Drunk and Daring I Kissed a Tycoon

Drunk And Daring I Kissed A Tycoon! 52

Chapter 52

Vespera's expression shifted slightly. Suppressing her growing frustration, she kept her composure and asked, "Why did he lock the door? Does my question..."

She paused,

plancing mound the room. "Require confidentiality?

Derek quickly forced a laugh. "No, no, Ms. Gildon, please don't misunderstand. Mr. Westwood didn't mean anything by it. It's just... well, this isn't something we typically discuss

openly"

"So there's note to this story?

"Indeed, Ms. Gilden. You may not be aware, but the names you mentioned belong to a married couple-some of the factory's earliest employees. Unfortunately, they were injured in a workplace accident and became permanently disabled, no longer able to work

"To mold any further issues, we reached an agreement with them and provided financialcompensation Interestingly, though, the couple had one condition-they wanted to pemain on the payroll and continue receiving salaries for 15 years, even though they were no longer working."

An elaborate story indeed.

this arrangement been

to process the information. She played along, furrowing her brow slightly as she nodded "I see but why hasn't

"The executives in their offices don't understand the realities of factory workers. If this were to come out, many

I can understand on a personal level. But professionally? This completely disregards company regulations and procedures," Vespera replied. She continued, "And look at the result-because of how this was handled, employees are now convinced the factory is haunted. That's hardly ideal, wouldn't you agree? “Yes, yes, we know it's not by the book. That's exactly why we wanted to discuss it with you, Ms. Gildon. We were hoping you'd be willing to overlook it, just this once. “at's such a minor issue-there's really no need to trouble Mr. Reid with it.

linger, pretending to give

spoke "Alright. But I want to meet this so-called disabled couple myself and verify their situation. If everything checks out, I'll let it go." Derek

over, and Dominic attended

event organizers.

8:00 pm. With a video conterence scheduled later, he planned

Gerard hurried in, looking visibly anxious. "Vespera still hasn't come

just before he opened his laptop. "You haven't heard from her all

up, but she hasn't. I thought she was

factory. Find out where she

but when he hung up, his

Even if she stopped somewhere, she should've

narrowing with growing concern. He quickly canceled the evening's video conference

the factory staff to retrieve the surveillance footage and initiate a search of the sorrounding