Chapter 150

When Don told Cindy that Brandon wanted to see her in his office, she was on pins and needles.

“Why does Mr. Crawley want to see me?”

She racked her brain but couldn’t for the life of her figure out why she had caught Brandon’s eye.

Don was also stumped, but he tried to reassure her with the mindset of a boss. “Probably work stuff. Chill out, Brandon is a tough cookie with a soft center. He won’t give you a hard time for no good reason.”

But Cindy wasn’t comforted by Don’s words.

She had never interacted with Brandon up close, but from a few times of watching from a distance, he seemed to have a daunting presence.

With that anxious feeling, she knocked on Brandon’s office door.

“Come in,” a deep voice followed from the office.

Cindy pushed the door open and immediately became more cautious upon seeing Brandon seated at his desk. “Mr. Crawley, you wanted to see me?”

“Mm.”

Brandon responded flatly, noticing her hand on the doorknob about to close the door, he quickly said, “Leave the door open.”

Cindy awkwardly withdrew her hand, feeling a bit awkward.

Brandon looked at Cindy. “How do you know Sophia?”

Cindy was taken aback. “Huh?”

She was puzzled by Brandon’s intentions. Thinking about Sophia’s stern instructions to keep their secret, she felt even more unsettled, wondering if there was an issue with Sophia.

“Is there a problem with Sophia?” she asked tentatively, not wanting to throw Sophia under the bus.

“No,” was Brandon’s reply.

Cindy was confused. Was he doing a more thorough background check?

“Just tell the truth. Don’t worry about anything else,” Brandon cut her off.

Cindy didn’t dare to spill the beans. She couldn’t get a read on Brandon’s intentions and didn’t know if he was in on something with Sophia or if he was digging for dirt on her. After all, she had just promised Sophia not to tell anyone, and if she blabbed to Brandon, it would look super shady.

And if it was the latter, if Sophia was in the clear and Brandon was just looking for an excuse to sack her, Cindy couldn’t bear the guilt of getting Sophia fired.

So she stuck to Sophia’s story. “I just met her when we were out for a meal. Her phone died and she couldn’t pay, so I just covered for her.”

finished, she saw Brandon frown.

his frown meant and her heart was in her throat,

drop

like crying.

little lie would require a hundred

can’t remember,” she said, resorting to the universal excuse, her back drenched

day?” Brandon pressed.

on the verge of tears, “It was such a small thing, I didn’t make a note of it, I just remembered when

Brandon wasn’t letting it go. “No payment record on your phone?”

Cindy was speechless.

back in the West district from the 28th of last month to the 10th of this month.

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paid in cash.”

eyes were fixed on her

the interrogation-like pressure and

Brandon was speechless.

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other assistants busy in the outer office couldn’t help but peek over, each sticking their

Brandon glanced outside.

immediately withdrew their heads but couldn’t help but

already sobbing, blurted out, “Mr. Crawley, just tell me straight what you want to

a headache. “Go back to your desk.”

made his actions seem

But afterward, Sophia explained how she and Cindy met, and there was nothing unusual about it. Cindy’s story had no holes, and paying in cash wasn’t that far-fetched..

in front of him was also

in the company who weren’t

Kent were almost non-existent.

linger a moment longer. She sniffled a “thank you, Mr. Crawley” and turned

with tears still in her eyes. “Is there anything else, Mr. Crawley?” Brandon looked at her. “Could I take a

private matter, and she didn’t want to show it to

the hesitation in her eyes. “I only want to see your

understand but reluctantly rotated her WhatsApp chat with Sophia towards Brandon.

messages as promised, so the chat was spotless, not

at her. “Hasn’t Sophia

again. She never expected her well-intentioned lie to lead to a string of baffling interrogations from Brandon. Now, if she replied with a “yes,” it would lead to more questions about what was discussed and why the records were deleted, digging back into the first lie.

but to assert “no,” and after that,

quickly set her already unsteady nerves skyrocketing, and her eyes started to redden

Don rocked up, he caught sight of Cindy’s pitiful little figure and shot Brandon a questioning look, “What’s going

and simply said, “Nothing.”

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