Salute To The General

Chapter 45 Pleading For Mercy At Their Feet

Nathan Cross and Penny Smith left Channing Bank and returned to the Cross Corporation office after

receiving warm farewells from the staff there.

Once they stepped into Penny Smith's office, the question that had been bothering her the whole trip

there finally found its way out of her mouth, "Who did you even call? Why did President Harrison look

so scared after answering it?"

Nathan Cross had straight-up called the city administrator, so it would only be right if Liam Harrison

panicked upon hearing his voice.

Besides, the city administrator was exceptionally stern this time round with the warnings and orders to

protect Nathan Cross' interests. If Liam Harrison resisted, he would have lost his job in a second.

Nathan Cross smiled and explained, "I called my old chief to settle things for me."

Penny Smith had a moment of realization. However, she still gave him a piece of her mind. "Nathan,

your old chief is going to leave Channing after the operation ends. You can't be relying on him to solve

issues, neither should you throw a

grinned. "Yes. I'll try

lot of effort for him to

Penny Smith's assistant Mandy Lewis knocked on the

said that

from his superior Liam Harrison

realize that he had messed with the wrong

and Penny Smith

Liam Harrison down

much trouble

after patching himself up to look for

shocked to hear that. She gave Nathan Cross

and saying,

room. His cheek had swollen

difficult for him to talk. He had a look of pure terror

Penny Smith's

the moment he

Director Nelson?"

fuming Penny Smith to Nathan Cross,

He forced a smile onto his face and said, "Mr.

he could finish his sentence, Mandy Lewis

to see you urgently. He

to see