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.”

urging, Pedro headed to

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 and

the only sound he could

stood up, nodded, and smiled

the elevator to the top floor and approached Clarissa’s office.

in,” came Clarissa’s voice

and saw Mr. Dunn was

he didn’t know what Clarissa and Mr. Dunn had been

looked at him and instructed Mr. Dunn, “Prepare

I need

Dunn responded respectfully and walked out. As he passed by Pedro, he paused, as if wanting to say something, but decided against

Pedro approached Clarissa’s desk.

“Madam,” he greeted.

gesturing for him to sit where Mr.

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