Chapter 128 I’m Resigning From Lock Group
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Zane looked at Finn with an apologetic expression, then nced at the screen with a <b>frown</b>.
A call from Evermount Vi? Has something happened?
Zane felt a bit puzzled, but after a moment’s thought, he silenced the call.
Evermount Vi was equipped with a top–tier home security system<b>, </b>so it couldn’t be a dangerous emergency like a fire. If it wasn’t that, then everything <b>else </b>could wait, as what was in front of him was more important.
Zane pondered for a moment. Then, after silencing his phone, he went back into the file room.
He was unaware that the guard, whose call had been disconnected, had a doomed expression on his face.
“Why did he decline my call?”
The guard looked once more in the direction Tess had departed, and now, there wasn’t even a trace of the car to be seen!
He pped his thigh, his face full of regret.
<i>Rules </i><i>are </i><i>for </i><i>guidance</i><i>, </i><i>not </i><i>dictation</i>. <i>I </i><i>really </i><i>ought </i><i>to </i><i>be </i><i>more </i><i>adaptable </i><i>in </i><i>how </i>I <i>tackle </i><i>this</i><i>. </i><i>Now </i>look at what I’ve <i>done</i><i>! </i>
<i>I </i><i>should </i><i>have </i><i>stopped </i><i>Mrs. </i><i>Lock </i><i>first</i><i>! </i>
The guard paced anxiously, the memory of the vi’s chaos a few months ago resurfacing in his mind.
Back then, Finn personally went to pick up Tess. But Tess had left the prison alone and returned to the vi first.
When Finn discovered that Maria had helped Tess conceal her whereabouts, he flew into a rage and punished her severely. Even when Maria revealed Tessa’s whereabouts to Finnter, she was still fired and expelled from the vi.
Remembering the previous incident, the guard shivered for a moment. Not even bothering with his duties, he immediately hailed a taxi and headed to Lock Group.
Finn was unaware Tess had already departed from Evermount Vi, remaining fully absorbed
in the files in his hands.
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<b>Zane </b><b>was </b>also helping him go through the files, and on the table was the <b>half</b><b>–</b>damaged scroll Charles had previously given Finn.
Knock, knock!
Suddenly, knocks came from outside the file room.
Finn and Zane exchanged a nce. Zane arched a brow, suppressing the unease rising <b>in </b>his chest as he walked over to open the door.
As the elegant red wooden door swung open, there stood Charles.
Zane’s expression shifted when he saw who it was.
They hadn’t seen each other in barely a month, yet Charles looked like a different man.
His brows were drawn low, shrouding the brightness that once defined his eyes. Now, they were murky and unreadable. His whole aura was like a de dulled by wear.
“Come with me.”
Zane kept his voice low.
Charles’s lips parted slightly, but he moved to follow without a word.
Finn sat down on the nearest wooden chair. As he looked at Charles, he tapped the table, signaling him to sit and speak.
Charles didn’t hesitate and sat on the seat Zane had pulled out for him.
“What exactly do you know about the incident from a year ago?”
Finn got straight to the point. His knuckles tapped the tabletop at a steady rhythm, each tapnding squarely in Charles’s chest–like the light drizzle from that day a year ago.
Charles lowered hisshes, though there was a hint of mocking behind <i>his </i>silence.
His eyes fell instinctively on the half–damaged scroll lying on the table–the very one he had
delivered.
Back then, he had devoted everything to trying to overturn <b>Tess’s </b>case. He had even used <i>his </i>position to secretly search for anything that <i>could </i>support a retrial.
He knew what kind of person Tess was–and how she felt about Finn.
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Lock Group was thergest business conglomerate in Aetheris. With a name like that, few dared to cross them. That was why the legal department of Lock Group had always been more symbolic than functional. The title of “head of the legal department” might sound impressive, but for Tess, it was a position she reluctantly took for Finn’s sake.
<i>Tess </i>stealing <i>Lock </i><i>Group’s </i><i>business </i><i>secrets</i>?
<i>I </i>don’t believe <i>it</i><i>, </i><i>yet </i><i>Mr. </i><i>Lock </i><i>actually </i><i>does</i>.
“Mr. Lock, are you trying to clear Tess’s name, or are you aiming <i>to </i>catch the real culprit and bring them to justice?”
Charles looked up, his eyes calm and clear like freshly fallen snow on a winter’s day.
Finn’s fingers froze in ce. His gaze flickered for a moment, then settled coldly on Charles. “You just need to tell me what know.”
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Charles answered while shaking his head, “I am not obligated to do so.”
With that, he extended a document forward.
Finn nced at him, then took the document he offered. The first thing that caught his was the prominent heading: “Resignation Letter.”
“I’m resigning from Lock Group.”
Charles spoke slowly, his stance firm.
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After Tess apologized <i>to </i>Nadine in the center of Lock Group’s lobby, Finn gave up on pressuring him forpensation, and Charles was able to stay on at Lock Group. Thew firm also didn’t face any repercussions and continued to thrive.
He had bought back the old mansion that was auctioned off. Every day when he passed by the room Tess and La <i>used </i>to live in, it always felt like what happened in the past was a beautiful dream.
Finn’s expression grew incredibly unpleasant.
His voice was icy and low as he asked, “Are you sure you’ve thought this through?”
Charles remained silent, only nodding.
Finn tossed the document to Zane. “Since this is what he wants, go process his resignation.”
Upon hearing that, Charles intended to stand up, not wanting to stay any longer.
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However, Finn stood up first, pressing him back into his seat.
His actions were exceptionally forceful, carrying a hint of threat.
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Finn’s palm massaged Charles’s shoulder, and the chilling aura he exuded was enough to seep into Charles’s entire body, even through the fabric.