The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 991

Lysander’s gaze, deep and inscrutable, seemed to casually drift over to the mug of coffee on the table.

Thalassa returned to Crawley Group headquarters and immediately briefed Ethan on Lysander’s intentions.

Ethan was thrilled. “Great, I’ll have finance prepare the penalty fee right away. Ms. Everhart, you’ve scored another win for us. You can expect a hefty bonus this month,” he said with a smile to Thalassa.

The project with the Sinclair Group had not yielded profits; instead, it had led to a major incident. Many businesses had gone under due to such disasters. This time, if it hadn’t been for the Sinclair Group stepping in to handle the incident, the Crawley Group would have been on the hook for a staggering two billion dollars – enough to sink Crawley Electronics entirely.

Faced with the prospect of billions, the few million in contract penalties were mere pocket change.

By spending just a fraction of that to extricate his company from the disaster, Ethan’s business could continue as usual, and naturally, he was over the moon about it.

“Thanks for the generous bonus, Mr. Ethan. Considering today’s success, would it be possible for me to take a half-day off in the afternoon?” Thalassa tried to sound as casual as possible.

“You want some time off?” Ethan asked.

take some time off

draining. You’ve done well, Ms. Everhart. Go ahead and

her cheeks warm at Ethan’s insinuating tone, realized he had gotten the wrong

Mr. Ethan, I

of

not to explain further; let Ethan think what he would. Leaving

was on the desk.

it up, only to find it unresponsive; it wouldn’t

was powered

–

had 70% battery life –

by the chubby kidnapper

off right before