Chapter 90: Closing Down

Kathleen gazed up and just smiled at her. She nodded a while later to tell Tiara that she was fine.

"Did everyone know?" Kathleen asked and Tiara slowly squatted down beside her.

"Yeah... The rumours had spread, but looking at the company condition right now, everyone was convinced that it was not just a rumour. Everyone believed that you got kidnapped and Aaron gave up the microchip project to the kidnappers to save you," Tiara explained with a sombre tone.

"A lot of people must hate me then. I made almost a thousand people lose their jobs..." Kathleen replied dejectedly.

"Uh uh... nope. Don't you dare blame yourself, honey. That incident must be traumatizing for you. Don't you dare feel bad about what happened. You didn't ask for this to happen. This is something out of your control. It's not your fault," Tiara soothed her. She could see that Kathleen started to have reddened eyes.

"Aren't you mad that you lost your job because of me?"

"It was unfortunate... But Mr Thompson had trie