More Than A Favor

Chapter 44

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Back at the office, Maya rushed over the moment I arrived. “Ms. Hart, you went to Mr. Mercer’s office, didn’t you? What did you talk about? Did you two make up?”

“What do you think?” I replied, meeting her gaze directly.

I

Under my stare, Maya fidgeted nervously and grabbed my arm. “I’m sorry, Ms. Hart. I didn’t mean to hide it from you. I was just afraid you’d be upset…

“You were afraid it would affect work, and you’d get scolded, right?” I said, cutting to the heart of her thoughts.

Maya bit her lip, guilt written all over her face. “I’m sorry, Ms. Hart…”

“It’s not your fault. Self–preservation is human nature,” I said sincerely. I didn’t blame Maya. After all, even among sisters, one would prioritize herself before helping the other.

“Ms. Hart… Maya shook my arm, as though wanting to say more.

I cut her off, “Mr. Mercer said if we don’t resolve the lighting issue, we’ll be held responsible. We don’t have time to dwell on anything else. Let’s focus on fixing the problem.”

our fault! We’re being blamed for

a problem, we’re the first ones accountable. No excuses. If

nodded and turned away, muttering under her breath,

she meant. Logan was venting his frustrations

blame me, the more determined I was to resolve

dad’s dream. I couldn’t allow any flaws. My dad was a perfectionist, and I wanted

and the construction team. I made the necessary calls and arranged for both parties to meet on–site to discuss the problem. They

there was no point in stressing

visit the Mercer estate. I’d cleared things up with Logan, but I still needed to settle things with

was packing up

can we talk?”

personnel records and learned that Selene had joined the company three days ago as a supervisor in the administration department. I was in the

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about, Ms. Vaughn?” I asked, keeping

glaringly obvious–Logan‘ doing. His actions were no different from an ancient

role was sure to cause gossip among employees. And Logan? He didn’t seem to care about how it reflected on the company–or on me, his supposed

Selene said,

glanced at the clock. “I’m sorry, but it’s