Chapter 548 Madison and I felt like we were in deep trouble. A chill ran down our spines.

"Uh... we..." I stammered, my mind scrambling for a good excuse.

Madison was quicker. She immediately explained, "Sir, you're mistaken. We're the new cleaning staff here. We just got lost."

She pulled out a cleaning ID badge from her pocket.

I felt a wave of relief and quickly jumped in. "Yeah, yeah, we just got lost. That's all."

The guy stared at us in doubt, then took a closer look at our ID badges. After a long pause, he grunted.

"Cleaning staff? This floor is for the CEO's offices. What are you two doing up here?" His tone was getting sharper. "And earlier, you were lurking by the door, spying, weren't you—"

"Enough, let's not make this harder than it needs to be," a man interrupted, his voice calm.

I turned around and was surprised to see Yvan. He'd somehow appeared at the door and was now sizing us up.

"Mr. Jaeger!" The guy greeted him right away, his tone softening. "These two—"

smile, waving it off. "It's normal for new staff to get

for all your hard work.

he turned and

unsure of what to do. Someone was being this polite to me for the first time, especially in such

are

it, and I quickly nodded toward Yvan

and mumbled, "Mr. Jaeger has

knows how to put

can

is, it's just

nover.

to

to

a meaningful look. "You two better be careful. There are things you just don't have the pull

he turned and walked away without looking

noticed a small "J" engraved on the guy's cufflinks. He had to be one

exactly the type to be that straightforward. His leniency toward me

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