The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chase was no longer a part of New Capital Times.

"Alright, Chase is gone, so you can all breathe a sigh of relief. I hope you all can learn from this incident and not bully newcomers just because of your seniority. Understand?"

"Yes, sir! We understand."

"Good. Let's get back to work, then."

Lenny returned to his office, while Rita remained seated for a while, still wondering why he had suddenly stood up for her.

However, before she could knock on his office door, she heard the sound of him making a phone call coming from inside.

She turned to leave, but she heard her name being mentioned.

"Yes. The matter has been handled according to your instructions. Rita doesn't know it was at your behest that we dealt with Chase. Yes, you can rest assured about that. She definitely won't find out. Yes, we look forward to you coming to New Capital Times again, Mister Sherman."

stunned. 'Is this the same Sherman I know? But who else can make

person she was thinking of was the same Sherman as Lenny was speaking to, but other than him, she could

figure out why Sherman would have Lenny solve the Chase issue for her and explicitly asked not to tell her. What

up the phone, Rita

he had just been on the phone with

in so suddenly? Now that Chase is gone, you should

you suddenly get rid of Chase? I remember that article was from a few days ago, so why choose today to deal with it?" Rita looked down on him, pretending to not know

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Anyway, we've taken care of him, so you better get back to work and stop asking about Lenny waved repeatedly, urging her to

from me, sir. I overheard everything just now. You said this

tore through the veil of

Sherman or not, this was a decision made by me and the higher-ups. It