“It’s all my fault. I was too clumsy. If only I’d noticed sooner, no one would’ve died…”
“I spoke foolishly, and now I’ve angered Mr. Carter. I might as well resign!”
He sobbed and tried to run, and Olivia hurried after him in distress.
At first, I thought she was only playing with this young assistant.
But she really cared.
“Olivia, I’ll ask you one last time—”
I tried to remind her kindly.
“Are you sure you don’t want to see for yourself whether that was your brother?”
She spat at me.
“Your family’s the cold ones. Last time my company needed help and I went to your father, do you remember what he said?”
“He threw me a cold ‘handle it yourself’ and did nothing. And now it’s your family in trouble—why should I care?”
Her words froze my heart. A chill crept from the soles of my feet upward.
Had she deliberately ignored the accident in the control room to take revenge?
“Olivia, no wonder something felt off. Now your true colors are showing.”
“You call my father cold? Have you forgotten how you got where you are today?”
“Without him propping you up, would you have made it this far? Would you have this wealth—or the spare time to keep a young assistant?”