Chapitre 28: I Would Cry At Your Funeral

Alessia's temperature rose, her pulse quickening as she felt the cold sweat on her palms. Standing in Xavier's office, she now understood why his employees needed therapy. Alessia steadied her racing heart, her breath hitching as locked her eyes dead into his icy ones.

"The report states that operations over the past month, while you were away, focused on successfully deploying two new nodes on the network, increasing overall scalability by 25%. We onboarded 15 new clients, resulting in a 30% increase in revenue. Client satisfaction is at 95%."

She kept talking calmly and slowly, even though she was running on adrenaline. As she finished her report, her shoulders dropped as she quietly tried to catch her breath.

"Is there anything you would like me to do?" she asked, giving he perception that she didn't fear him.