"What? They aren't our employees?" Titus was shocked, and he wasn't ready to accept the bombshell from his assistant as thoughts ran through his mind. He had been going on longterm medication, which was the reason why his jowly face was now quivering unsightly.
The assistant nodded. "Yes, I've got hold of their faces from the surveillance cameras in the elevator lobby and searched for them in the company's employee database, but I found nothing. Thinking they might be temporary workers whose IDs aren't entered in the system, I also asked around every department. The heads helped me to ask their subordinates, but none of them had ever seen those two around before. Therefore, the two must be spies."
Titus' face scrunched up in anger as he spoke through gritted teeth. "In other words, the two were sent into the company by someone on purpose, which was to expose me in front of Chief Dunlap, so he would direct his focus on me."
The assistant lowered his head. "I think so too. Other than that, I can't think of why the non-employees would show up at the time and talk about the mine collapse with Chief Dunlap around. Someone was probably setting us up. President, do you think it's our opponents that did it? We've succeeded in taking over a lot of business dealings recently. The others are not satisfied and might want to take revenge on us."
Shaking his head at the assistant's guess, Titus answered with a somber look, "It's not them."
"No?" A surprised look flashed across the assistant's gloomy face. "President, what do you mean?"
"We didn't make the fuss over the mine collapse back then as I suppressed the news before it could get to many people. Not even the high-levels in Triforce know, let alone the other companies. Besides, the accident occurred a long time ago. I've been getting rid of the insiders over the years. Therefore, we're the only ones who know it besides Cadman of the Planning Department. Despite disobeying me, he knows the seriousness of the matter and won't tell others. After all, it isn't only about me, but the whole company. Even if he wants to bring me down, he won’t want anything to happen to the company. There's no use for him to take over an endangered company, or else he would've spread the news long ago."
Rubbing his chin, the assistant commented, "You're right. The other companies don't have the connections to know this."
Titus narrowed his slitted eyes and spoke in a low tone. "If I'm right, Toby Fuller is the man behind all of these."
"President Fuller?" The assistant's surprised expression turned to a shocked one. "He knows it?"
"At first, Toby didn't know anything. I asked extra men from him when I was understaffed to get rid of some evidence. That time, he was close to Tina. She was considered an important person to him even in a vegetative state, so he had been watching over the Gray Family and Triforce. He didn’t think twice when I sought help even if I didn't tell him the use at that time. After that, he inquired about the story, so he's another person who knows."
"I see." The assistant nodded in understanding.
Titus was clenching his fists on his sides. "He wants to get back at me, which is why he was exposing me to Chief Dunlap."
The assistant stared at him. "Just because you paid the trolls to heckle and slander Sonia?"
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