celebrities, and the cost was not insignificant.Although they were all wealthy playboys in the same circle, nobody hadas much money as Austin, and nobody wanted to waste their moneylike that.

Austin glanced at everyone with cold eyes and said indifferently, “Youcan't live without me?"

After hearing his words and seeing his expression, everyone fell silent,and it wasn't until Austin walked away that they coldly scoffed, "If youcan't afford it, then don't ever start it!"

But Austin didn't care about their comments at all because what washappening now was a thousand times more important than theiropinions.

Austin came out of the pool party, and Jeremiah's car was alreadywaiting at the entrance. When Austin came out, Jeremiah immediatelygot out of the driver's seat and opened the back door for him.

With a stern face, Austin got into the car, and Jeremiah quickly got intothe driver's seat and started the engine, driving away.

Austin's voice was deep as he asked, "Have you found out who'sbehind all this?"

Jeremiah replied, "I've asked the company's technical department toinvestigate, but the IP address is not domestic, so it's not that easy totrace.”

"Since they were able to access the company's internal group, it mustbe someone within the company. Screen each person, we must replace outwho itis."

Austin's emotions were running high. With such a significant event, hecouldn't just sit still.

Jeremiah nodded to indicate that he understood, then asked, "Mr.Norman, what should we do next? This news has already spread fromthe internal group, and it will likely hit the trending topics by tomorrowmorning at the latest.”

It was evening now, and it was after working hours. The staff of Twitterand online forums had gone off duty, so the news wouldn't spread asquickly during this time. But for such a major event, sometimes it didn'trequire any personnel arrangements and would naturally become a hottopic.

Leaning back in his seat with a somber face, Austin remained silent.His face was covered in a shroud of darkness.

After a long moment of solemn silence, Austin finally spoke in a calmtone, "Are there any updates on Mr. Davalos and Mr. Moya?"

"No, they should have just found out about this as well. Since ithappened in the employee group, most of the higher-ups are notpresent. The HR department asked me if they should dissolve thegroup.”

"Of course not. Dissolving the group would imply that we admit it. Thatwould be shooting ourselves in the foot. We absolutely can't do that.”Austin immediately refusedf. He couldn't let this matter be confirmed.However, when he saw the screenshots from the HR department onJeremiah's phone, he became even more uneasy.

The conversations, along with the photos and evidence in thescreenshots, were from things he had personally handled.

These things had never been shown to anyone else, so where did theperson who leaked this information come from?

Austin immediately spoke to Jeremiah, "Have you prepared what Iasked for earlier?"

Jeremiah nodded, "It's ready."

“Then release the news immediately, right away. Being one step aheadis the only way to shift the attention away from us." Austin's composurewas starting to crumble, so he immediately instructed Jeremiah torelease the evidence he had prepared, which framed Mr. Davalos andMr. Moya as the ones involved in illegal activities. Austin claimed heknew nothing and had no connection to it.

After releasing this news, Austin also paid for a group of internet trolls.Mr. Davalos and Mr. Moya were immediately pushed onto the trendingtopics, and the employees of Norman Group saw the news. However,some employees compared the evidence released in the internal groupand felt that something seemed off. As a result, some employeescouldn't resist creating anonymous accounts and sharing the contentfrom the internal group.

Discussions erupted everywhere. Which part was true and which partwas false?

Mr. Davalos and Mr. Moya chose to go directly to the police, hoping foran investigation and justice.

Austin, upon receiving this news, became even more flustered. Hethought Mr. Davalos and Mr. Moya would be scared and at a loss, sohow could they choose to go to the police? After all, how could theyreport such a matter? They had always been afraid of such situations.Why did they change this time?

Austin couldn't replace an answer. As the person in charge of NormanGroup, if the company's two second-largest shareholders encountereda problem and chose to report it to the police, as the person in charge,he naturally needed to assist with the investigation.

The police called him directly, and Austin cooperated verbally. Afterending the call, he immediately said to Jeremiah, "Prepare a ticket forme to leave the country. I want to leave now. Check the fastest flightdeparture times."

Jeremiah asked, "Mr. Norman, if you leave now, won't it confirm thatyou're involved? The police just want you to assist with theinvestigation. They haven't placed all the blame on you. Are you sureyou want to leave?"

Austin's expression grew more uncertain. He thought for a momentbefore finally saying, "Prepare everything as I instructed. We can'tafford any mistakes. I need to leave immediately.”