The Wolf of Los Angeles.

Chapter 179 Framing
Because Caroline was away on a business trip and Edward was away to see Campos, the top floor was unusually quiet.

Hawke suddenly heard a knock on the door. He put down his pen and casually placed it on the table. He closed Brian's file, took a newspaper and covered it, and said, "Come in."

The office door was pushed open from the outside, and Bella Sean, wearing a chiffon top, pencil pants, and a pair of work high heels, came in.

She was still holding the USB flash drive issued by the company.

Hawke asked, "What's up?"

"Boss, there has been a breakthrough in the algorithm." Bella came to the opposite side of the desk and placed the USB drive on the desk. "Directors Haaland and Qasim are going to host the interview and won't be back for a while. I need to get authorization from the backend before I can continue the development."

She took a few more steps forward, still looking serious and responsible at work as before: "I'm just bursting with inspiration right now, I dare not delay."

Although Hawke didn't understand program development, he knew that inspiration was equally important to programmers. When he picked up the USB drive, he smelled a faint fragrance.

Bella quickly scanned the office, found nothing unusual, and quietly moved.
Hawke took out his laptop, turned it on and prepared to plug in the USB drive, when he suddenly found Bella Thane walking around to the side of the desk.

The other party might want to introduce the program algorithm, but Hawke subconsciously became alert.

This is a habit that I developed after getting into trouble time and time again and being attacked.

In a closed office, two people are more than the safe distance apart.

Hawke moved the mouse to open the USB drive.

Seeing that he was focusing on the computer screen, Bella seemed to have sprained her ankle with her high heels, and she leaned forward and fell towards Hawke.

She stretched out her hand and pressed towards Hawke's waistband.

Hawke noticed something unusual.

The normal person's first reaction at this time is to reach out to help the woman, showing basic gentlemanly manners.

But Hawke kicked his foot and the boss chair with wheels slid to the other side.

He reached under the chair with his backhand and pulled out the small Glock 19, hanging it on the side of the chair.

With a thud, Bella knelt on her knees, supporting herself on the floor with her hands. The collar of her chiffon top fell down, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white.

She propped herself up with her hands, knelt on the ground and looked at Hawke.

Things have come to this point, and any hesitation will only result in missing the last chance.

Bella reached out and grabbed the collar, ripped open the chiffon top, pulled off the bra, grasped the peak, and squeezed hard.

Then she swung her head towards the desk, and her cheek hit the edge of the desk, leaving a mark.

When Hawke saw this, he knew what Bella wanted to do.

But instead of going over to stop it, he kicked off the floor and moved further away.

At this moment, a person's words came to his mind.

When they were drinking together last night, Brian told him to be careful about being screwed.

"What a crow's mouth!" Hawke cursed inwardly: "What a cursed cult leader!"

It's all Brian Ferguson's fault!

Since Bella dared to take this job, she had no intention of backing out of it.

She tore open one leg of her thin pencil pants, picked up the pen on the desk, and stuffed it somewhere.

Bella had just noticed that there were obvious fingerprints on the painted surface of the pen.

There is a clip on the pen cap, and Bella used too much force, so she let out a scream and frowned in pain.

Hawke sat in the boss chair, as if watching a play.

When the two were alone, the beautiful female employee accused her male boss of harassment.

The former is disheveled and has scars, and if she seeks exposure from feminist organizations and related media, the latter will face huge troubles and won't be able to explain herself.

It could even turn into a protracted lawsuit.

Targeting companies? Or individuals?
Hawke leans toward the latter.

Bella stuffed the pen into the good side pocket of her pants and slammed her forehead down again, hitting the edge of the desk.

The collision was so hard that her tears and snot started flowing.

Hawke had already taken out the phone from his pocket and called the security department: "Come up for a moment, and remember to bring two female employees up with you."

Bella heard Hawk's voice and looked at him in surprise.

She saw no panic, no tension.

Hawke Osment, that bastard, acted as if she didn't exist.

Bella had no way out. She took out her cell phone and dialed 911, groaning and crying, "Help! Help! Come and save me, I'm being raped... Come and save me!"

The operator asked, and Bella immediately gave the address.

Hawke was sure that the woman had no weapons, so he said casually, "You have outstanding abilities and a bright future. Why do you have to do these rubbish?"

Bella cried and yelled, "You are a bastard with a beastly heart. You saw that I am beautiful and you attacked me and molested me! You bastard, you will pay the price!"

Hawke was very curious, who was pulling the strings of this puppet?

He pulled out his cell phone and called 911, also, to report that someone was framing him.

The other party was very targeted and obviously took advantage of Twitter's recruitment opportunity to bring in a female programmer whose technical level was recognized by Haaland, Kassem, and even most of the technical department.

If it were an ordinary person, he would be in trouble.

There were faint sounds of footsteps outside.

Bella folded her arms across her chest and shrank to the foot of the wall, trembling as if she was extremely frightened. She shouted, "Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me! Please, don't hurt me anymore. I'm your employee, you can't do this to me..."

Just as she was screaming in fear, someone knocked on the office door again.

Hawke said, "Come in."

Security director Austin and deputy Jerry took the female employee into the office.

The four looked at Hawke, then at Bella Sean, who was in tattered clothes and had scars on her face, and they didn't know what to do for a moment. Their first reaction was that the boss was taking advantage of the beautiful female employee.

This kind of thing is all too common.

A boss who doesn’t have hidden rules for beautiful female employees is definitely not a good boss.

Austin puffed out his chest and put on his most ferocious look, with one hand even on the pistol and stun baton at his waist.

As a security guard hired by a wealthy man at a high salary, Austin has a high level of awareness and knows that he must help his boss solve problems in exchange for the high salary.

Jerry cooperated with him tacitly and quietly pulled out the electric baton.

When the other two female employees saw this situation, they quickly organized their thoughts.

The strong and ferocious security guard was called over, definitely to intimidate Bella.

What did the two women do? Of course, they came to comfort Bella and persuade her to accept the boss's compensation and reality.

Women cannot accuse male superiors. This is the rule in the American workplace.

These four people completed their psychological preparation in just a few breaths.

Bella was still huddled in the corner, shouting, "Don't come over here! Don't come over here..."

Hawke then said, "Don't worry about her, just watch her at the door."

Four people led by Austin were guarding the office door.

Hawke stood up and walked to the window, took out his cell phone and continued to call. He first called Brian: "Crow Mouth, they started, and they got me first. You are my and the company's lawyer, come here quickly."

Brian was curious: "What happened to you? In what way? Shooting? That shouldn't be the case."

Hawke said simply, "Falsely accusing me of rape."

"Oh?" There were footsteps and voices coming from Brian's side: "You didn't really screw him, did you?"

Hawke said, “No.”

Brian added, "I understand. I'll be right there."

Austin's intercom rang. He picked it up and said to Hawke, "The LAPD is coming."

Hawke saw the LAPD patrol car through the window and said, "Let them get in."

Soon, two patrol officers, a man and a woman, from the Western Branch, arrived at Hawke's office under the guidance of company security.

The older patrolman Nick recognized Hawke at first sight. He was a friend of his immediate superior, Sheriff Julian, and the boyfriend of LAPD's star police officer Erica Ferguson.

When Bella saw the two men, she immediately ran over and burst into tears: "Please, take me away quickly, I've been molested!"

She pointed at Hawke: "He wanted to rape me! It was him. He used his power to harass me..."

Hawke said: "Two officers, I am Hawke Osment, the CEO of Twitter, who has been falsely accused and defamed by this Miss Bella Thain."

He ignored Bella's pity and said directly: "My office is equipped with surveillance video, you will know it at a glance."

Bella's accusatory voice was stuck in her throat. She stared at Hawk blankly, not daring to believe what he said.

There was another suite in the office. Hawke opened the door and captured the video from three minutes before Bella came in to the present on the computer inside and copied it to a storage disk.

The camera has more than one angle, so he captured footage from other angles and copied them into the storage disk as well.

He then made two more copies.

Keep one copy with you.

The other was stored in a converted safe.

Outside, Bella looked around but couldn't see the camera in the office.

She couldn't help but have the illusion that Hawke was dragging his feet and thinking of other solutions.

Hawke took out the storage disk, connected it to the computer, and turned the monitor screen around so that everyone could see it.

Bella was stunned when she saw Hawk actually took out the surveillance video.

Hawke gestured to Austin.

As the four of them watched the surveillance video, they vaguely surrounded Bella.

Soon, everything Bella did appeared on the computer screen.

Not only the images, but the sounds were also recorded.

Austin and Jerry looked at each other and wondered what kind of hobby the boss had, installing such a high-resolution camera in the office. Could it be that when he was doing things with people, he would record everything and enjoy it later?
Patrolman Nick received two notifications from the command platform, and both parties involved called the police.

Now that the facts were clear, he breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to worry about it.

Bella stopped arguing and making a fuss, and just stared at Hawke.

When she came in, she paid special attention to the surveillance cameras and found nothing.

This perverted man is clearly hiding something and definitely has bad intentions.

A female officer had trouble controlling the suspect, so Nick called for backup.

Not long after, two female police officers came over, bringing large women's coats, put them on Bella, and took her downstairs.

Bella glared at Hawke, "Pervert! You're a pervert!"

Two female police officers pushed her out of the office.

Nick took the storage disk from Hawke and said, "Mr. Osmond, you'd better go over there too."

Hawke said: "My lawyer will arrive soon. I will go to the Western Police Station as soon as possible after meeting up with the lawyer."

Nick responded and waited with Hawke for the lawyer.

Hawke called Austin and the others over and said, "This has probably spread throughout the company. Take a copy of the video and let them know the whole story."

(End of this chapter)