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.

park was my way of fulfilling my dad's dream, and I couldn't afford any flaws. My dad was a perfectionist, and I

details for the lighting suppliers and

sides to come to the site and talk about the main issues and possible solutions. They agreed but couldn't make it until the day after tomorrow, so

previous night, so I told her to take the day off and rest while I decided to head

I was leaving, Haley

the HR department's employee movement log and knew Haley had joined the company three

so her seeking me out was

the matter, Ms. Perez?"

a role in administration, but she

beauties. Her sudden promotion to supervisor was bound

without a thought for how it reflected on me, his fiancée-to-be, especially since Haley and he had a rumored

personal," Haley said, her face

"Sorry,

and her lips

pointed at my bag. "I'm leaving now and have got other

expression more

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

out