The Man’s Decree

“Squad Leader, to be honest, my company is in trouble too. If I can’t overcome this crisis, I’m afraid I will go bankrupt. Therefore, I would only be impeding his career by hiring him,” Franklin confessed with a sigh.

Feeling embarrassed, Gary said, “Franklin, I’m sorry to have made trouble for you. Anyway, don’t worry about Kai. Instead, what problems are your company facing?”

“Our problems? Can you solve them?” Frieda sneered.

“I…” Gary blushed in humiliation.

“Shut up!” Franklin glared at Frieda before saying apologetically, “Squad Leader, ignore her bitchiness. My company has dealings with Glamorous Designs. Unfortunately, they have stopped supplying goods to us, causing our cash flow to be stuck. Consequently, I don’t know how long I can hold out for. As for finding Kai a job, I’ll get Maria to check with her company, since it’s a conglomerate and it provides good benefits. Kai can slowly work his way up from the bottom.”

Visibly upset by Franklin’s words, Maria retorted, “Dad, I’m nothing but a salesperson. I don’t have such authority at all. You’d better not cause me any trouble.”

“You might not be able to do so, but isn’t Zayne the sales manager? Can’t he hire just one person?” Franklin demanded.

“He—”

how it’s going to be. If Zayne

All she could do was

a lot of effort for Maria to join that company. Aren’t you just causing unnecessary trouble for her? Besides, does that company even accept ex-convicts in the first place?” Frieda remonstrated

at being called an ex-convict, Kai kept his temper in

get him in the door, but whether

rolled her eyes before returning to

That girl has a really nasty attitude,”

smiled wryly in response. Given the dire circumstances, he was in no position to be upset about her unfriendly

done. Anyway, I have something on, and I’ll have to take

longer. The last thing he wanted was to cause trouble

why don’t we have lunch first, as I

all right. Next time, perhaps.” Gary waved