ter hugged her gently, his brow furrowing.


    Meanwhile, Matthew stood nearby, deep in thought.


    An hourter, the fire was out, but the studio was in ruins.


    Devyn nced around in panic at the mess before her, her voice shaking.


    “What now? It’s all gone.


    ”


    ter tried tofort her, saying, “The main thing is that everyone’s okay.


    We can always redo those design sketches.


    ”


    Devyn shook her head, her voice rough.


    “All the sketches for the new series, except the orders, got wiped outpletely.


    ”


    ter frowned and asked her, “What happened? Why did the studio catch fire out of the blue?”


    Devyn looked troubled, feeling bewildered.


    “I’m clueless too.


    When we got back from lunch, it was already like this.


    Our studio is usually super cautious about fire safety, so this shouldn’t have happened.


    ”


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    She stopped, gripping ter’s hand.


    “I think this fire wasn’t just some ident!”


    Devyn’s assistant, Lara Brown, stood beside her, defending her, “It’s gotta be Ste! She’s behind this!”


    When Lara spoke, all eyes turned toward her.


    Lara went on, her voice full of outrage, “Ste practically dered war on us in front of everyone.


    Devyn’s ideas kind of matched hers, and Be picked Devyn’s work.


    Ste’s probably jealous and scared of losing to us, so she pulled off this nasty move!”


    “Are you certain?” Matthew, silent until then, turned his gaze toward her.


    Lara felt a chill as she met his cold stare, involuntarily shrinking back.


    Matthew cautioned her, “You should know that saying something Like that could get you in legal trouble.


    ”


    Lara’s heart raced, and she parted her lips but chose to stay silent.


    Matthew nced away, and then turned to Devyn before leaving.


    “I’ll dig deep into what caused this fire.


    But if I find out you’re wrongly using Ste, things won’t be so friendly between us anymore.


    ”


    Devyn remained silent, lips pressed together tightly.


    Matthew gave ter a meaningful look, said nothing more, and walked away.


    As Matthew returned home, Ste came up to him.


    “Devyn’s studio caught fire.


    ” Matthew held Ste tightly as they entered, his voice chillingly cold.


    “I already knew.


    ” Ste passed her phone to Matthew, saying, “Someone’s already shared this online.Content rights by N?velDr//ama.Org.


    ”


    Matthew took a quick look, and his expression immediately turned grim.


    The fire hit the headlines, sparking various spections online, all fingers pointing straight at Ste.