Casper knew Zane always had a purpose behind his actions, so he took the

phone and played the recording. By the time he finished listening, his expression had darkened. "How could he do this?"

Zane explained, "He tried to go through me and failed, so I'm guessing he'll come up with another plan. You'll need to be careful from now on. I'm sure they'll try something else."

"Okay," Casper replied.

Gary stared at his phone, unable to muster a response.

Julia asked, "He didn't agree?"

"No," Gary replied, rubbing his temples. "As long as Zane doesn't fire Casper, he'll have a job and a salary. There's no way he'll come back."

Upon hearing this, Julia suddenly had an idea. She smiled. "Casper's working for Zane because of the salary,

right?"

understand why she was fixating on such trivial

He nodded. "Yes."

far more than a few thousand dollars a month. Zane's been shortchanging him.

but quickly spotted the flaw. "What if he asks us why we

Pet

necessary to pay him since we're family. But now we've realized that even

back, what happens next will

satisfaction. "Why didn't I think of this before? I'll call

a new plan in place, his mood visibly improved. His tone became unusually warm

and casually set his phone aside. "What

paying you these days?" Gary asked. His tone was uncharacteristically gentle, a stark contrast to his

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