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?

revelation about why he kept looking at her like he

But she wasn’t naïve.

in his gaze, something

checking if she was fit

was looking for something

She took a breath.

was best to come clean

fraction of a second before deciding to just rip the bandage

even eighteen

the legal age for working.” The

which had been tapping lightly against the desk,

onto hers, and for the

he said slowly, as if making sure he had heard correctly, “that Manager Young hired an underage worker in her store…

darkened, and then, with the same ease as someone commenting on the weather, he muttered, “Looks like it’s time to fire her.” “Fire her.” Those two words stood out

Wait, fire her?

furrowed as her brain

man

they on the

authority of a head manager, so unless Her eyes widened

the head manager

like a bolt

why he was handing out high ranking positions like it was nothing, and why

all along, yet none of them had pieced

who would have thought that the head

seemed to notice the way she was looking at him, her

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 shake the entire

Nnenna’s mind reeled.

The head manager?

the authority to give out positions like the

his presence alone carried an

But why them?

place, why

She didn’t know.

She really didn’t know.

deep breath to steady herself, she finally

as I don’t like what Manager Young did to us,” she said

Young had humiliated

she had falsely accused

made their

But lying?

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