No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 56



"I don't blame you. It's every man for himself in this world," I said earnestly, without a hint of blame toward Deborah.

Even though we were colleagues, maybe a bit more than that, or even friends, looking out for myself always came first. "Felicia..." Deborah gently shook my arm, wanting to add something.

But I cut her off. "Mr. Wagner cleared that we're to blame if the lighting issue remains unsolved. We don't have the luxury to dwell on anything else but to fix this mess."

"

Deborah's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's hardly our fault, yet it sounds like we're the culprits."

"We're in charge of this project. If there's any problem, we're the first in line for blame, no excuses. If we don't want to face the music, we better find a solution," I said sternly.

Deborah fell silent, nodding, then turned to leave.

I heard her mutter, "Settling personal scores."

What Deborah meant was clear. Conrad was taking his dissatisfaction out on me, making it personal. I sighed, well aware of the fact. But that only made me more determined to solve the issue impeccably and leave him no room for criticism.

afford any flaws. My dad was

with the contact details for the lighting suppliers

main issues and possible solutions. They agreed but couldn't make it until the day after tomorrow, so fretting over it was

to head back to the Wagner family. I had clarified things

I was leaving, Haley

what we have to talk about," I checked the HR department's employee movement log and knew Haley had joined the

departments had no direct interaction, so her seeking me out was

Ms. Perez?" I

only had Haley landed a role in administration, but she

ancient rulers bewitched by beauties. Her sudden promotion to supervisor was bound

how it reflected on me, his fiancée-to-be, especially since

said, her face

time. "Sorry,

and her lips

bag. "I'm leaving now and have got other plans

expression more bitter. She looked

"I know you're upset because I'm living in that house, and it's causing issues between

out