In the Lap of Luxury by Unsweetened Chestnuts

Chapter 89 Let’s Go, Double–Oh Eight

“Am I right, Ms. Pate?” Grace looked at Nicole with a faint smile.

At being suddenly called out, Nicole smiled awkwardly. “You’re right, Ms. Lewis.”

As Grace fidgeted with her blue diamond ring on her finger, she looked at Nicole with a sharp gaze. “Why did you come in so late, Ms. Pate?”

“Me?” Nicole pointed at herself. “I went to the restroom. Can’t I attend to my nature calls?”

“I’m afraid it’s not as simple as a restroom break.” Grace took the documents Luke handed her and threw them all in front of Nicole.

“Weren’t you informing your men who were bottom–fishing Barnes‘ stock to stop?”

Albert picked up the documents. He only read one page and immediately realized what she

meant.

His voice became notably lower, like the calm before a storm. “Ms. Pate, please explain.”

Although there was a dense mass of documents in front of her, Nicole hadn’t even looked at them.

She was growing anxious, for she couldn’t believe that Grace had discovered her secret moves.

smiled. “There is

intentionally leaked the nanorobots‘ source code

causing panic among the

that, you were able toreap all the benefits and

these things

composed herself and

stock to prevent it from falling into outsiders‘ hands. I

that one of his trusted directors would

his nose.

was worse, he hadn’t even noticed it. Instead, it had been exposed by

will thoroughly investigate

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Barnes, with someone like this trying to sabotage our cooperation, I’m

It had worked before, and she hoped it would work

So Nicole was the ticking

Nicole had been working alongside Albert for years, strong

in. “Hawkins Group needs to reconsider the collaboration as

words. It seemed like Benjamin had also considered

weren’t allies, they shared common financial goals. He

had indirectly helped him

felt irritated thinking