F1 Champion's Perfect Crash: When Love Takes The Final Turn novel Chapter 123

My face turned extremely unsightly. "This isn't my design draft. I didn't create this. Wait a moment." I said.

After saying that, I hurriedly went upstairs to get my notebook.

On my computer, I had backup copies of the scanned design drafts.

I came back downstairs with my notebook, quickly opened my computer, retrieved the design draft from this competition, and then turned the notebook towards Lukas. "This is the design draft I submitted that day."

Seeing the design draft in the notebook, Lukas let out a sigh of relief.

This was the level I should have.

Lukas noticed my anxious and angry expression and asked, "So, what do you think went wrong that led to your design draft being replaced?"

My face looked grim as I tried to recall the situation from that day. "After I finished drawing the design draft, I packed it up and took it to the front desk to send by express delivery. The company's deliveries are handled uniformly by the front desk, so any of the subsequent steps could have gone wrong."

"There are three possibilities for the design draft being swapped: either an issue with the front desk, a problem during the delivery process, or someone at the Morning Light Jewelry Competition receiving the package and swapping it," I calmly analyzed.

Lukas observed me and was impressed by my ability to remain composed despite the urgency of the situation.

He raised an eyebrow, "Even if you're right, the first possibility is relatively easy to investigate since it happened within the company. We can check the surveillance anytime. However, the other two possibilities are not so easy."

I suddenly looked up at Lukas, "Will the company get involved in this matter?" I asked.

Lukas stared at me and fell silent for two seconds before nodding, "Yes, the company will get involved. The company doesn't allow incidents like the swapping of drafts. This not only affects the reputation of a designer but also the company's reputation." He said.

I breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Although I could investigate and face this matter all by myself, If the company can help with the investigation, I would be very grateful." I said.

Lukas snorted, "No need to be grateful. It's the company's responsibility. However, have you thought about what might have happened if I hadn't found out from someone else that it was your submitted design draft? Your skill would have been questioned. How do you think the situation would have developed then?"

I calmly replied, "If I were eliminated in the preliminary round, no one would know what kind of design draft I submitted."

Lukas glanced at me, "You are quite self-aware."

I looked at him calmly, "It's just obvious. However, according to your analysis, it's clear that the person who swapped the design draft wanted me to be eliminated in the preliminaries without anyone noticing. Her intention was probably to prevent me from winning the competition, right?" I said in a calm voice.

Lukas raised an eyebrow in surprise. He didn't expect me to deduce his speculation so accurately.

The call was from Martins.

He said, "Mr. Strakovski, about last night's incident, it was caused by a waiter at the banquet. However, the person vanished overnight, as if they disappeared from the face of the earth. I haven't been able to find them yet. But based on initial judgment, it seems to be the work of the Rivers Family's enemies."

"Several other women present at the banquet last night were also affected, so it's not just Miss Lopez. The effects of the drug take some time to manifest, with symptoms appearing after about an hour or more, varying from person to person. Last night, several couples had to leave the banquet early due to this reason. I only found out about it today, and several people are investigating in this matter."

Lukas's expression became heavy, as the reality was different from what he had anticipated.

He had thought that someone was targeting me, but he hadn't expected that there would be so many victims affected. It was unlikely that anyone would be so foolish as to offend so many people at once, except for their enemies.

Lukas considered it for a moment before instructing Martins, "Send me the list of names of those affected last night."

Although it appeared that the incident might not be specifically targeted at me, he still wanted to investigate further.

Aside from asking Martins to provide the list of guests affected, he also assigned him the task of investigating the swapping of my design draft.

After hanging up the phone, Lukas glanced at the list, and his pupils slightly contracted when he saw a familiar name.