Life After Prison by Silencieux

Chapter 196

"Be gentle, Edward. How am I going to face Easton If you're rough with me?"

Lucy and Edward exchanged a few words, and before they knew it, there was a pile of clothes and shoes on the ground.

Elsewhere, at the Shanahan Corporation, Stanley felt extremely upset after being demoted.

Previously, he had the luxury of doing whatever he wanted when there was no work to do. He tended to enjoy himself outside of the company and was rarely in since he had told the company. employees to cal him in the event that something required his immediate attention.

However, things had since changed because he had been removed from his position as general manager and demoted to being a manager of a department. Furthermore, it was Diane-the one person he hated most-who had taken over his duties as general manager. If she found out that he had snuck out to enjoy him, she would probably give him an earful again.

"Tch, it irks me that someone like her was given such a powerful position!" Stanley lamented while walking and eventually found himself arriving at the warehouse. He stopped to think of a moment before deciding to walk in. As soon as he entered, he discovered that there was a noticeable absence of Diane's father William among the warehouse managers.

"Where's William? It's way past punch-in time. Why hasn't he shown up at work yet?" Stanley was very angry to begin with, and William's absence immediately gave him an opportunity to vent his anger. Since he was unable to oppress Diane, his next best option was to deal with the honest

William.

However, a warehouse manager ran over and said, "Ah, it's you, General Manag- I mean, Manager. Didn't you know? William has worked in the company for so many years and he's not young anymore, so ou general manager Miss Diane has already approved his early retirement!" "Early retirement?" Stanley's face soured. There were a few quotas every year for employees to take early retirement, but in the past, he usually requested some sort of monetary benefit in exchange for approving such requests from employees.

He did not expect that Diane would let William have early retirement on her first day of work! In a fit of rage, he stormed angrily into Diane's office without even knocking on the door.

"What are you doing here, Stanley?"

Diane, who had just rushed over from home, had been upset because her mother and sister did not believe in Severin and made her waste her time to go back home. It hardly occurred to her that she would have to meet someone she loathed as soon as she returned to her office.

Stanley smiled coldly and said, "I didn't think you'd make use of your authority in the company so soon. It's only your first day, and you already gave your father early retirement! I'm telling Grandma that you're abusing your power for personal benefit!"

"Oh, really?" Diane stood up, crossed her hands over her chest. "Are you seriously trying to accuse me of abusing my power for my personal benefit? Do you think I don't know about what you've

done in the company during these past few years, and how much money you have caused the company to lose? You're well aware of all that, aren't you? I hope you don't get the impression that I won't be able to dig up anything just because I haven't been in the company for five years. If I really wanted to do a proper investigation, I'll check each and every one of the previous accounts. Do you think I won't be able to find out what you did if I put myself to that?"

"You..." Stanley immediately lost his confidence when she said that because he knew just how capable she was. If things between them soured even more, he most certainly could not afford to bear the consequences.

Stanley's silence had all but confirmed Diane's suspicions that he must have embezzled the company's money in the past and doctored the books. She smiled and said, "Don't worry. As long as you do your job well and avoid making trouble for me, I'll learn to turn a blind eye just like Grandma. Is it wrong for me, as the general manager, to secure a small benefit for my father? It's nothing compared to some of the things you've done before!"

Diane paused for a moment before adding, "Besides, my father has worked here for so many years, and I'm sure he's contributed greatly to the company too. It's only right that he's given the chance to enjoy such benefits!"