Chapter 447: Chapter 457

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Chapter 457 Maeve was taken aback, not expecting such a statement from Mason.

Mason’s ears tinged with a faint redness. Clearly unaccustomed to expressing concem for others, he felt uneasy about his earlier words.

“Are you concerned about me?” she asked.

“It seems you’re fine. If that’s the case, I’ll leave,” Mason replied.

Just as Mason was about to leave, she called out, “Come back here.”

He paused in his tracks, eyebrows furrowed. “Anything else?”

“Today offers a perfect opportunity. Have all the trainees terminate their contracts,” Maeve ordered, handing him 20 bank cards.

Mason froze upon seeing the stack of cards. He couldn’t fathom who might possess 20 bank cards.

“What? Why aren’t you going?”

“Will this money be enough?” Mason asked in response Maeve assured, “Just enough. Once they sign the termination contracts, I’ll arrange their next steps.”

“Alright,” he acquiesced, following Maere’s instructions, and left the room.

Watching Mason’s departing Gigure, she couldn’t help but smile. He reminded her of Bryce when they first met–though Bryce had more hidden depths than this innocent college student.

Meanwhile, Edward was aghast as he noticed the termination contracts from all the male trainees.

“Mr. Owen, more termination requests are coming in,” his secretary reported, handing over a stack of termination contracts from the female trainees.

Edward was on the verge of collapse. “Everyone’s leaving? What’s going on here? Where’s Gaby?”

He had thought that setting such high penalty fees would deter the trainees from leaving, but they seemed to have succumbed to some spell–all of them were terminating their contracts today.

Hackett Group had already signed contracts with the production team to send their trainees for the show. With both male and female trainees gone, where could they possibly find replacements for so many trainees to record the show?

t If they couldn’t deliver, they’d be facing substantial penalty fees owed to the production team.

Gaby knocked on the door.

Upon spotting her, Edward approached hastily as if seeing a glimmer of hope.

“Gaby! Go find out what’s happening with the female trainees! They’re all leaving! It’s-

Handing over a document, Gaby stated calmly, “Mr. Hackett has decided to suspend this project. The penalty fees owed to the production team will come from our initial investment funds. Also, please pass me all the bank cards. He’s asked for all of them.”

But Mr. Brooks withdrew his investment yesterday! Now we only have Mr. Jefferson’s..” Edward stammered.

“Doesn’t Mr. Hackett’s intention make sense to you, Mr. Owen?” she queried.

Edward was taken aback by her words.

Gaby collected all the bank cards and remarked, “Get the legal department to handle the contracts quickly. If the trainees wish to leave, let them all leave.”

With that, she left.

As night descended, Gaby drove Mave to Hackett Manor.

It had been a while since she’d seen Levi, Walking into the study, Marve noticed dozens of bank cards arranged on his desk.

Lest lounged behind the desk, casually picking up a card. “Ms. Scott, are you attempting to whisk away all the trainees under my control with all these blank cards? Isn’t that a bit too greedy Maeve spoke earnestly, “How could this be considered greed? Mirage Group and Hackett Group are closely linked. Sending them to Mirage Group will eventually return funds to The Hackett family. It’s merely a sleight of hand.”

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