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

neither should you throw a fit

Cross grinned. "Yes. I'll

eyes. It would take a lot of effort for him to learn to

Penny Smith's assistant Mandy Lewis knocked on the

to you. He said that he's the director of

an earful from his superior

for him to realize that

and Penny

Liam Harrison

much trouble he

himself up to look for Nathan

She gave Nathan Cross a look before turning to

saying, "Let

cheek had swollen to twice its size,

for him to talk. He had a

into Penny

a cold look the moment he entered the office. "What

Director Nelson?"

fuming Penny Smith to

calmly. He forced a smile onto his face

Lewis knocked

to see you urgently. He says that

to see