In the lounge.
“Miss Rita, Mr. Spencer is in your office. He wants to see you.” A girl rushed in.
Thomas almost choked himself when he heard the name, his face a ugly green.
Rita was confused when she took note of his reaction.
Who is Mr. Spencer?
Someone heavyweight? Why is Thomas so freaked out to hear his name?
She showed no emotion on the outside despite the confusion.
“Noted, I’ll be right there.” She put down the chopsticks and got to her feet.
However, Thomas grabbed her wrist. “Don’t go.”
His tone and expression made Rita wonder.
“Why?”
“Because…”
Thomas took a deep breath before he told Rita how Euan molested male staff and the relation between Euan and Mr. Spencer.
“She must be holding grudge against you now that you thwarted her plan to affront me. I bet she asked this Mr. Spencer to revenge you, she wants to fire you.”
He used this trick on the last manager too.
“That’s what this is about…” Now Rita understood why Thomas was in such a stew.
Thomas thought that Rita might fear Mr. Spencer after hearing him out, so he suggested. “Don’t want, that’s what Euan exactly wants from you. Just say that you’re sick.”
Rita did not approve his suggestion though. “I gotta face this sooner or later.
At once, Lillian and Thomas went silent.
If someone really wants to prey on you, it’s almost impossible to escape.
Euan was hell-bent on purging Rita out of the company.
Guilt was in Thomas’s eyes when he realized that. “I’m sorry, I brought this trouble to you.”
“Don’t blame yourself, I jumped in this swirl myself.” Rita smiled cunningly. “And, maybe it won’t be me who’ll be fired.”
Thomas was confused.
He didn’t know why she said she jumped in herself, and less did he know why Rita was so confident.
But she was a ray of sunshine breaking through the dark, bringing people hope and security.
Lillian, however, knew all the answers to Thomas’s questions.
Even the Brown Group belonged to Rita’s family, let alone this subsidiary.
With Charlotte being in jail, Rita became they only heir to the Brown.
So, who dared to mess with the future CEO?
He who dared fur sure was asking for death.
And it’s not just the fury of the Brown he’s going to face, but also Liam’s.
Few had the guts to confront Liam. And most would shit themselves if Liam came to punish them himself.
Such thoughts relieved Lillian, she clapped at her own chest and announced. “Go, Rita. I support you mentally, just stand up to them.”
“…You have my support too. If you’re leaving, I’m leaving too.” Thomas proclaimed.
Rita glanced at Thomas and smiled. “We won’t be the ones leaving, I promise you that.”
In the office, Euan sat on Bruno’s laps. She snorted after taking a glance at the watch on her wrist. “Look how long it has been? And that bitch still doesn’t show up. She takes you for nothing, Bruno, I’m telling you.”
Bruno had lost his patience over the wait. He became agitated. “Disrespectful! Arrogant! What, I have to go down to the lounge to see her myself?”
A hint of guile flashed in Euan’s eyes when she saw how pissed Bruno was.
That’s what she wanted.
The angrier Bruno was, the more likely Rita would get fire.
A knocking intruded on their talk.
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