Chapter 1158


    She lowered her head. “I''m sorry. This was caused by my negligence. I came to take a lookst


    night before leaving and five employees were dutifully watching this ce. As I was a little curious


    and wanted t oe in to take a look, I told them to go and have their meal while I kept watch of


    the ce. They reminded me to lock the doors before I left but I forgot."


    There were two doors in the institute. In order to facilitate the transport of items, the doors would be


    open during the day and closed at night. Infrared identification would be switched on for the door in


    front, s o even if the door was not locked, it was still quite impossible to break in. But unfortunately,


    the infrared identification was switched off when Lally went in. That gave the thieves an opportunity


    toe in and steal the things inside.


    I stroked my chin and felt that something did not add up.


    If what Lally said was true, then the thieves had to know that the infrared identification had been


    switched off, which was why they went in and stole the things a s soon as Lally left. Otherwise, they


    would not have had enough time.


    That said, the thieves must have been there, or perhaps someone present at the time was an


    aplice who notified the thieves toe in and steal the things.


    "Do you know how much money and effort i t took us toe up with these things?


    How many sleepless nights were spent in order to research this project? And now you''re trying to


    wipe the te clean with a word of apology?" Elena turned her head and said, the anger on her face


    clearly visible.


    She then turned to Jordan and angrily said, "Mr. Fredericks, you have to give us an exnation for


    this. I hope you can be fair and reasonable, not the least bit biased. Otherwise, I’ll think that Grant


    Corporation has partnered with apany that practices jobbery."


    Jordan nodded his head. "Don’t worry, Ms. Mandez. I''ll handle this matter properly and give Grant


    Corporation a reasonable exnation."


    Elena took a deep breath and looked at me. "You’re the person in charge of this project, Ms. Lane.


    Now that something major like this has happened, are you going to just stand there and not say


    anything?" I knew she found me an eyesore, and now that her hard work had been stolen away, it


    was understandable for her to take it out o n me. I patiently replied, "Don''t worry, Ms. Mandez. I’ll


    take full responsibility for this and am willing to ept any punishment from thepany, but what


    we should be considering right now isn’t how I''ll be punished but how to minimize the loss."


    "Minimize the loss?" Elena sneered. “You''re too optimistic. Almost everything in the base has either


    spoiled or stolen. Nothing i s usable. The project is running now, and b y the time the site is


    completed, we’ll have nothing to offer in terms of intelligence. If we dy the opening, then the loss


    that will incur then will be so much more serious than this." "We understand these things, Ms.


    Mandez. But please don’t bring your emotions into this or it''ll be hard to solve the problem.


    We’ll just end up incurring more losses instead."


    Cally could not help but say, "It''s not just Grant Corporation that''ll be suffering losses this time but


    Fredericks Corporation as well. We''re in this together. None of us wish to suffer any losses."


    Elena sneered. "Well, aren''t you smart?


    You''ve caused twopanies to pay for your mistake but are still acting so shamelessly. You don''t


    feel guilty at all. Fredericks Corporation sure is full of talented people, huh?”


    Those words were hurtful to hear, and Cally, who was already ming herself a lot, felt even more


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    I nced at her and said to Elena, "Ms. Mandez, no one is saying that we won''tpensate for this


    loss and won’t take


    responsibility for it, so why are you rubbing salt in other people''s wounds? No one wished for this to


    happen. The way you''re acting so aggressively makes it seem like you want her to pay for her sins


    with death. Is that it?"


    "You!" Elena was furious.


    "That''s enough!" Theo spoke. He looked at Elena. "Have you calcted the loss?"


    Elena nodded. "It''s all calcted."


    Theo pursed his lips. "Hurry up and make a list. Then notify the person in charge in Whaldorf City to


    order the equipment.


    Make sure the media doesn''t find out about this. Keep this confidential. Everything will go ording


    to the original n."


    He looked at Keith and continued to instruct him, "You''ll liaise with Fredericks Corporation''s finance


    department regarding the specific losses."