Chapter 666: Penny's gift to Atlas

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"Meet me today."

Atlas stopped signing some papers as he recalled Penny's remarks from their ten- second phone call earlier that day. He pushed himself away from the desk, gazing at the papers in front of him.

"Sir, is everything alright?" Allen, Atlas's assistant, inquired as he carefully served his boss a cup of coffee. "You seem a little distracted."

Atlas didn't answer right away as he glanced at the coffee Allen was setting on the desk. "Penny called today and told me to meet her. Do I have any other important meetings at noon?"

"Well, you have a meeting with some of our investors."

"Move it to the afternoon."

"Sir-"

"I don't like the tone my sister was using. It's bothering me, so she comes first."

Hearing that, Allen didn't argue anymore because he knew his boss well. If it was about family, especially his siblings, then nothing could ever change his mind.

"I'll make the arrangements now." Allen lowered his head slightly before walking away from the office.

his swivel chair to face the floor-to-ceiling glass walls behind him. From here, he could see the port, surrounded by ships, machinery for unloading and loading, and containers. "Why does it sound like an emergency?" he wondered to himself, his lips curling downward. "Did

Zoren and Penny's relationship, Atlas wouldn't have known just how important and delicate today was for Zoren. He was aware that the Pierson family was

whispered, staring in the same direction before he turned his chair around and reached for his intercom. "Hand me over some files about the

waiting for Allen to reply, he withdrew his hand from the button and leaned back. Another shallow breath slipped past him, still bothered by the fact that Penny didn't seem to be asking him just because she wanted to chat. It felt to him that she was asking for this meeting for a completely

it was, he would find out for

where Penny had told him to meet her. When he entered the private dining room, Penny was already there. "This must be very important," he mused as he

from

deal," he argued calmly, placing a folder on the side and sliding it toward her. "Here are the

brows rose as she found them all too familiar before lifting her eyes to meet his. "You don't show this to

"How about Allen?"

He blinked. "But aside from that, there are only a few others who have access to these files-two others, to be exact. One

nodded, a little

the past, she had also had access to these files? She never knew Atlas wouldn't just show them to people. However, that wasn't important at the

"Thank you.

why do you want to

"Curious."

"Curious? That's it?"

and smiled. "Just today, I heard a weird story about a

that will happen in

"Turns out the shipping company is innocent. They were just being framed."

stories?" he muttered. "I haven't heard any news like that today or even in the past

a security firm, don't I? Of course, I hear some rumors here and there as

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