Chapter 26 Undeserved Illusions

Why? This man had been so cold to her just a moment ago. Why was he treating her so nicely now? Was she dreaming? Or? “Miss Schmidt, please forgive me! I swear I did not do it on purpose, and you know it as well!” Seeing how Mason had asked Claire for her opinion, the employee immediately understood that she was the one making the decisions here. Thus, she immediately scooched over to Claire, tears brimming in her eyes as she clutched onto Claire’s calves. Jolted back to her senses, Claire lowered her head to look at her. The employee’s face was coated with tears as she said chokingly, “I don’t earn much working here, and I’ve got a kid at home waiting for me to provide for his education. Miss Schmidt, please, be the bigger person here and let me go.” Her situation seemed to closely resemble hers back then. A meager salary every month that had to be used to subsidize the family bills every month. She simply could not save any money. She pursed her lips and bent down to h