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—"

fine," Yvan said with a smile, waving it off. "It's normal for new staff to get lost around here. Just be a little

a nod. "Thanks for all your hard work.

he turned and walked

frozen, unsure of what to do. Someone was being this polite

"What are you doing? Come

me out of it, and I quickly nodded toward

and mumbled, "Mr. Jaeger has

knows

that can make people

it's just

nover.

when to keep

when to

be careful. There are

that, he turned and walked away

small "J" engraved on the guy's cufflinks. He had to

wasn't exactly the type to be that straightforward.

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