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

information. She played along, furrowing her brow

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

"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. He's got a whole

the silence linger, pretending to

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

and Dominic attended a dinner

event organizers.

conterence scheduled later, he planned to take a

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

before he opened

anything came up, but she

Find

he

1:00 pm. Even if she stopped somewhere, she

video conference and instructed Blake Green, the

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