Chapter 37 She actually resembles the woman in his memory.

The sudden ringing of a phone pierced the tense silence of the boardroom. All eyes instinctively shifted forward. Seated at the center, Nathaniel's face was set in stone, his jaw clenched tight, his eyes devoid of warmth. "Answer it," he commanded. Viktor, trembling, took the call. "Hello? This had better be important!" "Just pushing through that orphanage demolition—you can't handle a few weaklings?" Viktor snapped, concluding quickly, "If you don't wrap this up today, forget about getting paid!" After hanging up, Viktor cautiously explained to Nathaniel, "Boss, it's just a small issue. My team was being impatient and called me..." "A small issue?" Nathaniel stopped drumming his fingers on the table and looked up sharply, his voice stern, "You disregarded my instructions and continued with the suburban project? You call that a small issue?" The room fell deathly silent. Everyone stared at Viktor in disbelief. Did he really have the nerve to tick off the boss at such a crit