Chapter 672 Someone Died
Arnold dragged Josie to a desolate spot and released his grip on her. The bright lights illuminated the slap marks on his face.
Panting heavily, Josie confronted him, “Is it true?”
“D”mn you, yes!” Arnold bellowed angrily, his neck veins bulging. “I pushed the workers to work extra hours during the night!”
After learning the truth, Josie took a step back. “Did you go back to using the shoddy materials?”
Arnold turned his face away. “It doesn’t matter now; talking about this is pointless.”
Pointless?
Josie had taken on many projects, and there had never been any mistakes or accidents. But this time, there was a possibility that lives were lost.
She gazed at the collapsed area, now a ruin, dark and starkly contrasting to the light on this side.
“Why did
you do this? You already have an alliance with the Olsen family. You can’t be short. of money. Why did you take it this far?”
She kept pushing Arnold for answers, desperate to understand the motives behind his selfish. decision.
Arnold remained tight-lipped.
“People died on New Year’s Eve. Do you know what that means, Arnold?”
“So what? There are countless projects in Wavery across the entire country. Haven’t there been casualties before? Even the Russell Group had its share of accidents. I can easily bury this news, so f*ck that!”
Arnold snapped, anger evident as he punched the wall, causing his knuckles to bleed.
Josie exclaimed in disbelief and expressed her frustration, “Don’t you see? The Russell Group incident is why I supervised this project so closely! Our history together demanded it!”
However, she never anticipated that Arnold would secretly pressure the site workers to work late nights on the project.
The collapse occurred shortly after the project’s completion, indicating the use of severely
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substandard materials.
With a heavy heart, Josie watched Arnold’s reckless actions lead him into a pit despite her efforts to save him.
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