Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 458

No one knew what Louis desired to discuss specifically, and how he intended to do so. In case something went awry, Russel would be there to locate me immediately.

When we arrived at our meeting spot, the clock struck nine.

Louis was already waiting for me. He hadn’t changed much, except for the aura around him which had taken on a darker, more sinister tone. Especially his eyes, which reminded me of a venomous snake.

I couldn’t fathom why he had become this person. Growing up in the Whitmore family, and being treated like a brother by Neil, he should have been much better off than the average person. Yet, he had stabbed Neil in the back.

This was something I truly couldn’t understand. In my past life, Russel had quarreled with Neil over a woman, which was at least a reason, Louis, however, was completely inexplicable.

“Long time no see,” Louis greeted me with a small smile, his tone suggesting an old friend’s reunion. But we could hardly be considered old friends, merely acquaintances.

“Yeah, long time no see. What did you want to discuss today?” I glanced at the cup on the table, already filled with water.

Louis sighed softly, “We’re friends, aren’t we? Can I call you Rena like everyone else does?”

Hearing this intimate nickname coming from Louis, I felt a pang of revulsion. But I kept my composure and let him continue.

“Rena, I wanted to see you because of the photo studio incident. I’m not sure why you did what you did. Did someone from our studio

Mr. Mark had no idea that I

your studio, and two of your employees offended me. I felt upset, so I retaliated. I don’t see anything wrong with that.” I replied calmly, not

also avenged all the unlucky customers

“I’m sorry, it turns out it was my employees who made a mistake and offended you. I’ll have them apologize to you. Could you then delete those news articles?”

I retorted, suspecting that he was aware

but watched as Louis made a call to Mr. Mark and the two offending employees. Meanwhile, I emptied and refilled my cup of water: About ten minutes later, Mr. Mark arrived with Isla and Katara. Seeing me sitting across from Louis, all three of

faint smile on my face, calmly

remember Ms. Finch?” Louis asked, his tone still mild.

me, then immediately started shifting blame, “Isla and Katara somehow offended Ms. Finch the other day.

exchanged glances, both clearly

to look at me,

Do you realize your mistakes have jeopardized the entire company? Ask Ms. Finch what it would take for her to forgive you.”

me cautiously, “Ms. Finch, I’m sorry. We were

came over, looking both awkward and nervous, “Yes, we were out of line. We’re sorry,

previously given them a chance. All they needed to do was apologize and have Mr. Mark fire them, and I would have let it go. But they refused

watched them impassively, “Apologizing to me is the least you could do, which I accept. However, this seems too easy. Louis, I want you to fire all three of them. Your studio should no longer engage in overcharging customers. If this happens again, there will be a second whistleblower. And you won’t be able to do anything

ruthless. We are all breadwinners. We’ve been with the studio