Kate was under so much stress right now. She was so angry at everything that’s happening today to the point that she would yell at anyone who dared to breathe the sa air as her.
She wanted to be alone—well, alone with soone she liked. So she was saddened when she realized Henry hadn’t co out of his car and decided to leave her alone.
’Did I make him uncomfortable?’ Kate asked herself. ’I must have. I yelled at Bonnie and Terry, I also made plenty of sharp remarks, making look like a vicious woman without pity.’
Kate was a usually very professional woman. No matter how severe the problem she faced at work, she would not let her emotions get the best of her most of the ti.
But this case was different.
She was friends with Bonnie, and she also sympathized with her story.
Bonnie was a girl unloved by her parents. She then found solace in a man fifteen years her senior and soon developed a deep and strong connection, she’s also heavily dependent on Terry, even though Terry provided her with nothing but heartache.
’I want to help her, but I can’t. It’s none of my business and I would be overstepping. We’re friends, but we’re not close enough for to help her to this level,’ Kate thought. Her heart ached as she realized that Bonnie had beco an easy woman who was satisfied with everything Terry did, whether good or bad.
’And now, she went as far as trying to bail out her groor boyfriend....’
This wasn’t the first ti Terry caused a problem for Bonnie, and Kate already hated Terry so much that she wished she could gouge his eyes out, so he wouldn’t use those eyes to see another teenager he could fuck.
But the last straw that broke the cal’s back was that Bonnie supported her boyfriend instead of leaving, or even better, helped put Terry behind bars, a place where he truly deserved to be.
’She’s just like my mother, she simply accepted everything that my father did, and she even tried to cover up the deranged things that he did just because she doesn’t want her illusion of a perfect family to be shattered.’
Thus, Kate beca the whistleblower that destroyed her family because she didn’t want her father to find another victim. Enough was enough.
"I fucking hate groors," Kate murmured. She clenched her fist as rembered all the young girls her father had sexually assaulted in their house. She knew that blowing the whistle would ruin her family’s reputation, and she wouldn’t have the sa comfortable life anymore.
But she had a conscience that told her to tell the world about her father’s heinous cris, "I have no regret over destroying my own family. It’s better than having another woman’s innocence ruined and her future stolen."
Ding!
Kate exited the elevator and walked through the corridor to her office.
She passed the Co-Manager’s office, and through the glass pane, she realized that Michael had already occupied the office.
They made eye contact for a second, and Michael quickly sprung up from his chair to chase Kate.
"Wait, Mrs. Woods!" Michael called her na to stop her. "I have sothing to talk to you about!"
Kate stopped in her tracks and turned around to face Michael, "And what would that be, Mr. Eckermann?"
Kate didn’t have any strong impression of this man. Henry simply ntioned that Michael was his right-hand man. He was very loyal to Henry, so Kate didn’t need to worry.
But then again, Henry had a lot of deep connections that were out of Kate’s reach. She doubted that Michael was just an ordinary man, especially with his build that showed he definitely had a military career before working for Henry as his right-hand man.
Michael was about to open his mouth but then noticed Henry was nowhere to be found. So he asked, "Where is Henry?"
"... he left," Kate said, the disappointnt clearly written on her face.
"Huh? He left?" Michael checked his watch, and his brow creased deeper, "But it’s still too early to leave."
Kate felt guilty because she thought Henry must be feeling disgusted and disappointed after seeing Kate overly temperantal. After all, most n liked a woman who was obedient and sweet, and Kate was... well, she thought she could be sweet if she had to, but she doubted she’d be able to be obedient, especially not when she was surrounded by assholes most of the ti.
"It’s because of ," Kate admitted without hesitation, thinking Henry would probably talk shit about her with Michael behind her back.
"Because of you? What do you an, Ma’am?" Michael asked. He wanted to know more, but Kate wasn’t in the mood. She simply turned around and entered the Chief Editor’s office.
She slamd the door, just like how Mai slamd the door in front of him.
Michael couldn’t help but scratch his head and wonder, "What’s wrong with the won working in this place?"
**
Kate entered her office and saw Mai, who was busy reading a manuscript to see if it was worthy enough to be given to her boss.
Mai lifted her head when she heard the door open, and their eyes t. Both looked distressed and exhausted, so they had a tacit understanding not to disturb each other.
Kate returned to her seat, busying herself, deleting all the manuscripts and docunts regarding Bonnie Harper from her iPad and her mind.
She wanted to call all the departnts to terminate any activity regarding Bonnie Harper, halting the printing of her book, pulling out her books from the stores, and also taking down her book online.
Unfortunately, that kind of authority was only available to Henry as the CEO. All she could do was to tell Henry to do it, though she wasn’t sure if she could face—or even call Henry right now.
She was ashad of showing such an unsightly side of her, snapping and yelling like a madwoman.
’I do feel ashad after showing that side in front of Henry. But still, I regret nothing, I stood up for what I think is right. This company will not support that kind of behavior from one of our authors.’
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