Chapter 44 Can You Sleep in Peace?

“Tell her I’m busy.”

“Yes, Ms. Maia.”

Maia hung up and continued to focus on her work.

…

“Did she receive the flowers?” Cedric asked as he set aside his files.

“Yes, they were delivered. Ms. Maia has received them.” Baz replied.

“How did she react?”

Baz chose his words carefully. “Ms. Maia gave the roses to her employees. Everyone in the company got one. She also transferred 27 thousand dollars into our corporate account.”

How dare she give her staff the roses and then send him the money? She was making it clear that she wanted nothing to do with him.

Baz could feel his boss getting angrier. He could only lower his head and try to disappear, thinking, ‘Ms. Maia is bold. This was the first time his boss had ever given anyone flowers. Yet, she gave them all to someone else!’

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a pen snapping in half. Baz felt a shiver down his spine.

For the next few hours, HL Corporation was shrouded in a cloud of gloom, which did not lift until the end of