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.

that I was behind it, hence he hadn’t informed Louis.

studio, and two of your employees offended me. I felt upset, so I retaliated. I don’t see anything wrong

also avenged all the unlucky customers they had ripped

apologized, “I’m sorry, it turns out it was my employees who made a mistake and offended you. I’ll

enough? Do you take me for a beggar?” I retorted, suspecting that he was aware of his employees’ previous misconduct. He hadn’t attempted to resolve it until now when he had

Mark and the two offending employees. Meanwhile, I emptied and refilled my cup of water: About ten minutes later, Mr. Mark arrived with

with a faint smile on

Finch?” Louis asked, his tone still

remember…” Mr. Mark barely managed a smile at me, then immediately started shifting blame, “Isla and Katara somehow offended

exchanged glances, both clearly flustered.

me, they both

jeopardized the entire company? Ask Ms. Finch what it would

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

both awkward and nervous, “Yes, we were out of line. We’re sorry, Ms. Finch. Please let us off the

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 to take responsibility, leading to this irreversible situation. Now,

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

Finch, please spare us. We’ve already apologized. You don’t have to be so ruthless. We are all breadwinners. We’ve been with the studio for a long time. Firing us would be unfair and a loss to the company!”