AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Niko, if I’ve learned one thing about being married is that women don’t forget anything. You might think she can brush aside the fact you fired her father, but like earlier, it’s to come out again and probably when you least expect it. When thathappens, and it will, it won’t be your company that you’re worried about losing. It will be her.”
“I’ll tread lightly. Now, how about telling me what Bennett told you? Why was she fired?” I asked.
“She wasn’t. Ovi was working in the office and from what Bennett said, she was an excellent employee. But one day she gave her notice and informed Cayden that he’d have to find a replacement. She worked for two more weeks and then left. There was no reason on file as to why, but at least you can rest assured it wasn’t performance-related dismissal.”
It explained her office skills, even if it didn’t provide a reason why she left such a good job. In Tabiq, too many people were unemployed. The poverty level was getting better, but there were still too many poor. They lived in shacks, with no electricity and not much food. Leaving a job without having another willingly was unheard of.
“It must be something very serious,” I said.
“I agree. Unfortunately, Bennett didn’t have any more information. He offered to investigate for you if you wanted him to.”
Shaking my head I said, “No. It’s not important.” At least not for everyone to know. Just me. I’d find out on my own. Dean was already getting too involved in my personal life. I didn’t like the intrusion.
“Let me know if you change your mind. I’ll be in Tabiq a couple more days.”
“Still trying to talk Alex into going into business with you?” I asked.
Dean got up from his seat. “No. His response when I mentioned it to him was that if I ever asked him again, he’d put me in one of his stories, and I wouldn’t want to guess how it ends.”
I burst out laughing. “I have a feeling you’re not going to be the hero in the book.”
“Me either. Guess that’s what you get when your brother writes murder mysteries,” Dean replied as he headed out of the office.
Sometimes I was happy being an only child. Other times, I wished I had a brother I could talk to. This conversation with Dean wasn’t what I had wanted to discuss, but I’d hoped if I had a brother, he would’ve been as straight and blunt with me as Dean had been. Not sure a brother would’ve had any more luck than Dean trying to convince me that there was something more between me and Ovi. I only gave in, so he’d drop it. But I was about to go and talk to Ovi right now. If Dean misunderstood the situation, I needed to confirm that Ovi didn’t as well. I couldn’t have her believing there was some hidden agenda behind her being here.
I walked to her office and knocked on the door. No answer. I knocked again and still no answer. The lights were on, so I opened the door and walked inside. Cell phone on the desk, laptop open. Boy this reminded me of the first time I saw her. But there was no reason for her to hide under the desk this time.
“Ovi?” I called out, not going to check. But she didn’t answer, and I knew she wasn’t there.
I was sure that she needed time to cool off. Couldn’t blame her. I’d give her the space she needed, and we could talk later. Or tomorrow. It would also give me time to think about exactly what I wanted to say.
Probably should start with I’m sorry.
As I made my way back to my office, Almi was heading that way as well.
“Niko, do you have time to come and do a quality control check on a few orders that will be shipping tomorrow?”
One thing we’d never had a complaint about was quality. Since I arrived and met with Almi, he seemed to be under the impression that I needed to check every piece of furniture.
“Do you feel comfortable with the quality?” I asked.
“I do, but Trye insisted on checking each piece personally. He did not want the company name tarnished.”
That must’ve taken a lot of time. Almi wasn’t telling me this, so I felt guilty about firing Trye. He was just providing facts. That’s the way he was. But the fact was, I never knew Trye had been doing that. When he was looking out for the company, he was looking out for me.
Damn it. I do feel guilty.
It made me question who had been doing it for the past month. “Have you been doing all the inspections yourself lately?” He shook his head. “Who?”
“Miss Mayas has been doing it after hours when everyone has gone home.”
This didn’t please me at all. “Ovi had the final say on what shipped and what didn’t?”
“Yes, sir.”
Now I had an entirely different concern. Mr. Baker was going to get his shipment tomorrow. If there was even one thing not to his liking, I was going to hear it.
“What made you trust her?” I asked.
