Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte)

Chapter 179

"What about Tiffany?"

"I don't feel anything," Shane replied simply.

They were both men. He did not need to hide anything from Rick. So long as they chatted amicably.

Rick smiled again. "Then why did you choose Tiffany?"

"I have a responsibility that I have no choice but to uphold."

"What if, and I'm saying what if, you're giving up a newer responsibility for an old one, which will cause you to be responsible for it in the future? Which one will you choose to take on then?"

Shane frowned.

Rick simply asked the question, but did not ask for an answer. He turned around and said, "Lottie, go to sleep."

Charlotte didn't think that she would be seen. She came out of her corner and said, "Okay." Then she turned around and went upstairs.

Rick followed closely behind, leaving Shane standing there as if he was a sculpture in the living room.

The next day.

Charlotte got up and went downstairs, but she didn't see Shane.

The butler told her that Shane had come down for breakfast at 6 o'clock, he wanted to wait and to play a round of chess with Rick, but he left in a hurry after answering a phone call.

The butler hadn't listened carefully either. He only knew that the person on the line seemed to have said that something bad had happened.

Charlotte's heart clenched, but when she thought that it had nothing to do with her now, she didn't think too much about it anymore.

However, it just so happened that the year was approaching an end, and the office was closed. The Jane Corporation no longer needed her, and there were no more contracts to be signed since most factories were going on holiday too.

She simply stayed at home to investigate NC Company.

She didn't find anything unusual when she was investigating, but in the afternoon, a large piece of news suddenly came out.

NC Company was a company that killed people.

They drove their employee to death. Wasn't NC Company at fault here?

What kind of situation had caused a programmer to commit suicide in the early morning?

Countless rumors and criticisms flew.

The stock price fell like crazy.

Reporters rushed to swarm the building of the company. They took photos of the riot around the crowd, just for a thin, lifeless headline photo.

As Charlotte watched a live video, her hands and feet turned cold, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on her forehead.

At that moment, Shane...

Would he be able to handle it?

If it were her, she would have a meltdown and might just jump off the building to prove her innocence.

Beep, beep, beep-

She came back to her senses.

"Hello, Miss Charlotte, I'm a private advisor from the Crimson Phoenix Club. My name is Cat. I am calling to verify your diamond membership subscription. We aim to provide you with the most efficient and comprehensive service. Please give me your instructions."

The Crimson Phoenix Club was an intelligence agency.

However, this agency was subsidized by the country.

Members were divided into 18 levels from bronze, silver, gold, platinum, diamond, first-class, exclusive and so on.

To find out more about how NC Company was doing, Charlotte just spent 3 million dollars to become a diamond member.

It was only a level 5 diamond membership, yet it was already worth 3 million dollars.

The reason why this club existed was that it served the top 2% of people in the world. Ordinary people couldn't come into contact with it. Even if they came into contact with it, they didn't have the ability to utilize it.

"NC Company. I want to know all the information on the person who committed suicide, and what happened."

"Yes, please wait for a moment."

Cat's efficiency was not bad.

The situation with NC Company was split into two parts.

The first part had to do with pressure. Since the return of Christopher, problems would arise whether it had to do with work or contracts. The executive types were in a panic, and the lower- level staff were miserable. Everyone was angry, and naturally, they were under pressure.

The second part was the news. It was not an exciting piece of news that a programmer had jumped off the building. River City had many cases of that every year, and many large companies were involved. However, this time, the programmer who jumped had a monthly salary of 500,000 dollars.

To be sure, even CEOs like Christopher only made about 800,000 dollars.

At first, Charlotte herself was working for Rick for free. However, from the second month, she had only received 200,00 dollars per month.

This was enough to show that, no matter what the programmer requested, the higher-ups would have fulfilled if possible.

"Why did he commit suicide?" Charlotte asked.

Such a capable person shouldn't have gone to such extremes.

Cat quickly came back with an answer. "According to rumors, he had a lot of overtime and was forced into marriage. The higher-ups conducted an investigation and found out that he has been taking antidepressants all year round, but he hasn't reported it to the company."

"So in fact, this doesn't have anything to do with NC Company?"

"Yes, but the media and the public don't think so. They even think that he lost his marriage because of the stress from the company."

"Does this case need to be settled by the personal relations department'?"

"As far as I know, NC Company has already contacted them."

Then...

Charlotte couldn't help but feel anxious for Shane. Suddenly, she thought of something, "Can you help me get this person's wife's contact information?"

"Of course I can, but I have to know what you are doing for the country's privacy laws."

"I want to make a deal with her."

Cat thought for a while, before sending her the information.

After Charlotte received the woman's phone number, she first sent a message to meet her. After that, she put forward the request for a private chat to solve the matter regarding NC Company.

She didn't know why she did this. Was it possible that it was because she had been treated well at NC Company? Têxt belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Back then.

The case of the leaked design drawing had been in full swing. The higher- ups all had different opinions of her, but Shane had helped her a lot. He had trusted her so much.

At that time, he had trusted her so much.

Charlotte met the computer programmer's wife as the CEO of the Jane Corporation. The woman let her guard down almost immediately and named a price. She expressed that she wanted 3 million dollars.

Charlotte agreed, and the two women talked about the programmer himself.

For example, she found out that he had depression for five years. However, five years ago, NC Company was still new. It wouldn't be able to hire such an experienced programmer like him, so his history of depression had nothing to do with NC.

Also, there were some details of his life.

During the entire process, Charlotte had been recording. The first thing she did after the end of the meeting was to transfer money to the woman to NC Company's office building.

Even though it was about time to get off work, there were still many reporters waiting.

Charlotte entered the building from the side door. The woman at the front desk recognized her, but she still said that she wanted to inform the CEO. After all, she was no longer a secretary there. Charlotte was not in a hurry, so she nodded her head and sat down.

It was pure luck.

She happened to see Zoe.

"Why are you here?" Zoe took her to the elevator, swiped it with her card, and pressed the button for the top floor.

"I've already found a way to deal with the programmer who committed suicide."

"Lottie, why do you do this?"

Charlotte didn't say anything.

Zoe sighed. "What would Rick think if he finds out that you're here? You haven't gotten over Mr. Fuller, have you?"

Zoe believed that a hedge between keeps friendship green. She seldom meddled in other people's private affairs, but her interactions with Charlotte made her realize that Charlotte was very special.

She was afraid that those who were too sincere would be sacrificed at any time.

"I'm just very grateful to him. Don't worry about me. At least I'm very happy now."

"Really?"

Would a truly happy person really say the words "I am very happy"?

The more she was afraid of losing something, the harder it was or the harder it was to lose it, and the more she would keep talking about it. Zoe looked at her, bit her lip, and said nothing in the end.

Along the way, Charlotte saw a lot of people with sad expressions on their faces.

Some of them were managers, and some of them were ordinary employees. Each of them looked like there was a knife hanging over their heads.

They were really under a lot of work pressure. Due to the recent incident, they might even be fired.

Even Charlotte was starting to feel bad for these strangers.

On the way up.

Charlotte and Zoe were both silent. Soon, they came to Shane's office.

The door opened.

There were three people there.

Braden, who had always been cheerful, was frowning at the moment.

Shane stood in front of the French window holding a cup of coffee in his hand. He looked far into the distance with no expression on his face, and the feeling of distance was indescribable.

As for Christopher...

He was still smiling and faced everything calmly.

They were just like they had been at the very beginning.

However, unknowingly, everything had changed.