NOVPUBChapter 1025: Chapter 1025: Not a Clickbait Title_1 Chapter 1025 -1025: Not a Clickbait Title_1 “Wallace Martin had done as instructed and edited everyone in the photos.
Only Jacob Zahn’s face was clearly shown.
There were a few side profile shots.
But for colleagues well acquainted with Jacob’s imposing persona, even his side profile was enough for them to identify him.
And other people in the photos, like Mr.
Houston and several unfamiliar faces to Lyke Zhekova, were all past clients Jacob had interacted with.
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To Lyke Zhekova, these people were insignificant; he hadn’t had any contact with them.
So, Lyke didn’t know them.
But their faces were blurred as much as possible by Jacob.
Typically, their eyes and other facial features were concealed.
But based on skin tone, facial structure, and hair style, one could still deduce their age and gender from the photos.
However, determining their identities was more difficult.
‘These are the original, unedited photos that haven’t been censored,’ Wallace announced, placing another iPad before Lyke Zhekova.
‘Can you recognize them after examining these untouched photos and then viewing the edited, obscured ones?’ asked Jacob Zahn.
‘I’ve seen these photos so many times, they’re deeply imprinted in my mind.
I’m afraid my judgement may not be accurate,’ Wallace explained.
His constant photo editing made the faces of these individuals deeply ingrained in his memory.
He could recognize them just by their individual features alone.
That’s why he feared his judgement might not be reliable.
Lyke Zhekova nodded, located the corresponding photos and compared them.
After randomly scrutinizing several photos, he finally said, ‘It’s fine, I’ve looked closely and honestly, I can’t really tell anymore.’
‘Alright, then, I’ll go ahead and send all of these out,’ Wallace stated.
‘You can,’ Lyke agreed.
Then, Wallace Martin left the office with the two iPads.
He had already requested someone to organize all employees’ email addresses into a document.
Such employee email accounts were always issued by the company for internal group mail.
Wallace simply copied them one by one, registered a new email account, changed to a different IP address, and sent them all out.
Changing the IP is easy as long as you know how.
As Lyke Zhekova’s right-hand man – no, first assistant – he had to be equipped for anything, and he’s certainly done similar things before.
So now, he handled it skillfully.
After sending everything, Wallace checked the time.
9:50.
The timing was perfect.
If sent too early, the employees would just be starting work, too agitated and likely won’t have time to check their emails.
At this moment, everyone had started working, and their moods had settled down.
A big bombshell like this would perfectly allow them to discuss it during their lunch break.
Meanwhile at the Company.
Employees from every department received a new email notification almost simultaneously, including pop-up alerts in the upper right corner.
Some people received it earlier than others, but the difference was no more than 1-3 seconds lag time.
Consequently, the office was filled with intermittent pinging sounds of new mail alerts.
Ignoring business matters, people were dumbfounded.
‘What’s going on?
Why is there sudden activity in our email accounts?’ They all received the same email at the same time.
‘Did the management send out new directives?’
Only Peggy Lewis had an inkling of what it might be about.
Lyke Zhekova had already mentioned yesterday that photos of Jacob were going to be sent to the company today.
But he didn’t specify when.
However, with the continuous email notifications sounding off, Peggy’s first assumption was that they must have been sent by Wallace.
Peggy also received it herself, so she opened and checked.
On seeing the email’s subject line, Peggy couldn’t help twitching her lips.
[Shocking!
Jacob Zahn of Business Department Trades Sexual Favors for Contracts!]
Peggy Lewis: ‘…’
Wallace must have spent quite a bit of time scrutinizing those sensational headlines and articles on UC and the like.
Perhaps due to the large number of photos, Wallace directly packed them into a compressed file and sent them out.
Though everyone saw these odd files, they dared not rashly open them.
What if someone sent a virus?
But how could Wallace overlook this detail?
So, in addition to the compressed file, he also attached a few representative photos right inside the body of the email for everyone to see immediately as they open it.
Proof that his email was not a click-bait.
Hence, once everyone scrolled down, they saw the photos included in the body of the email.
‘Oh my God!’ Sis Anita was the first to exclaim.
Clara Evans also covered her mouth, except she was gleefully delighted at the misfortune, quickly covering her mouth to suppress the laughter.
When everyone else saw the evidence in the body of the email, they boldly downloaded the compressed file without hesitation.
This exact scene was unfolding across all the departments of the Company.
Joel frowned as he read, not uttering a word.
Abigail Ackehurst murmured quietly, ‘Who would have thought it was true.’
Clara Evans directly scoffed, ‘Now we know who really trades sexual favors for contracts.’
Jacob Zahn saw it too.
He did not expect such a massive amount of photos!
Yesterday, he was still vehemently claiming his innocence, accusing Peggy Lewis of framing him.
Then today, all this substantial evidence in the form of photos was sent across.
Such a swift slap in the face!
Jacob stood up abruptly, striding over to Peggy’s desk.
Thankfully, Peggy had long since given up expecting any standard of decency from Jacob.
Upon seeing the email, she did not even bother to download the compressed file.
Her guard was up and any slight sound put her on high alert.
Fortunately, Jacob’s workstation was quite a distance from hers with several spots in between.
So, the moment she heard any noise, Peggy immediately became alert and sidestepped swiftly.
At a time like this, with such commotion, the instigator could definitely only be Jacob.
In fact, Jacob was as expected the one who charged toward her.
Jacob never thought he would miss with his grab, that Peggy would escape his reach.
The rest of the employees, having witnessed the situation and considering Jacob’s repetitive misdemeanors, rushed to protect Peggy.
Joel didn’t bother to mince his words with Jacob anymore: ‘Jacob Zahn, don’t cause trouble!’
After this incident, Jacob was doomed in the company.
Originally, without the incriminating photos, Jacob might have still been able to quibble his way out of this.
But now, evidence had come to light, all in the form of eye-watering photos.
Though there were no overly indecent photos.
But there were definitely ones where he was seen hugging and cuddling others.
These alone were enough to make everyone turn away.
Such a humiliating incident, exposed to such an extent, there was no way Jacob could continue working at the company.
Simply the pointed fingers and strange gazes of others were unbearable to him.
So, Joel didn’t necessarily have to be nice to him anymore.
Jacob failed to catch Peggy.
