Chapter 707:

Allison had been in Verruckt’s office for barely half a day when whispers began to spread like wildfire outside. The rumor mill churned rapidly, with many taken aback by the news. A female cleaner — promoted?

The chatter eventually made its way to the first floor.

“Things are getting stranger by the minute. I hear Mr. Shaw has hired a new secretary,” one person remarked, half-focused on their work.

“A secretary? I didn’t hear anything about a new hire. How’d she land the job?” another voice questioned.

“Seriously? You must be joking. Mr. Shaw hired her himself, of course. Who else could pull that off?” came the confident reply.

toolbox in

conditioner in this room is on the fritz. I’m here on behalf of the maintenance

gossiping just moments before, immediately sprang to her

for ages, but no one ever shows up,” another researcher

heard there’ve been a lot of power outages lately. The microwave in basement level one was out today, too. I think they’re prioritizing

and asked, “But your uniform doesn’t look like it belongs to the maintenance department. Which department are

Kellan answered modestly, “but I know a little about electrical repairs, so I was temporarily assigned

the group leaned in, a spark of recognition lighting up her face. “Wait, I remember now! I heard a cleaner helped

eyes drawn to

a matter-of-fact explanation. “I got burned by an electrical spark while I was helping with the

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