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

a moment to process the information. She played along, furrowing her brow slightly as

offices don't understand the realities of factory workers. If this

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

silence linger, pretending to give

she finally 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

over, and Dominic

event organizers.

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

a sudden, Gerard hurried in, looking visibly anxious. "Vespera still hasn't come back, and

frowned, his hand stopping just before he opened

would call it anything came up, but she hasn't.

factory. Find out where she

the call, but when he hung up, his face

around 1:00 pm. Even if she

canceled the evening's video conference and

retrieve the surveillance footage and initiate a search of the sorrounding