A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 192

The door to the security room opened, and Thomas turned his gaze toward the doorway, swallowing hard as he stared at Rome, Brook, and Blaze.

“Thomas, we need to have a chat,” Rome said, staring at the screens in the room for a moment.

Then he walked over to a seat, sat down, and crossed his leg over the other while gazing Thomas dead in his eyes.

“What do you want to talk to me about, sir?” Thomas mumbled, dragging his gaze to the floor.

“I need to view the security footages of the hallway in the east wing from the day my wife's dress got brought into this house to the time of my father's welcome back party,” Rome said with his eyes still focus on Thomas.

It immediately became silent between both men, and for a while, Thomas didn’t utter a word which made Rome a bit suspicious of him.

“I’m really not in the mood to keep repeating myself, so can we speed this up, Thomas?” Rome coldly uttered as he hardened his face.

Slowly raising his head, Thomas darted his eyes away from Rome and then mumbled, “Sir, the system malfunctioned that week and we lost a couple of days' footage.”

Then when Rome gave him a cold stare without uttering a word, he hastily said, “Sir, I'm sorry that I didn’t tell you. It was because I was worried about losing my job, so…”

“You are about to lose your job if you don’t stop taking me as a fool and start talking.” Rome casually uttered.

“Sir, I’m telling you the truth. I swear on my la…”

“Which part of what you just told me makes sense, Thomas, uh!”

Seeing that a look of rage had spiked in Rome’s eyes, Thomas hesitated for a moment as he clutched his fingers together.

“How much did I spend on these devices and security set-up?” Rome asked, clenching his jaws.

When Thomas didn’t reply, his hand slapped against the chair arm as he scowled and uttered in annoyance, “Speak Thomas!”

“It cost around a few million bucks?” Thomas mumbled, striving to remember the exact figures.

“Now, tell me how my millions of dollars systems suddenly crash around the time my wife’s dress enter into this mansion, and somehow, you felt afraid to report this to me?!” Rome lashed out, losing his grip on his anger.

A moment when by in silent, and when Thomas didn’t give him an answer, Rome felt angrier and shouted, “Did you crash the system on purpose!”

“No boss,!” Thomas mumbled, refusing to look Rome in his eyes.

“Then why the hell were you afraid to tell me about the issue when it happened, and how did you have it fixed without my knowledge or financial assistant!”

It became completely silent, and Brook took a long look at Thomas and thought, ‘He‘s going to crack.’

But he suddenly screwed his face into a frown and clutched his fist when Thomas boldly uttered, “I’m telling you the truth, boss.”

Without uttering a word, Rome stood from his seat, approached Thomas, and rested his hands against the chair arms, drawing his face closer to Thomas’s face.

Then he fixed his cold gaze on Thomas’ darting eyes and uttered, “The message that you receiv…”

“You know about the message!” Thomas blurted out in fear before getting a grip on his tongue.

Pulling away from him, Rome stood up straight, drew a breath, and asked, “Did someone order you to delete the footage of those days?”

At first, Thomas maintained his silence. Then he met Rome’s eyes and mumbled, “Yes!”

Then he hung his head, sighed, and said, “I’m sorry, boss. To be honest, I didn’t think it was a big deal to delete the recording since it was only footage of ma’am, Nora, and you entering your bedroom that week.”

“Nora?!” Rome mumbled with a mixture of anger and hurt in his eyes.

“Yes. She was the maid on cleaning duty that week, and she was the only one who had access to your bedroom during that time."

“Fuc…!”