Stirring Doubts

My mouth fell open in shock and it took all of my self-control not to let out any sound of shock. The chairman turned around to face me and my entire body froze in place. My legs wanted to take me as far away from him as possible. However, I knew that there was no way that I could turn and run away from the chairman after he had asked to see me.

Why is Ace’s father here? What does he want from me?

“Karina, take a seat,” he said as he gestured with his hand at the seat opposite to his at the meeting table.

I dreaded seeing the chairman even more than before since Ace made his announcement to retire from his position as CEO. Although I knew that Ace must have spoken to his father about his plans already, he did not tell me in detail how things went down between them. Simply because he did not mention anything, I had assumed that everything must have gone well. I dared to steal a look at the Chairman’s face, and I was convinced that this pair of father and son never reached any kind of