Chapter 405

"Garrett, why didn't you let Josie know before you went ahead with all this? Acting first and asking permission later? You've got some nerve!"

Hattie was furious, and it was all Garrett's doing!

"Honey, I didn't want to overburden Josie. She's so young, juggling a million things every day-designing, researching. I sent someone to help because I worried she might get overwhelmed. My intentions were good. Besides, I've always said Josie runs the show at the company; he was just there to assist."

Lena jumped in to defend Garrett, "Mom, Dad meant well. Josie is so understanding; she won't be upset."

Hattie didn't want to talk to Garrett and sulked in silence.

After a moment, Garrett sat down beside Hattie and whispered, "Should I go and apologize to Josie?"

"You'd better stay away from Josie for now; you might just make her even angrier. Garrett, you need to talk to Josie about these things in the future, even if you're doing it for her own good."

"Alright, alright, it's all my fault. I promise I won't make the same mistake again." Lena sat next to Hattie, tirelessly trying to calm her down.

"Mom, if I were in Josie's shoes, I'd be grateful, not mad, if Dad was looking out for me like that. And Josie, being the reasonable person she is, won't be mad either."

"Dad, Josie will understand. You're just trying to keep her from getting too tired. I'll talk to her tomorrow and let her know how much you care about her."

Lena's words seemed to defuse the situation.

Josefina, who was standing on the third floor, overheard everything.

A smile played on Josefina's lips as something clicked for her.

Back in her room, she called Kale to ask why he hadn't told her about the new person at the company.

Kale hung up, leaving Josefina frowning deeply, so she initiated a video call.

The call rang for ages before Kale finally picked up, his face bruised and battered, leaving Josefina in shock.

"What happened to you? Who did this?"

Kale looked utterly disheveled, his mouth wounded.

"I..."

"Kale, I want the truth!" Josefina's stern face was a clear 'no trespassing' sign, forcing Kale to spill the beans.

"Ms. Josefina

after you left on your

trip, the company sent a new exec. He insisted we shouldn't disturb you, that he'd handle everything. I was on the phone in the stairwell when someone pushed me. I ended up with a mild concussion. There's no camera in the stairwell; we can't figure out who did it." s

Josefina was stunned.

She couldn't wait to meet this so-called formidable leader!

"So you didn't think to contact me? Kale, where was your head? With such a serious incident neither Alex now you reached out I thought you'd turned on me!" s

"Ms. Josefina, I would never turn on you!"

Kale continued, "Alex went home. He probably didn't want to worry you, that's why he didn't tell you."

"What?"

Kale went on After Remus arrived, he criticized Alex's designs. Alex submitted another one, but it got Fresh chapters posted on find⸺novel.net

shot down too. He was told to get

home and reflect, not to get cocky just because he won first place once. I saw Alexs designs, he was just phoning it in. Probably didn't like Remus and decided to take a leave instead." s