Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 284

Chapter 284:

Before stepping away, she wanted to see these initiatives through to completion or at least to a stable stopping point.

It was a matter of principle, one she refused to compromise.

“It’s about… the termination of several female employees,” Samira explained, stressing the word female as if to trigger Rachel’s recollection.

Rachel leaned her head against her hand, a faint crease forming between her brows as she tried to piece together fragmented memories. She vaguely recalled murmurs in the elevator about staff being let go, but it had barely registered. Workplace rumors rarely captured her attention, and she hadn’t felt compelled to investigate further.

“I remember hearing something about it. Why do you ask?” Rachel responded, her tone calm and matter-of-fact.

Samira blinked in surprise, taken aback by Rachel’s apparent indifference. How could she remain so unshaken by such news?

“Rachel, don’t you have any thoughts on this?” Samira pressed, her voice laced with concern.

tilted her

forget that White Group’s compensation and benefits are among the best in the industry. Everyone here knows how privileged we are to work here, and firings have been almost unheard of lately. What exactly did

momentarily speechless. She had assumed Rachel was more informed, but it was clear her knowledge was superficial at best. Rachel was aware

her throat, her tone shifting to one

who were dismissed were the ones who crossed us that day. Juliet Mendez, in particular. I heard HR demanded half a million in damages from her. The company even involved the police, and she

continued without hesitation,

his position on the board. Mr. White called an emergency meeting with all the executives and issued a clear warning: any future harassment or

𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧴ℭ𝗈𝗺

implication by now, she would have had to be remarkably oblivious. Besides, coincidences like this were rarely

felt a flicker of astonishment, even disbelief. But the feeling was transient, and

but what does it change? This is just another example of his controlling nature. If I’m disrespected, he takes it as a personal affront to his pride

it was unnecessary; after all, no one knew about their connection, and her

Rachel’s