Chapter 1397: Effective immediately
Meanwhile...
Nina let out a deep huff as she reached her workplace, standing in front of it. Her eyes gleamed with determination, ready to prove herself once more. After all, she had promised herself she would never disappoint her boss and would never give whoever was trying to suppress her a reason to kick her out.
With that thought in mind, Nina walked into the building with a smile on her face. She met a few colleagues on the way, exchanging morning greetings as usual. But when Nina reached her department, she halted and noticed some of her colleagues gathered together.
"What... is going on here?" she asked, walking up to the early birds in the department.
"Didn’t you hear?" One of her office mates looked back at her, concern in their eyes. "The boss was fired this morning."
"What?" Nina almost gasped, her eyes shifting toward the head of the department’s office. She saw her boss packing her things into a box through the glass wall.
"Gosh. This is too abrupt," one of her colleagues mumbled. "How could this happen? The boss is one of the best in the field."
"I don’t know what’s going on either," another whispered, shaking his head. "This is just... I didn’t expect it today."
"Didn’t you hear what actually happened?" someone spoke quietly, drawing everyone’s attention. "From what I heard, the company is investigating some funds from an old project. They found some missing money, and the head of that project was her. So now they’re asking her to take a break until the investigation is over."
"Taking a break?" Another scoffed. "Do you really think that’s all it is? Taking a break while the investigation goes on? Do you believe she’ll be back after that? It’s clear the company wants to kick her out, and they’re just finding an excuse to do it without breaching her contract."