Chapter 991

Lysander’s gaze, deep and inscrutable, seemed to casually drift over to the mug of coffee on the table.

Thalassa returned to Crawley Group headquarters and immediately briefed Ethan on Lysander’s intentions.

Ethan was thrilled. “Great, I’ll have finance prepare the penalty fee right away. Ms. Everhart, you’ve scored another win for us. You can expect a hefty bonus this month,” he said with a smile to Thalassa.

The project with the Sinclair Group had not yielded profits; instead, it had led to a major incident. Many businesses had gone under due to such disasters. This time, if it hadn’t been for the Sinclair Group stepping in to handle the incident, the Crawley Group would have been on the hook for a staggering two billion dollars – enough to sink Crawley Electronics entirely.

Faced with the prospect of billions, the few million in contract penalties were mere pocket change.

By spending just a fraction of that to extricate his company from the disaster, Ethan’s business could continue as usual, and naturally, he was over the moon about it.

“Thanks for the generous bonus, Mr. Ethan. Considering today’s success, would it be possible for me to take a half-day off in the afternoon?” Thalassa tried to sound as casual as possible.

“You want some time off?” Ethan asked.

like to take some time off this afternoon,” Thalassa replied without hesitation.

knowing quality. “Oh, I get it… Hard work at Lysander’s can certainly be draining. You’ve done well, Ms. Everhart. Go ahead and take the afternoon off. Sleep as long as you

at Ethan’s insinuating tone,

Mr. Ethan, I didn’t mean…”

to explain. Get going and make the most of your time,”

you tried to clarify them. She decided not to explain further;

phone was on

it up, only to find it unresponsive; it wouldn’t turn

was powered off.

battery life

by Lysander, but by the chubby

and turned it off right before her eyes; she remembered

off meant that Lysander hadn’t bothered to turn it on and snoop through its contents. Otherwise, why would he power it on

man of his stature, with influence that towered over others, had

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