Chapter 26

I returned to the storage room and continued to work. I could vaguely hear my subordinates laughing at me outside. "Wasn't Mr. Gerald here today to support Mr. Smith? Why did he leave so soon?" "Yeah. Why hasn't Mr. Smith moved back into his office?" “I think Mr. Gerald isn’t really backing him. It seems like he just showed up to support his daughter.” "What do you mean? Aren't Mr. Joshua and Ms. Smith both his children?" "Are you kidding? Didn't you hear? Ms. Smith said before that her father adopted Joshua just to serve as her personal blood bank." "What? Seriously? Oh my God!" "Why else would she treat him like that? He's not even her real brother. I heard he agreed to it just for the money and didn't mind being her lapdog." "He's a grown man, so why the hell would he choose to do something like that? Ugh…" I tuned out the outside chatter. I kept my head down and focused on my work because I didn't want to disappoint Gerald. It wasn't until 9:30 pm when almost everyone had