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?

he kept looking at her like he knew

But she wasn’t naïve.

was something in his gaze, something

checking if she was fit for

was looking

She took a breath.

come clean before things got out of

hesitated for a fraction of a second before deciding to just rip

even

age

man’s pen, which had been

locked onto hers, and for the first time, his carefully neutral

an underage worker in her store…

same ease as someone commenting on the weather, he muttered, “Looks like it’s time to fire her.” “Fire her.” Those two

Wait, fire her?

furrowed as her

could this man

they on the same

managers were under the authority of a head

the head

hit like a

power to hire them, why he was 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

yet none of them

thought that the

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

a knowing smirk, he leaned back and casually confirmed her

the head manager.” His tone was smooth, effortless, as if he wasn’t dropping a revelation that could

Nnenna’s mind reeled.

The head manager?

he had the authority to give out positions like the

carried an

But why them?

the staff, out of all the well trained and well groomed employees of this place, why would the

She didn’t know.

She really didn’t know.

breath to steady herself, she finally

she said carefully,

Young

she had falsely accused

made their

But lying?

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