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“I’m looking into it. It should be resolved in the next couple of days.”

A flicker of joy flashed in Lucia’s eyes. “Thanks, Dad!”

“Don’t celebrate too soon. If there’s a next time, I won’t intervene,” Clement warned sternly.

“Got it. I’ll go back to my room and sleep now. You should get some rest too,” Lucia replied, turning to leave.

Just as she turned, Clement spoke again in an ominous voice. “Lucia, you better not have overheard something you shouldn’t have. Don’t expect me to overlook family ties if you did.”

Lucia could hear the warning in Clement’s tone and bit her lip. When she turned back to him, her expression was filled with confusion. “Dad, what shouldn’t I have heard? I don’t understand.”

truly hadn’t heard anything, he suppressed his

sensed Clement’s hostility earlier–it was the first time he had ever looked at her

Clement found out, she couldn’t bear the consequences. Taking a

waited for over an hour, but Nyla still hadn’t called him. Growing impatient, he called Michael.

was a moment of silence before Michael responded. “Mr. Sumner, half an hour ago, Mrs. Sumner turned the tide with a recording of her conversation with Kenneth. She probably… doesn’t need

he would wait for Nyla to come to him for help, Michael wondered if Clark

questioned, “Why didn’t you report this to

I’m sorry, it’s my

did not expect that Clark

this month is docked. It’ll be a week’s salary

rather solve things herself than call him for help, Clark felt

long time before Nyla answered. Before

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through. “Do you realize what time

to be woken up by Clark’s call, leaving her in a

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