When Hilliard was fully engrossed in his work, time seemed to slip away fast.
An hour felt like mere moments.
Jennifer put her desk in order and picked up her bag as she was ready to go home.
In a casual tone, she instructed, âOrganize the translations and send them to my email.
â
Hilliard halted his work and turned to her.
âMiss Turner, donât you want to review them?â
âYouâve already completed all of them.
Whatâs there to review?â
He averted his gaze in embarrassment.
There are two documents I havenât translated yet.
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Jennifer was taken aback.
She paused and looked very confused.
âYou only had three documents left an hour ago, and youâve only finished one in that time? Why?
Were you slacking off?â
She thought back carefully, but she couldnât recall seeing Hilliard shirking his work.
He had, in fact, been diligently focused on his translations.
Hilliardâs head hung low and he remained silent.
With suspicion gnawing at her, Jennifer approached his computer and soon discovered
something amiss.
âWhen I checked earlier, you had already translated 4@ documents.
Now some of them are missing.
What game are you playing?â
He calmly explained, âI accidentally pressed the delete key a moment ago, which led to the deletion of some documents.
I had to retranslate them from scratch.
â
With a puzzled expression on her face, Jennifer promptly checked the recycle bin on his computer and found it empty.
She raised an eyebrow.
âSo, you expect me to believe that you accidentally deleted those files and then accidentally emptied the recycle bin.
â
Hilliard remained silent.
âAnd considering your intelligence, even if you did accidentally delete them, you should still remember the translations.
It wouldnât have taken much time to re-translate them.
Do you think you can fool me?â Jennifer asked.
Hilliard pursed his lips and his face flushed with embarrassment.
Lying was not his strong suit, and now he couldnât even bring himself to say anything.
Jenniferâs expression grew serious.
She had no intention of letting him off the hook.
âToday is your first day at work and you are playing pranks on me? Donât assume I wonât take you to task just because of your noble background.
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