Chapter 64

Curtis lifted an eyebrow, “What’s the point of going home?”

Caleb choked for a moment. That was indeed a good question.

He shifted the conversation, “Look, we’ve all been running on fumes lately, tagging along with your marathon meetings. You’re full of beans, but the rest of us are burning the midnight oil to the point of going bald. We have thirty-year-old souls with the health of octogenarians. If someone drops dead from exhaustion, that’s gonna cost a pretty penny.”

All of Caleb’s smooth talk was learned from Curtis. Using it in front of the man himself felt like bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Curtis scoffed, “Do you think I can’t pick up the tab?”

That wasn’t exactly the point.

The secretary wasn’t wrong. Ever since Curtis got back from his trip, he’d been more demanding by the day. Caleb, having been by his side for years, had a knack for gauging his thoughts.

Caleb repeated to himself like a mantra, “For the sake of ElitePinnacle.”

Then, with a sense of resigned courage, he asked, “Mr. Richardson, are you afraid of confronting your wife?”

The sound of shattering in the CEO’s office sent a chill down the spines of the secretaries.

outside.

“It’s over. Caleb’s done for… Oh dear!”

Soon after th

and Caleb

The

hist

swarmed him with concern,

over a coffee mug.”

a sigh of relief, Caleb announced, “Let the

know – Mr. Richardson says everyone’s been putting in a lot of effort and

break. Tell them to go home and recharge.”

of the day. en Curtis finally emerged from his

rabbits,” Curtis grumbled

so Curtis found himself driving alone on the snowy streets, feeling an unexpected sense of

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car around and headed

with the heating on but felt

paused, calling out, “Leanne?”

chill in his voice went

echo nearly answered him

master bedroom upstairs. Seeing Leanne’s clothes and personal items still

he heard a few meows.

the gats and barely cracked the door open when the cats squeezed out, followed by a litter of kittens rushing past with their

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