Chapter 1158

She lowered her head. “I'm sorry. This was caused by my negligence. I came to take a look last

night before leaving and five employees were dutifully watching this place. As I was a little curious

and wanted t o come in to take a look, I told them to go and have their meal while I kept watch of

the place. They reminded me to lock the doors before I left but I forgot."

There were two doors in the institute. In order to facilitate the transport of items, the doors would be

open during the day and closed at night. Infrared identification would be switched on for the door in

front, s o even if the door was not locked, it was still quite impossible to break in. But unfortunately,

the infrared identification was switched off when Lally went in. That gave the thieves an opportunity

to come in and steal the things inside.

I stroked my chin and felt that something did not add up.

If what Lally said was true, then the thieves had to know that the infrared identification had been

switched off, which was why they went in and stole the things a s soon as Lally left. Otherwise, they

would not have had enough time.

That said, the thieves must have been there, or perhaps someone present at the time was an

accomplice who notified the thieves to come in and steal the things.

"Do you know how much money and effort i t took us to come up with these things?

How many sleepless nights were spent in order to research this project? And now you're trying to

wipe the slate clean with a word of apology?" Elena turned her head and said, the anger on her face

clearly visible.

She then turned to Jordan and angrily said, "Mr. Fredericks, you have to give us an explanation for

this. I hope you can be fair and reasonable, not the least bit biased. Otherwise, I’ll think that Grant

Corporation has partnered with a company that practices jobbery."

Jordan nodded his head. "Don’t worry, Ms. Mandez. I'll handle this matter properly and give Grant

Corporation a reasonable explanation."

Elena took a deep breath and looked at me. "You’re the person in charge of this project, Ms. Lane.

Now that something major like this has happened, are you going to just stand there and not say

anything?" I knew she found me an eyesore, and now that her hard work had been stolen away, it

was understandable for her to take it out o n me. I patiently replied, "Don't worry, Ms. Mandez. I’ll

take full responsibility for this and am willing to accept any punishment from the company, but what

we should be considering right now isn’t how I'll be punished but how to minimize the loss."

"Minimize the loss?" Elena sneered. “You're too optimistic. Almost everything in the base has either

spoiled or stolen. Nothing i s usable. The project is running now, and b y the time the site is

completed, we’ll have nothing to offer in terms of intelligence. If we delay the opening, then the loss

that will incur then will be so much more serious than this." "We understand these things, Ms.

Mandez. But please don’t bring your emotions into this or it'll be hard to solve the problem.

We’ll just end up incurring more losses instead."

Cally could not help but say, "It's not just Grant Corporation that'll be suffering losses this time but

Fredericks Corporation as well. We're in this together. None of us wish to suffer any losses."

Elena sneered. "Well, aren't you smart?

You've caused two companies to pay for your mistake but are still acting so shamelessly. You don't

feel guilty at all. Fredericks Corporation sure is full of talented people, huh?”

Those words were hurtful to hear, and Cally, who was already blaming herself a lot, felt even more

embarrassed now.

I glanced at her and said to Elena, "Ms. Mandez, no one is saying that we won't compensate for this

loss and won’t take

responsibility for it, so why are you rubbing salt in other people's wounds? No one wished for this to

happen. The way you're acting so aggressively makes it seem like you want her to pay for her sins

with death. Is that it?"

"You!" Elena was furious.

"That's enough!" Theo spoke. He looked at Elena. "Have you calculated the loss?"

Elena nodded. "It's all calculated."

Theo pursed his lips. "Hurry up and make a list. Then notify the person in charge in Whaldorf City to

order the equipment.

Make sure the media doesn't find out about this. Keep this confidential. Everything will go according

to the original plan."

He looked at Keith and continued to instruct him, "You'll liaise with Fredericks Corporation's finance

department regarding the specific losses."