Chapter 52


    They were in thepany building, and many


    employees were passing by the conference room.


    Hence, Derek helped Alessandra up first.


    “I–I’m fine.”


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    Alessandra could not care less about her pain. She


    hastily wiped the table and took out a cloth to wipe the


    “Stop! I’ll do it!” Derek quickly shoved her away, making


    her stagger a few steps backward.


    “I’m so sorry, Mr. Schwartz. I–I didn’t do it on purpose,”


    Alessandra apologized profusely.


    For someone from a less well–to–do family, ruining


    someone’s valuables would only make their situation


    worse.


    She was hoping she did not have to pay for the losses,


    but Derek examined his devices and said grimly,


    “Ma’am, myptop’s motherboard is fried, and my


    phone isn’t lighting up. You’ve got topensate me.”


    “I–I…” Alessandra paled, unable to form aplete


    sentence. All she could do was bow and apologize.


    She only wanted to earn some money to help lessen


    Emmanuel’s burden and give Mackenzie some jewelry.


    To her horror, she had topensate a huge sum


    when she had not even gotten her sry.


    This is just terrible! I’m sure Emmanuel won’t let me


    work anymore if he finds out about this.


    “It’s already happened. There’s no use apologizing


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    now.” Derek helped her up and added coldly, “I’m going


    to send these for repairs now. I’ll let you know how


    much you’ll need to pay when I find that out. Please


    give me your phone number.”


    Alessandra was on the verge of crying, but she still


    nodded and gave him her phone number.


    At the same time, Beatrix was standing outside the


    ss door. When she saw how pitiful Alessandra


    looked, she wanted to help thetter out.


    To Beatrix’s surprise, Alessandra agreed to


    After all, it was only right topensate someone


    after breaking their things.


    After receiving her number, Derek could not help but


    scold her a little before leaving to get his devices


    repaired.


    There were many important data in them which he


    had put a lot of effort and time into. He was nning


    to get Alessandra topensate him for the


    intangible losses as well.


    Alessandra felt horrible when Derek left. Even so, she


    still cleaned up the conference room.


    After that, she clutched her abdomen and walked out


    of the room.


    The moment she saw Beatrix, she quickly put on a


    smile and greeted, “Hello, Ms. Beatrix.”


    Alessandra did not want Beatrix to find out she was ill.


    I’ll be in trouble if she fires me because of that.


    Hence, she pretended to look fine no matter how much


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    pain she was in.


    “Hello, Ms. Cadigan. Are you all right?”


    Beatrix felt bad for Emmanuel’s mother when she


    gazed at thetter. Feeling worried, Beatrix said, “You


    can take two days off if your body’s in pain.”


    “No, no, no. I’m fine. I’m feeling great!” Alessandra


    quickly waved her hand dismissively and forced a


    smile.


    The moment she straightened her back, she felt an


    excruciating pain, which made her grimace.


    “Ms. Cadigan, please go home and take a day off. I’ll


    make sure the manager doesn’t deduct your sry.


    End of discussion.”


    With that, Beatrix walked off.


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    That was all she could do to help the elderly woman.


    After all, it was not her ce to make Derek give up on


    thepensation.


    Just then, Mackenzie, who was at the headquarters,


    dialed Derek’s number to ask about a project’s details.


    She did not expect the call to not get through, and it


    pissed her off.


    She always requested her employees to maintain


    smoothmunication during working hours. No one


    was allowed to be unreachable.


    At that, she instructed Lexi to find Derek.


    Half an hourter, Derek returned the call in a hurry. “M–Ms. Quillen, I’m so sorry. My phone was


    damaged by one of the cleaningdies. I didn’t turn it off on


    purpose.” He sounded a little panicked.


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    “Derek, is this your first day working at Terence Group?


    Why didn’t you make a report about your broken


    phone right away? What if this affects the project’s


    progress?” Mackenzie scolded right away. She had


    always been a strict person.


    Derek swallowed his anger, not daring to retort. To him,


    Mackenzie was like the queen of thepany.


    “I–I understand, Ms. Quillen. I promise this won’t happen


    again in the future. The project’s data? Ah… They’re on


    myptop, but I can’t give them to you now…”


    After enduring the scolding, Derek encountered a


    second problem.


    “Derek, you have one hour. If you don’t send me the


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    data in time, you can pack your things and leave.”


    Mackenzie hung up angrily.