Chapter 1811


    Lance tightened his grip around Zoey''s arm and took a small step back, his eyes darting nervously between Atticus Sinir, David, Callum, Thssa, and Lysander. Noticing Thssa''s gaze fixed on them, Lance''s voice trembled slightly as he said, "We''re just workers here..."


    "Lance, take Zoey and leave," Thssa finally said.


    "What?" Zoey was incredulous, staring at Thssa. After everything that had happened, she was letting them go?


    Thssa nodded toward the back door where Wyatt and Payton had disappeared, urging, "Go."


    It wasn''t that Thssa didn''t want to hold Lance and Zoey ountable, but she had always harbored a sense of gratitude towards them. As they said, they were just employees following orders, caught in a situation not of their making. The time for reckoning was not now, under such tense circumstances.


    With Thssa''s confirmation, Zoey looked at her, disbelief and shock in her eyes. She had never expected Thssa to let her off the hook so easily. Hesitating for a moment, Lance then led her away.


    "Um, if there''s nothing else, I should probably get going too..." Daryl, who had been frozen in ce throughout the confrontation, suddenly snapped back to reality and awkwardly made to leave.


    Another middle-aged woman quickly followed him, ready to leave as well.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.


    "Stop right there!" Thssa stepped forward, blocking their path.


    "Ah, Thssa, it''s been a while, hasn''t it? Let''s catch up some other time, I really must be going now..." Daryl said with a nervousugh, trying to sound casual.


    Thssa, however, was not in the


    mood for pleasantries, her


    expression cold as she addressed


    them. "Daryl, we have no quarrels why target me? And you," she turned her sharp gaze to the woman beside Daryl, "I''ve never even met you before. Why lie?"


    The woman looked panicked under Thssa''s intense scrutiny. Seeing Wyatt and Payton had already fled, she realized there was no point in continuing the charade.


    With a pitiful look, she exined, "I didn''t want to, but Wyatt threatened me. He said he''d fire me and cklist me across the industry if didn''tply. My daughter''s in high school and we''re really struggling financially. My parents are elderly and sick... Without my job, my family wouldn''t be able to make ends


    meet."


    Her voice broke as she spoke, the hardship and struggle of her life written all over her face.


    Thssa''s expression softened slightly. "You can go," she said. Having climbed her way up from the bottom, Thssa understood the desperation and hardship that can drive people to act against their better judgment.


    Hearing she was free to leave, the woman grasped Thssa''s hand, tears in her eyes. "Thank you, thank you so much. You''re truly kind..."


    Choking back tears, she bowed deeply in gratitude, "I''m sorry!"


    After finishing her apology, she quickly left through the back.


    Seeing the woman leave, Daryl attempted a cating smile. "Thssa,e on, we used to be colleagues, friends even. I was misled this time, can''t you forgive me just this once?"


    "Friends, really? And yet, you


    conspired against me. I asked if you had any reasons for your actions, but you imed you were telling the truth. gave you a chance, and you chose not to take it," Thssa said


    cofely.


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