Chapter 244


    The department manager had already left his seat beside Tobias, but Skr still thought that it was a bad


    idea, so she remained standing.


    “Why are you standing there? Aren’t you tired? Just sit.” Tobias issued an order.


    With that, Skr had no choice but to sit by his side.


    The members of the department had sorted out the whole suicide situation and handed the report to


    Tobias along with the public opinion survey results. Almost all of the public’s opinions were negative. A


    lot of itined about there being too much overtime work and that the internal assessments were


    way too harsh. To them, those were the causes for the employees’ death.


    Tobias flipped through the documents and sneered. “If they can’t even handle that sort of pressure,


    they’re better off dead. We’ve all been through stressful times. We’ve all experienced hardship.”


    Skr looked at Tobias. Once again, she had witnessed how merciless he could be. To him, people’s life


    did not matter whatsoever.


    Then, the manager handed Tobias the draft of their public statement for him to check. While he was


    going the draft, Tobias’ held Skr’s hand tightly within his own in front of everyone there. ording to


    the draft, thepany was going to deny any and all responsibilities toward the matter.


    While Tobias was still reading, everyone there was stunned. Mr. Ford’s actually flirting with a woman at a


    time like this?


    “If you’re bored, you can go out for a walk. Go to the cafeteria if you’re hungry. The food there is not


    bad.” Tobias whispered into Skr’s ear.


    Skr shook her head and whispered back. “It’s fine. I’ll just stay here as long as you’re alright.”


    Meanwhile, all the staff sat there cautiously. Everyone was curious about Skr’s identity as she could


    get Tobias to speak so gently.


    The general public has been requesting a formal exnation from the Ford Group regarding the suicide.


    Tobias looked at the manager. “What’s there to exin? They were the ones that made the choice. Did I


    force them to jump? Scratch this part of the draft.”


    After a while, Tobias rejected the draft they prepared. It looked like the draft was really good with how it


    manipted the words and sentences. But to Tobias, the whole team was just a bunch of idiots.


    Skr started yawning as she was at her limit. It was almost three in the morning and it did not seem like


    the meeting would end any time soon.


    Somehow, she was able to understand why the employees of this internationalpany wouldmit


    suicide. They were making money by burning their lives working overtime.


    This is the hour when people get really sleepy at that time of the day, and the feeling of hunger coupled


    with sleepiness did not feel good for Skr.


    Tobias noticed that her eyes were closing and that she was just forcing herself to stay awake. It looked


    like she could fall asleep at any minute.


    So, he capped his pen and gave her a pat and the shoulder. Skr’s watery eyes immediately widened


    as she jolted awake.


    Her sleepiness was relieved by quite a bit and she looked towards Tobias, thinking that she had just


    fallen asleep. Did I snore? It would be really embarrassing if I did.


    Then, Skr looked at the staffs in the meeting room. Everyone had a grim expression on their face with


    their brows tightly knitted. It did not seem like they were in a good mood.


    “Let’s go,” Tobias said out of the blue. “We’re going back. You need to rest.”


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    However, Skr was stubborn. “You just go on with your work. I’m fine.”


    Tobias was having none of that. He grabbed her by the arm and gently picked her up. Then, he pulled


    her into his arm while he took her bag.


    “Let’s go. Even if you don’t need the rest, I do.”


    Hearing that made Skr slightly relieved. She did not want Tobias to dy his work because of her


    since she could not help him with anything there.


    Skr once thought about whether she would be a strong and independent woman once she


    graduated. Whether she would be able to stay level-headed when dealing with serious issues. She


    wondered if she would be able to engage in deep conversations with people elegantly and valiantly.


    In short, just like Tobias’ assistant, Susan.


    Because of the condition of her family and the environment she grew up in, Skr figured that it was


    almost impossible for her to obtain that sense of dominance that Susan gave off. There was still too


    much she needed to learn.