Find Me In Your Labyrinth

Chapter 1556

Bonnie vented angrily. “He’s always being dragged off to socialize, saying his superiors see potential in him and bring him to booze up. I call bull! If he keeps this up, he’ll collapse from exhaustion!”

“I’ll talk some sense into my brother!” Emily said, “It’s late. I’ll stay here to take care of him. You should rest. I’ll call if anything comes up.”

“Thank you, Emily!”

“We’re family. No need for formalities!”

Emily ended the call. Charlie watched her, then rose thoughtfully and said, “You lie down for a bit. I need to make a phone call.”

Emily nodded, assuming he had something urgent to attend to.

Charlie exited the ER and found a quiet spot outside, then dialed a number.

Despite the late hour, the call was picked up quickly. In a nervous voice, the person on the other end asked, “Mr. James?”

cut to the chase, “Did you arrange

didn’t know. I just thought Elliott was doing a good job and asked director Lucien to keep an eye on him. We even planned to promote him to

know who’s pulling strings behind the scenes. I’ll get to the bottom of this tonight. Don’t think about covering

“Yes, I’ll look

for

waited outside for a while. Mr. Sample

and socializing arranged for Elliott was by director Lucien. He explained it as toughening up Elliott, but I know his real intention. He fears Elliott’s promotion might threaten his position, so he’s been exploiting him. The projects he arranged

Charlie replied indifferently,

clear. Don’t let hardworking employees lose their

this. I

a hit. Let him rest

sounded even more panicked. “Is Elliott seriously ill? He can take as much time off as he needs. I’ll talk to HR about paid leave.” “It’s late; you

James, you should

hung up and headed back

was left. He was sleeping more peacefully than before, so it didn’t look like