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."

'Is this the same Sherman I know? But who else can make Lenny speak with such reverence? Also, how could this matter

same Sherman as Lenny was speaking to,

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

phone, Rita decisively knocked on the door

been on the phone with that man. He

did you come in so suddenly? Now that Chase is gone, you should go back and

few days ago, so why choose today to deal

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him, so you better get back to work and stop asking about Lenny waved repeatedly, urging her to leave. He was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she might realize something

hide it from me, sir. I overheard everything just now. You said this was done on

the veil

"What nonsense are you talking about? Mister Sherman or not, this was a