hapter 206
There were four of them in the car. The driver was focused on the road, Cornelia and Ben were giggling over something on their phones, and Marcus seemed like he was in a different
universe.
His two assistants were in the same car, but they were chatting away on their phones Especially Cornelia who was laughing so much, it made Marcus frown, “Rent”
There was a chill in his voice that startled Ben, who was deeply engrossed in his chat, President Hartley?”
Marcus glanced at his watch and looked at him icily through his silver timined glasses. “I want today’s inspection report in half an hour”
He was only giving him half an hour, which meant Ben had to prepare the report before they reached the office.
“Half an hour was a tight deadline but
careful”
the report.
icy aura. She put away her phone and subtly moved away to put some distance between
Cornelia’s personal phone started buzzing
up the call “Abby, ask your friends and colleagues about it. I’ll ask around here too, to
hours and the boss was right
know what the call was about, but he could tell from Cornelia’s short response that
number he hadn’t contacted in a while and sent a message, it’s me, Jeremy. My wife wants to renovate our house.
reply came quickly. I’m busy and my rates are high.”
responded, “Name your
party replied, “I like your style”
the journey back, Ben was busy with work, and Cornelia started dealing with her own
eerily quiet, save for the sounds of typing.
Cornelia managed to submit their reports
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