AMELIA'S POV
I was wondering why that idiot would do this to my brand. I hate him already, does he have any idea who I am? I'm sure he does. He just wants to get on my toes but he fucking has no idea what I am capable of. After the incident, I decided to go a bit low in the company and I really fear for the bastard that put Hart Tech in this mess, I won't just sack him, I'll make sure his whole miserable life and that his generation pays for messing with my brand. I worked so hard to be a monopoly tech manufacturer. Although I, design crazy inventions, being in charge of the advanced materials gives me an edge over other tech companies in the city, but now this fool was going to make me vulnerable to all those patriarchal scumbags. I hate being in a tight spot, so I must think of something and think of it fast. I had three days to appear in the news to either accept the claim of Tech Wind or debunk it. Just as I was still in deep thought trying to figure out a solution I had a phone call and it was Em. She is the only one who dares to call my phone line and of course my grandparents.
"Hi"
"Yo, I'm on my way to yours"
"Sounds like you're giving me no choice"
"not at all"
Trust Emma to barge in unannounced. She has been my only friend and she knows everything about me and she has been a great support that's why I made her my PA, she's the only one I can trust. Em is the only person I can be a normal human around. She wants me to be me, with no expectation of perfection, just a normal human. I remember when she visited me at Trier where I was with my grandparents. You know I've always wondered why my grandparents chose to settle in the trier of all places. I know it's historical and all that Roman stuff, forgive me, but places like Traben-Trarbach have the scenery or even Beilstein. I love Trarbach for its hilltops and beautiful historical picturesque like the castle ruin of Grevenburg on the hilltop, my best spot when I want to see the river. On the other hand, Beilstein gives me the beauty. Its small town and beautiful buildings make one feel rich but in a decent way. My grandparents decided to choose origin instead of beauty. Oh my, how fast my thoughts drift… The night of Em's arrival to Trier, we sneaked out to the Moselle River to watch the waves. We took my car to drive to Trabarch, it was a 40-minute drive and we went to the hilltop to get a clearer view of the river Geil, was it adorable. It was so peaceful cause it wasn't as crowded as it would be during the day. The hill we sat on placed us in a vantage position and we could savor the various details that encompass the serenity of the river. The lights from the different castles and homes by the rover reflected on the river making it look colorful. The green around it poking its head announcing its nature, the Island sitting in the middle of the river that night was like a field of players and the river around it posed as the audience cheering at their best player. It felt so inviting like I should either join the cheer or the match, the scene was so pleasant and natural. I felt normal and original like I was real and not some artificial intelligence tossed into perfection. We giggled and played like high school kids and we lay on the grass on the hill and stared at the stars recollecting good memories from our childhood consciously leaving out the trauma. But then we slept off against our will and we woke up to my grandmother staring right into our eyes… Each time I remember that night I just smile to myself, I know I share crazy memories with Em, but that memory was my best.
"Hey baby, spacing out again?" I heard this with a soft smack on my head.
"Halo, when did you get in? You got here so fast."
"Yeah I was in your estate when I called, so how are we going to debunk that news? We need evidence."
"You've got any plans cause I was thinking of one before you interrupted me".
"Don't give me that look, baby girl"
I know Em, for always having great ideas, maybe that's what attracted her to me initially. "Handling this will be no biggie cause the laptop was meant to be launched on 12th February, but Tech Wind tested it on 11th February, 11:26pm. So that could be our way out."
"That makes sense. We could even make it a scheme from antagonizing companies."
I don't think I will want to make my mistake a thing of my enemies. The excuse is very plausible but it will make it seem my rivals can easily have access to my affairs. I would rather place it on the worker that caused all these in the first place. His pride got the better of him. He was supposed to submit the beta version to me first to test its perfection before submitting it to a Tech journalist but then he revealed it even before the launch date. Now that I think of it, I don't think he revealed it, maybe he leaked it out… cause it wasn't official yet. Wtf! Why didn't I think of this initially? The riffraff tried playing Hart Tech… the guts! I'll so deal with him and make sure he pays for this ridicule he put me through. Want thing my brand boasts of and even my rivals agree with is its perfection.
We'd rather put it on the worker that caused this, I don't want my rivals thinking they can have easy access to me.
"Putting it on the worker will give them the idea of planting moles since our workers can easily put us in tight corners"
"That makes sense though, so it means we will deal with him secretly, the idiot secretly leaked it out and when he was discovered he tried making it look like an official mistake, now the dots are joining."
"well, he is fucked. How's the other plan going?"
"We shouldn't talk about it here" We moved out to my private suite where we could talk better.