Chapter 137


    “Oh, of course, I do! Naturally, it was our manager who managed to collect all the arrears,” Maria


    answered hastily as she abruptly jolted back to her senses.


    I’ve naturally got to give the credit for such a windfall to Zayne. Who knows, he may be promoted to the


    position of manager of the acquisition department this time!


    “In that case, Mr. Carlson is really capable!” Ss shed them a smile before adding, “We’ll talk next


    time. I’ve got to go through the ounts with Mr. Carlson.”


    He then entered Zayne’s office. Meanwhile, everyone in the sales department went into an uproar.


    “Whoa! Who’s sopetent to have collected all the arrears?”


    “That’s simply incredible! Those arrears are all umted from a few years ago and were


    exceedingly difficult to collect!”


    “Could it be Kai? Judging from his confident expression today, he seemed to have known that the


    arrears would definitely be repaid in full!”


    “Nonsense! Could someone like him have collected all the arrears? Didn’t you hear that it was the


    respectivepanies themselves who voluntarily repaid their debts? It has nothing to do with him


    whatsoever!”


    “Speaking of that, he’s really lucky! It looks like he won’t be sacked today, after all!”


    The employees of the sales department gathered together and gossiped among themselves.


    “This is great, Kai! We won’t be dismissed!” Hilda said to Kai excitedly.


    “Didn’t I tell you from the very beginning that you didn’t have to worry?” Kai chuckled softly.


    “How did you know that the arrears would all be paid today?” Hilda queried, regarding Kai curiously.


    “It’s a secret!” Kai smiled without telling her anything.


    He didn’t want her to know everything right then, though he would be telling her the truth sooner or


    later.


    While the employees of the sales department were still whispering among themselves, Zayne walked


    out of his office with Ss, who was from the finance department. At the sight of the man, everyone


    went silent.


    Zayne cast a chilly look in Kai’s direction before he stalked away.


    Right that moment, Xavier was sitting at his desk in the general manager’s office with a grim


    expression on his face.


    He still had a band-aid on his neck, covering the cut from the night before. Worse still, a palmprint was


    still vaguely visible on his face.


    Knock, knock!


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    A knock sounded on the door, upon which Xavier coldly snapped, “Come in.”


    “You asked for me, Mr. Jennings?” Zayne inquired deferentially as soon as he stepped in the door.


    No sooner had his words fallen than he froze, for he had glimpsed faint marks that were obviously the


    aftermath of a p on the man’s face.


    Noticing his stare, Xavier frowned slightly. “Are you enjoying the view?”


    As his words rang out, Zayne was so petrified that he shuddered and hurriedly lowered his head, not


    daring to utter a single word in response.


    “Was it you who handed the task of collecting the sales department’s arrears to Kai?” Xavier


    demanded.


    Zayne couldn’t quite understand the man’s meaning, so he could only nod. “Yes. I just wanted him to hit


    a brick wall and to take him down a peg, but I never expected him to be so lucky that all thepanies


    owing us a debt actually paid up today.”


    At that, Xavier sneered. I know why all the arrears were paid out of the blue. Josephine must have


    given him a hand secretly. Otherwise, he couldn’t have possibly done it alone, no matter how capable


    he is!


    Nevertheless, he was the only person in thepany who knew about Kai and Josephine’s


    rtionship.


    “Henceforth, have him handle the negotiation for the coboration with Cosmic Chemical,” he said to


    Zayne while scanning through some information about thepany’s coboration partners in his


    hand.


    Hearing that, Zayne was stunned for a moment. “Cosmic Chemical? Mr. Jennings, Cosmic Chemical is


    a major client, and the Scott family has been eyeing them as well. Will it offend them to have Kai


    handle the negotiation and lead to them thinking that we’re insincere?”


    He couldn’t figure out why Xavier wanted to give such an important client to Kai. After all, the sales


    department would receive a king’s ransom inmission if such a client were to sign a coboration


    agreement with thepany.


    “Why, are you questioning my decision?” Xavier’s eyes narrowed a fraction.