Tally was his sales employee, not his slave employee. The way Markus kept shoving overtime onto her was disgusting.Upstairs at Albert Group, Chris had just come out of the meeting room when he heard Krista wanted to see him. Frowning, he asked, "Where is she?""The guest room," Tara said. Chris said nothing in reply. He was shocked to learn that Krista was waiting for him in the guest room. He looked at his office and was surprised that Krista wasn't making a scene.Usually, the assistants would take Krista straight to his office, and for this, Tara earned a little more of his respect as his assistant."Send her over." Chris sat in his office chair and sipped from a glass of water. "Alright." Tara nodded respectfully. She turned around, then seemed to remember something and faced him again. "There's one other thing.""What is it?""Ms. Preston fired Elise Schiffer."Schiffer? Ben Schiffer's daughter? Chris remembered that woman. After all, she'd worked for him for so long.
Elise was really fired this time. The fact that Austin called Kathryn "Mrs. Albert" was proof she couldn't stay at Albert Group anymore.Still, she couldn't resist calling Markus when she left the office. "Help me, Mr. Hunt. I don't want to leave!" Elise couldn't think of anything else to do except call Markus. He wasn't working at the company anymore, but Elise knew he was close to Chris and hoped he'd talk to Chris on her behalf.However, this time, Markus didn't even ask why she'd gotten fired. All he said was, "No one will save you this time." Then, he hung up.Elise listened to the dial tone in disbelief. She stubbornly called again, but Markus didn't even pick up this time. Why was it so hard for him to put a good word in?"Kathryn!" Elise gritted out Kathryn's name, wishing she could tear her apart. "We've finished tallying up your salary. Sign here," a finance employee told her. Everyone was shooing her out for every second she'd overstayed her welcome.Elise hated thi
Krista didn't like Chris, but when she saw how well Chris treated Kathryn, she had no choice but to do it for her.After Krista left, Chris looked at Kathryn thoughtfully. His gaze unnerved her, so she asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"Right now, Kathryn was still thinking about what Tally said. She needed to clarify whether the agreement was still ongoing. She had to do it because the agony of not knowing was unbearable."You're pretty."Kathryn was rendered speechless when he complimented her appearance by calling her pretty.Kathryn possessed an attractive appearance with her tall stature and pleasant facial features. While she might not have been a stunning beauty, her face was distinctive and appealing.Kathryn was a little embarrassed by that. "You're prettier.""I'm prettier?" Chris asked. Who praised a man that way? Kathryn nodded. "Yeah, you're really pretty." That was probably why so many women had thrown themselves upon him as if they had a death wis
However, Kathryn hadn't forgotten Tally's reminder. When Chris noticed she looked like she wanted to say something, he frowned again. "Anything else?""Yeah, there's something." Kathryn nodded."What is it?" Chris' smile widened when he saw how serious she looked.Watching Chris smile, Kathryn almost got distracted before she took a deep breath and composed herself. "Um, is the agreement still ongoing?"Chris was speechless. The agreement? Did she still remember that? In response to her serious expression, he smiled again. "What agreement?" he asked."What?" Kathryn asked. She had asked him if he remembered the agreement, and she couldn't believe he was pretending to forget it."Did we ever have an agreement?""We did!""Where? Let me see it."Kathryn was speechless. She couldn't believe him. She wondered why he always acted like an amnesiac at the worst possible moments. The corner of her lips twitched when she realized Chris looked serious."What is it?""No, w
Chris was tired of Kathryn's antics. Since she looked so sleepy that her eyelids were drooping, Chris kissed the back of her neck and said, "I'm serious."He knew that if he didn't give this girl an explanation tonight, she'd just keep fussing about it. And at this point, he should have given it anyway. Being serious with her was nice.Still, Chris' answer didn't make Kathryn go back to sleep. "So we're not going to be apart?""No. Sleep."Finally, Kathryn stopped asking and fell asleep thoroughly. The next day, Krista returned to Albert Group with her lawyer and finished the transfer procedure. As she said, Baydem Group would belong to Kathryn, and she'd have 60 percent of the shares. Phineas would have ten percent, and the rest belonged to individual shareholders.With that information, Chris could do whatever he wanted, but Kathryn undeniably had the lion's share. Phineas had somehow caught wind of this, so he immediately blocked Krista's way as soon as she was outside A
Savanna had packed her things, and Krista was just starting to pack her own stuff. The two of them had been planning to leave together.Savanna glanced at Krista. "I hope Phineas won't hate you for this.""So what if he does? I've done enough for him over the years." All this time, everything she did, she'd done it for him. Just this once, she deserved to do something for herself.However, Savanna almost couldn't take it. Everyone in Harborlean knew that Baydem Group was only founded for Phineas' sake. Now that it was Kathryn's, Savanna was suddenly worried it would rouse suspicion. Franco soon got the news, and just as they were about to leave, he stormed in.After days of not seeing each other, Franco looked at Krista with nothing but rage. "Have you gone mad, Krista?" he roared, his elderly face turning green as if he could collapse any second now.However, Krista didn't step forward like she used to whenever he looked like he was about to faint. Instead, she looked at hi
Krista's tone was casual but firm. Franco was stunned into silence.Krista didn't want to waste her time talking, so she picked up her suitcase again. She'd barely taken two steps when Franco spat, "If you walk out this door, then you can forget about coming back."Running away from his home? Krista had no right to do that!But Krista didn't stop walking. She even replied as she left, "I thought leaving you was what you wanted."She was out. All these years, Krista had held herself back no matter what happened with the Alberts, but this time, she was leaving. Yes, she was leaving without a care in the world.Albert Manor was a bit quiet, to begin with, but now it felt abandoned. Out of rage, Franco started smashing the things around him.A loud crash could be heard in the blink of an eye, and an antique vase worth several million dollars was shattered just like that. The butler and servants didn't dare make a sound.Krista was gone! Krista had actually left!Chris didn't he
Both Franco and Phineas' faces fell. They could tell Chris was defending Kathryn. If that was the case, then they really had no clue when they'd get to take Baydem Group back.Franco wondered whether Krista had intentionally passed the company to Kathryn to make things more difficult for him, particularly given her dislike for Kathryn.Franco couldn't help but regard it as wicked. Krista was more evil than the average person.After Chris left, and it was just the two of them, Franco glared at Phineas. "Look at what your uselessness has gotten us into!" he huffed."Dad!""If you'd matured earlier, Baydem Group would have been yours! Then it wouldn't have fallen into that woman's hands."Franco thought about the way Krista had been prepping Baydem Group for Phineas. She must have been a whole other kind of cruel to do this. Phineas' face fell even further. "Weren't you the one who kept asking to give Chris Baydem Group?" he asked in a similarly irritated tone.Besides, wasn't hi