Chapter 1550: Least favorite child
The deliveries didn’t stop at one. They kept coming, all from the same sender. Before long, the people in the CEO’s office had cleared a special corner just to stack the growing mountain of packages.
"Is it Christmas?" Hayley scoffed, staring at the towering stacks.
All three of them gazed down at the base of the pile, then slowly tilted their heads up. Just Hayley’s packages alone were piled higher than she was. And there were two similar towers — one for Shawn and another for Teddy.
Both men were speechless.
"This is more than all the gifts I’ve ever received for Christmas in my whole life," Shawn whispered. The same sentiment applied to Teddy.
Teddy didn’t have a great childhood to begin with. Shawn, at least, had humble but warm holidays. Teddy? He was lucky just to eat a full meal on those days.
"I should at least check one, right?" Hayley reached for the topmost package — the smallest among the bunch. "You guys should check yours, too."
"Don’t you think we should ask security first?" Shawn asked nervously. "Who knows what’s in these packages... I’m a little scared."
Teddy didn’t say a word. He simply marched over and picked up a box from the top of his stack. "Everything that goes in and out — especially into the Prime Group building — goes through scanners. Even we get scanned when we come in."
"He’s right," Hayley agreed, carrying her box to her desk. "If there was a bomb inside, it wouldn’t have made it past the entrance. There’s even a separate entrance for deliveries."
Shawn glanced between the two of them. Teddy had also stopped at Hayley’s desk, so Shawn, sighing, grabbed two boxes from his stack and joined them.
The room fell into silence as the three of them focused on cutting through the bubble wrap.