Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 1398 Feeling Anxious

"Mr. Hofstead, were you looking for me?"

Darcy entered Kendrick's office and glanced at his expression wearily. He looks fine. That's good. He probably doesn't know what I've done.

"Yes. There's something I need you to do." Kendrick's expression suddenly turned serious as he looked straight at Darcy.

Darcy felt her heart sink as she remained calm and met his gaze. "Yes, Mr. Hofstead?"

Kendrick nodded with satisfaction upon seeing her reaction. "The equipment at the research center has been having issues. Please deal with that."

Someone had submitted a document, claiming there were problems with the equipment and subsequently causing a delay in the research. Even though it wasn't a huge issue for the Hofstead Corporation, it was for the research center, especially with Nicole's weakened body now. He couldn't let Nicole worry over something like this.

Darcy was stunned as she didn't expect Kendrick to find out about this so soon. Luckily, she had called that person to stop.

If I hadn't… She was anxious just thinking about it. By then, not only would she lose her job, but Kendrick would hate her too. "Understood. I'll settle it, Mr. Hofstead." Darcy nodded before turning around to leave for the research center to deal with the problem.

However, little did she know that the man had stopped whatever he was doing long before Darcy had

told him to. He was only leading her on so that he could earn an extra buck or two.

Meanwhile, Chloe paced back and forth at the center's entrance. The equipment they had been using the past two days had malfunctioned. This meant that all the data was wrong, so they had to run all the experiments again, adding to the use of manpower, resources, and time. Content © NôvelDrama.Org 2024.

She frowned as she thought of that. It wasn't a good sign for something like this to happen at a time like this. The equipment couldn't have ended up faulty out of the blue, so someone must be behind this. In other words, that person didn't want the center to succeed.

"Miss Yelton." Darcy walked up to Chloe, and Nicole's face popped up in her mind when looked at the woman. This irritated her.

Chloe wasn't surprised to see Darcy there since she was regarded highly by Kendrick.

However, her sixth sense was telling her that Darcy wasn't as naive as she looked. She wasn't a woman who only focused on work.

"Yes, all the malfunctioning equipment has been removed," Chloe replied politely. She didn't want to waste her words with Darcy and made it short.

"When did you discover the malfunction? Could you please tell me in detail, Miss Yelton? It'll be easier for me to investigate this. That way, the person in charge from both sides can answer this," Darcy asked with a forced smile as she wasn't happy with Chloe's attitude.

However, she had no choice since Kendrick liked and valued Nicole highly. Simply put, he also cared about the research center due to his feelings for Nicole. If this was some other partner, Kendrick

wouldn't have cared. It would be the other partner's problem to deal with the equipment if such an issue happened.

"Yesterday. Only the equipment is faulty, but everything else is fine," Chloe answered curtly and kept it short.

Darcy gritted her teeth, but even if she wanted to tear Chloe apart, she couldn't do anything with so many people around watching them.

"Okay, I understand. I'll handle the rest." She smiled, but it felt forced. However, it didn't matter since she couldn't go up against Chloe now.

Chloe observed Darcy and everyone else's expressions, nodding as though she had just discovered something.