The Bound Between Us

Chapter 286

At the school gate, Pattie waved goodbye, “See ya, mom and dad.”

Herman seemed a bit reluctant to leave, lingering at the school gate for a while. Anastasia took his hand, laughing and saying, “Let’s go, or else we’ll be late. Look how unwilling you are to part with her. Why don’t you just join her in kindergarten?”

Herman replied, “Our little girl is growing up so fast, don’t you think? Pattie is getting taller and prettier, just like you.”

“They say the child resembles who raises her, so since we’re bringing up Pattie, naturally she’ll start to look like us. Sometimes I even feel that Pattie looks just like

you.”

While chatting, they walked towards their car parked by the roadside. “Well, I almost forgot, one of my colleagues has been acting weird lately. He followed me to the subway station last night.” Anastasia finally remembered to mention this to Herman.

Herman immediately realized the gravity of the situation, “What colleague? Which department? Is it a guy? What’s his name and what’s his purpose?”

Seeing him so uptight, Anastasia said, “Don’t freak out. His name is Harmon. I think he might be upset because of a failed blind date. He tried online dating on OkCupid, but got scammed a few times. He’s probably not in the right state of mind. He knows I was also on OkCupid, and he keeps calling me a scammer. It’s just so weird.”

“Stay away from people like that,” Herman warned her. “You never know what people are capable of.”

“I know.” Anastasia made a promise gesture, “I’ll definitely steer clear of him.”

Actually, Anastasia was also a bit fearful of Harmon and would definitely try to avoid him.

Herman dropped Anastasia off at her office and watched her go inside before driving to the next intersection. Nelson and their driver were waiting for him there, and Herman parked his Chevrolet to hop into the Rolls Royce. Every morning after dropping Anastasia off, he’d switch cars at this intersection, Nelson and the driver would always wait for him there.

Nelson started briefing Herman on the day’s schedule, “Mr. Salstrom, you have a meeting with Mr. Jarod from WOW Corporation in the morning, and Mr. Stakley from Stratix Solutions has invited you to a round of golf in the afternoon.”

Herman’s schedule was packed.

“Hmm,” Hérman grunted in response, then pulled out his phone to call Victor.

Victor had just arrived at his office, and seeing the president’s call nearly made his heart leap out of his chest. He answered immediately, saying respectfully, “Mr. Salstrom, how may I assist you?”

“There’s a guy named Harmon at your company, right? Find an excuse to fire him, but give him two months’ extra pay as compensation.”

This compensation was out of consideration for Harmon being scammed on his blind dates. The fact that Harmon had feelings for Anastasia and even followed her home was something Herman wouldn’t tolerate. Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Victor didn’t know who Harmon was, but when the president gave an order, you shouldn’t ask questions.

“Understood, Mr. Salstrom.” Victor asked, “Is there anything else?”

Herman paused, “For next month’s anniversary, you and Christine are to attend.”

This news sent a thrill of excitement through Victor. “Thank you, Mr. Salstrom.”

After the call ended, Victor immediately went to HR to find out who this Harmon was. When he got the information, he was taken aback. He’d assumed it was a high-ranking executive that Herman wanted to fire, but it turned out to be a mere maintenance worker. And calling him a maintenance worker was just putting it nicely – in reality, he was in charge of fixing plumbing, changing lightbulbs, and cleaning toilets. How could such a lowly figure have offended the big boss? Victor was puzzled. Had Harmon offended Anastasia?

That must be it. Only Anastasia could make the president so nervous that he wouldn’t even let a janitor off the hook.

Since the president had spoken, Victor had no choice but to hand Harmon a termination notice, along with two months’ extra pay. While he was fixing the office lightbulb, Harmon received a notification from the HR department, which surprised him greatly. “Why am I being fired? What did I do wrong?” he asked.