Chapter 263: Heart Pounding Chapter 263: Heart Pounding But he did not.

Instead, he simply stared at her.

Silent.

Observing.

The weight of his gaze was intense, piercing, unreadable.

Seconds stretched.

It felt like he was looking right through her.

The air grew thick with unspoken words.

Then, at last, after what felt like an eternity, he gestured to the seat across from him.

“Sit down,” he said, his tone calm but firm.

Nnenna hesitated for the briefest second.

She did not want to sit.

Something about this moment felt… off.

But refusing was not exactly an option, was it?

So, reluctantly, she walked forward and sat down.

Her back straight.

Her hands resting lightly in her lap.

Her heart pounding.

The man leaned back slightly in his chair, still watching her with that same unreadable expression.

“Your friends’ transfer paperwork will be easy since they have already filled out everything,” he said, his voice smooth but firm.

“But you haven’t done yours yet, so you’ll need to complete it before you officially start working.” Nnenna swallowed.

So that was it?

Just paperwork?

No confrontation?

sudden revelation about why he kept looking at her like

But she wasn’t naïve.

something in his gaze, something

if she was fit for

was looking

She took a breath.

it was best to come clean before

hesitated for a fraction of a second before deciding to

not even

means I’m under the legal age for working.” The room fell into

which had been tapping lightly against

hers, and for the first time, his carefully neutral

had heard correctly, “that Manager Young hired an underage worker in her store…

muttered, “Looks like

Wait, fire her?

as her

man fire Manager

they on

the authority of a

the head manager

hit like a bolt of

handing out high ranking positions like it was nothing, and why his office wasn’t just inside one of the top floor stores but positioned at the very edge of the building,

all along, yet none of them had pieced it

thought that the head manager would be

she was looking at him, her sharp gaze evaluating every detail she had

smirk, he leaned back and

tone was smooth, effortless, as if he wasn’t dropping a revelation

Nnenna’s mind reeled.

The head manager?

to give out positions like the Head Recruiting Manager and

presence alone carried an

But why them?

all the staff, out of all the well trained and well groomed employees of this place, why would the head manager go out of his way to recruit three girls who

She didn’t know.

She really didn’t know.

taking a deep breath to

Young did to us,” she said carefully, “I won’t lie just to put her in trouble.” It was

Manager Young had

had falsely accused

made their

But lying?

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