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—"

with a smile, waving it off. "It's normal for new staff

then gave Madison and me a nod. "Thanks for all your hard work. If you

that, he turned and walked

Someone was being this polite to me for the first time, especially in such an

whispered, "What are you doing? Come on,

nodded toward Yvan as he walked away.

and mumbled, "Mr.

knows

that can make people

just one

nover.

when to

to make a

careful. There are things you just don't have the

he turned and walked away without looking

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

exactly the type to be that straightforward.

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