"Miss Rita, is there anything else you're unclear about?" Sherman asked, feeling somewhat impatient for some reason. He tugged at his tie irritably. He was not used to explaining himself, and Rita's questioning made him particularly intolerant.

Initially, he had not paid much attention to the matter involving the homeless man. As the company president of Parr Group, if he had to deal with every person claiming to have lost their home on the land he was about to develop, he would not have enough hours in the day.

However, Rita's questions and doubts made him feel uneasy.

"I'm sorry. Perhaps I shouldn't have made this call, and I shouldn't have asked you this question. I didn't mean to doubt you. I just want to find out the truth. I want to know why the homeless man is wandering here alone, claiming that...that you've ruined his life," Rita apologized hesitantly.

"Miss Rita, you're indeed straightforward. But sometimes, it's better to understand the truth before asking me. Just like when you got the seating wrong when we first met."

Rita scoffed and retorted stubbornly, "I didn't get the seating wrong that day!"

but to Rita, his laughter sounded like

sit in the wrong seat. Perhaps you should ask Miss Claire if she made a mistake in arranging

you so angry? After all, I didn't

silent, unsure of how

priority. Just like the other reporters had said, I don't know where his money came from, so why should I assume it was clean? Maybe this matter

more about it. Eventually, she cleared her

he heard a busy tone on the other end of the line. "She's got quite the temper," he muttered

call ended, he took a moment to contemplate before calling Lucy

I help you, Mister

department, Walter Moody, brought up the issue with the newly developed land with me. Please have him come to my office. I need to

bit odd. After all, such a trivial matter did not usually require Sherman's attention. He had passed on the

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