He peered at Valery.
“What do you have in mind?”
“Let’s just say that my family may be participating in the auction.
We’re only playing second fiddle, though. But unlike us, the Edwards family has a better chance of securing that piece of land. And once the project goes to you…” She raised her finger and tapped on Declan’s chest.
“You’ll definitely get my sister back. She wants it, after all. Be sure to thank me when that happens.”
Declan grabbed her finger, his expression unreadable.
“Fine. If this works, you’ll get the rest of your reward.”
Meanwhile, Hannah had finally reached her office. She placed the gift bag on her desk, stared at it for a minute, then got back to work.
She was supposed to have a meeting that afternoon, but thanks to Johanna’s recent debacle, she would have to postpone it.
Instead, Hannah headed to the marketing department. As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she heard the muffled sound of heated arguments from the inner office.
Hannah pushed through the door.
“What is all this commotion about?”
The director jumped to his feet, staring at Hannah as though she was his one true savior. He hurried over to her.
“Miss Moore!”
He looked like a mess. He drew close and spoke in a low voice.
“I would have looked past it if it were just one minor blunder, but the entire staff has come to me to complain. I don’t know what to do…”
Hannah glanced over his shoulder at Johanna, who stood to one side with an appalling lack of concern on her face.
“Tell me exactly what happened.”
It all began in the pantry during lunchtime, when an employee mentioned something about the White Group’s future successor.
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Apparently, she had mentioned Johanna’s name, expressing her confusion about why the woman was working in the marketing department.
Without warning, Johanna rushed at her and poured a cup of hot coffee on her head.
That didn’t end there, though. Not satisfied with her revenge, Johanna proceeded to sneak into the poor girl’s cubicle and deleted all the data on her computer. This included a very crucial project plan that the team was working on.
They were in the process of polishing the details, and the staff hadn’t even had the chance to back it up into the cloud yet.
Now, the marketing director was in a dilemma. He cast a cautious look at Hannah and said, “Without a backup copy, we’ll have to recreate everything from scratch. Our client is already pressuring us to move the delivery date forward. The rest of the team is upset, and tensions are running high. As you know, we’ve been working on the proposal for almost a month, and Miss White got rid of it in just a matter of seconds. But then…”