CHAPTER 82: CHAPTER 82: MR. PRESIDENT, YOU MUST HAVE HEARD WRONG

The Finance Department Manager thought Kris Cooper was upset about the financial situation. "Mr. President, please calm down," he said. "This situation occurred because several payments haven’t been collected yet..."

"Shut up!"

Kris Cooper abruptly pushed back his chair, stood up, and briskly strode out of the office.

No, he had to find out for himself. If anyone dared to torment her, he would make them pay.

At the table, everyone looked at each other, confused. What... why did he leave so abruptly in the middle of the meeting?!

The Finance Department Manager looked perplexedly at Director Kaiden Wilton. "Director! What’s wrong with the President...?"

"You all wait a moment; I’ll go see what’s going on." Kaiden Wilton stood up and hurried out, following Kris Cooper all the way to the CEO’s office. Witnessing Kris Cooper push open the door, he then turned to Tommy Taylor, confused, and asked, "Assistant Taylor, the President just left in the middle of a meeting. What on earth is going on?"

Tommy Taylor glanced at the closed door. "You should all head back for now. I don’t think this afternoon’s meeting will happen. I’ll notify you when it’s rescheduled!"

Kaiden Wilton glanced confusedly at the CEO’s office door nearby, nodded, then turned and left.

「Inside the door.」

Vera Wave had just managed to stuff the crumpled fax paper into the machine’s slot with difficulty when she heard the door push open. She hurriedly turned her head. Seeing Kris Cooper walk straight towards her, she quickly closed the fax machine’s lid.

"Mr. President, look, I’ve loaded the fax paper correctly. I haven’t wasted any company supplies."

"What happened?" Kris Cooper asked immediately.

"What do you mean by what happened?"

"What happened just now?" Kris Cooper noticed her nervousness and softened his tone. "Don’t be afraid. As long as you answer my questions honestly, I promise not to fire you, nor will I be angry with you, let alone deduct your salary."

Vera Wave was overjoyed and nodded immediately. "Ask away. I promise to tell you everything I know, holding nothing back."

He nodded and walked over to the sofa. "Come sit."

Vera Wave walked over but stopped in front of the coffee table. "I can stand."

The man raised an eyebrow, and she quickly twisted to sit on the sofa. "Your sofa is really comfortable!"

"Tell me the truth. Were you so frightened just now because of something that happened in your past?"

"Ah... me?!" Vera Wave blinked. "Just now, I..."

She remembered now; she seemed to have had another hallucination just moments ago. No, when she visited her grandmother tonight, she absolutely had to buy some medicine. No, she couldn’t tell him the truth about this. If he found out she frequently experienced hallucinations, he would assume she had a mental illness and fire her immediately.

"No... nothing."

"Nothing? Then why did you say, ’I beg you all, don’t come over...’?"

Vera Wave pursed her lips. After a moment, she put on a relaxed expression again. "I... did I say that? I think I said, ’I beg you, Mr. President’—you must have misheard."

Seeing the skepticism in his eyes, Vera Wave lowered her gaze.

"Mr. President, if there’s nothing else, I still have work in my department. May I go back now?"

She was clearly hiding something, which further solidified Kris Cooper’s judgment.

The thought that someone might have hurt her made his hands tighten unconsciously, so forcefully that his knuckles emitted a series of sharp CRACKS.

Opposite him, Vera Wave saw his clenched fists. Assuming he was angry with her, she gulped nervously and quickly changed her tune.

"Oh, right! Isn’t it stated in the contract that fulfilling your requests is part of my job description? If you need anything, I can stay here and work too!"