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

She played along, furrowing her brow slightly as she nodded "I see but why

understand the realities of factory

lump sum or installments, in the end, it doesn't make much difference." "Mr. Chavez, 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

to give his

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

Dominic

event organizers.

a video conterence scheduled later, he planned

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

hand stopping just before he opened his laptop. "You haven't heard from

We agreed last night she would call it anything came up, but she hasn't. I thought she was already

the factory. Find out

quickly made the call, but when he

left around 1:00 pm. Even if she stopped

evening's video conference and instructed Blake Green, the

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