Dare to Poison Me? I'm an Imperial Heiress! Episode 8

Episode 8 · Elena Moretti, Ryan, Vanessa

Episode 8 recap

Vanessa tries to snatch the documents, but Elena keeps them out of reach. The Office Manager runs in, grabs the papers, and feeds them into a shredder. He accuses Elena of fabricating evidence against Vanessa and blames her for six months of bad accounting. After a coworker mocks her past help, the manager fires Elena without pay. Elena crosses her arms and asks the manager what he is covering up.

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Episode 8 scene by scene

00:00: Evidence in the Shredder
Vanessa lunges across the office desk to snatch the papers, but Elena lifts them away. The Office Manager rushes into the room, grabs the files from Elena's hands, and runs them straight through the paper shredder beside the desk.
00:16: The Manager Fires Elena
The Office Manager claims Elena created fake files to slander a coworker. A male colleague ridicules Elena, brushing off the late nights she worked for him. The manager pins six months of accounting problems on Elena and terminates her without any pay.
01:13: Confronting the Office Manager
Colleagues jeer around the room while Elena crosses her arms. She faces the Office Manager directly, asking why he destroyed the kickback records without reading a single page. She demands to know what kind of scheme he is actively hiding.

Key lines from episode 8

“Elena Moretti, gross misconduct, serious damage to company interests, effective immediately, you are terminated. All outstanding wages, forfeited.”
Office Manager · The Office Manager fires Elena after destroying the documents that proved Vanessa's accounting fraud.

“The evidence on Vanessa's falsified accounts and kickbacks is sitting in that shredder. You destroyed it without even looking at it. Then you put it all on me. What exactly are you covering for?”
Elena Moretti · Elena speaks to the Office Manager after he destroys the papers without reading them.

How episode 8 ends

Elena stands her ground in the middle of the open office, directly confronting the Office Manager about destroying the kickback documents. Her coworkers watch as she calls out his cover-up. Will the manager admit his involvement in the accounting fraud, or will the office force Elena out before she can expose him?