Pedro, however, was slightly different. He knew who Kathryn cared about, and if she were ever in trouble or danger, he would help without hesitation. This was perhaps because he had fallen in love with her.

Pedro remained silent.

“Go to the company. She wants to talk to you. If you don’t go, she’ll come here, and my mother and I will end up arguing again,” Kathryn instructed.

Pedro hesitated. “I’ll go, but I’m worried about leaving you alone here.”

“There’s nothing to worry about. The only one who might kill me is my mother. My father and brothers may want me dead, but they don’t have the nerve to act on it. If they did, they wouldn’t survive. Liberty and the others would never do such a thing. My mother won’t kill me,” Kathryn reassured him.

She was certain of this. If her mother had wanted her dead, it would have happened long ago.

Pedro pursed his lips. “Alright, I’ll go. If anything happens, call me.”

“Got it, now hurry.”

Kathryn’s urging, Pedro headed to Farrell

been in a bad mood since returning to the company, and even on weekends, many employees were working overtime. The office building was brightly lit, but the atmosphere was tense

entered the building, the only sound he could hear was

receptionists noticed him entering. Perhaps Clarissa had informed them in advance, as they stood up, nodded, and smiled at him, gesturing for him to proceed without saying

top floor and approached Clarissa’s office. He knocked

came Clarissa’s voice after a

entered and saw Mr. Dunn

he didn’t know what Clarissa and Mr.

at him and instructed Mr. Dunn, “Prepare the necessary materials. The time and

leave now. I need to

out. As he passed by Pedro, he paused, as if wanting to say something, but

Pedro approached Clarissa’s desk.

“Madam,” he greeted.

gesturing for him to sit where Mr. Dunn had

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