After Eric finished asking, he felt a dull ache in his heart in addition to the anger.

‘Just because of one mistake I made in the past, anyone who did something wrong is now related to me? Why should I take the blame?’ Eric thought.

Nicole looked at him calmly. “This was something your subordinate did. Do you think that anyone will believe you if you say that you didn’t order it?”

Unless this woman was too eager to please Eric.

To them, unconditional trust was something that did not exist.