My Birthday Is In Two Weeks

Kiara's brow furrowed in confusion, her eyes searching Darren's face for any hint of understanding.

"I wasn't ready to put the whole of StarVision's dignity at stake," Darren confessed, his tone grave as he met Kiara's gaze.

Her confusion deepened, Kiara pressed for clarification, "I really don't understand what you mean."

With a sigh, Darren explained, "What I mean is that I couldn't just waste our months of hard work on handing the copy over to you. I gave you a fake copy of the movie to see how far you could go in safeguarding it."

The weight of his words settled heavily on Kiara's shoulders as she struggled to comprehend the gravity of the situation.

"But… It wasn't a deliberate action," she defended herself, recounting the events leading up to the disappearance of the copy. "I kept it in the usual spot and I always go there to check up on it, only for it to be missing a day before the arrival of the epic verse publishers crew."