The Woman From Hell novel (Wanda and Theo) novel Chapter 1158

She lowered her head. “I'm sorry. This was caused by my negligence. I came to take a look last night before leaving and five employees were dutifully watching this place. As I was a little curious and wanted t o come in to take a look, I told them to go and have their meal while I kept watch of the place. They reminded me to lock the doors before I left but I forgot."

There were two doors in the institute. In order to facilitate the transport of items, the doors would be open during the day and closed at night. Infrared identification would be switched on for the door in front, s o even if the door was not locked, it was still quite impossible to break in. But unfortunately, the infrared identification was switched off when Lally went in. That gave the thieves an opportunity to come in and steal the things inside.

I stroked my chin and felt that something did not add up.

If what Lally said was true, then the thieves had to know that the infrared identification had been switched off, which was why they went in and stole the things a s soon as Lally left. Otherwise, they would not have had enough time.

That said, the thieves must have been there, or perhaps someone present at the time was an accomplice who notified the thieves to come in and steal the things.

"Do you know how much money and effort i t took us to come up with these things?

How many sleepless nights were spent in order to research this project? And now you're trying to wipe the slate clean with a word of apology?" Elena turned her head and said, the anger on her face clearly visible.

She then turned to Jordan and angrily said, "Mr. Fredericks, you have to give us an explanation for this. I hope you can be fair and reasonable, not the least bit biased. Otherwise, I’ll think that Grant Corporation has partnered with a company that practices jobbery."

Jordan nodded his head. "Don’t worry, Ms. Mandez. I'll handle this matter properly and give Grant Corporation a reasonable explanation."

Elena took a deep breath and looked at me. "You’re the person in charge of this project, Ms. Lane. Now that something major like this has happened, are you going to just stand there and not say anything?" I knew she found me an eyesore, and now that her hard work had been stolen away, it was understandable for her to take it out o n me. I patiently replied, "Don't worry, Ms. Mandez. I’ll take full responsibility for this and am willing to accept any punishment from the company, but what we should be considering right now isn’t how I'll be punished but how to minimize the loss."

"Minimize the loss?" Elena sneered. “You're too optimistic. Almost everything in the base has either spoiled or stolen. Nothing i s usable. The project is running now, and b y the time the site is completed, we’ll have nothing to offer in terms of intelligence. If we delay the opening, then the loss that will incur then will be so much more serious than this." "We understand these things, Ms. Mandez. But please don’t bring your emotions into this or it'll be hard to solve the problem.

We’ll just end up incurring more losses instead."