Chapter 245

"Now that I know it was your wife, next time—" Before the manager could finish, he was cut off. "Next time?" James shot him a cold glare. "You don't need to come in tomorrow." With that, James turned and walked away. He couldn't bear to imagine what might have happened if he had been a moment later, or if that man had already gotten into the room and done something to Wendy. At the thought of that, he frowned even more. The manager was left standing there alone, staring at James' back with a look of utter despair. He was unable to say a single word. After a long moment, once James' figure vanished from sight, the manager snapped back to reality and shakily pulled out his phone. "Mr. Jenkins, something huge has happened. Mr. Frank wants to fire me," he said anxiously, recounting what just happened as if he were complaining. "I might not be able to keep working for you here." There was silence on the other end for a few seconds before a calm voice replied, "You don't have to go.