Chapter 158: Look properly, Nathaniel
It was already past seven in the evening, but the chairman’s office was still brightly lit but not the sound of usual flipping pages and keyboard typing could be heard.
What caught in the air was breaths, careful breathings that may snapped the anger treading on the edge of the chairman’s patience at any time.
Althea glanced at her nonchalant mother who was gazing outside the window, lost in her own reverie.
Again, the furious voice of the man of the house behind the desk echoed in that spacious room. "How did this happen? Explain!"
From wondering what could her mother be thinking so deeply, Althea’s head turned to her father briefly, then shifted to the secretary’s direction.
She was somehow relieved that Anton had already gone back to England, or else, he’d only cause another headache to their father, insisting on disowning their new brother.
Steve even bowed his head even lower. "I apologize, Chairman. I told young master Knox that you didn’t want to see him in the meantime, but he insisted on staying. I couldn’t convince him to leave, so I went back to the office to tell you once more, but..."
The secretary’s voice trailed off. He furtively glanced at Geraldine who raised her eyebrows at him.
Steve gulped.
The madame wasn’t stopping him, and he knew she wasn’t the kind that would weave lies, so in the end, he honestly shared what transpired.
Steve, "But the madame told me you were already resting in your bedroom. She...uh, she said that she’d relay the message to you, so without concerning myself on it, I went back in the office and continued working."