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

But she wasn’t naïve.

was something in his gaze,

just checking if she

was looking for

She took a breath.

clean before things

of a second before deciding

even

I’m under the legal age for working.” The

man’s pen, which had been tapping lightly against the desk,

sharp eyes locked onto hers, and for the

he had heard correctly, “that Manager Young hired an underage worker in her store… without even checking your age?” A visible flash of disbelief crossed his face, this time,

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 to Nnenna like flashing

Wait, fire her?

as her brain

this man fire Manager

on the

of a head

the head manager

hit like a

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

had been there all along, yet none of them

have thought that the head manager would be interested

the way she was looking at him, her sharp gaze evaluating every

leaned back and casually confirmed

he wasn’t dropping a revelation

Nnenna’s mind reeled.

The head manager?

the authority to give out positions like

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

She didn’t know.

She really didn’t know.

a deep breath to steady herself,

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

Young had humiliated

she had falsely

had made their lives

But lying?

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