Chapter 68

Vespera froze. Dominic had said he wouldn't let it go if she went missing, but for some reason, it sounded to her like he meant… He would keep missing her. Her face flushed slightly. "Uh… Well, thank you for your concern, Mr. Reid." "I care about all my employees," Dominic said with a calm expression. Gerard blinked, thinking, "All of them? Since when?" The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, filled with an unspoken tension. Luckily, Gerard broke the silence with a laugh, steering the conversation back to the factory. "Ms. Gildon, you are really sharp. You got about 80% of it right. Impressive." "What about the 20% I got wrong?" she asked, curious, using the opportunity to push past the awkwardness. "You were right about the ghost employees, but they really were ghosts. They're dead. Derek killed them." "They're dead?" Vespera was stunned. She had assumed they were just fake names, maybe Derek's relatives or friends. It had never occurred to her that they were victims. "Craz