After stalling for a long while, Ray finally appeared without Jace. The team seated in the room turned their eyes to him almost immediately, and their gazes carried the obvious question.
“The new manager has been keeping us waiting for so long. Is he disregarding our team because he’s the heir?” Richard said. He was the assistant manager for the production team.
Ray cleared his throat with an awkward chuckle.
“The new manager has something important to attend to. He asked me to come instead,” he said.
They all stared at him, clearly unhappy with the response.
After the introductory meeting was over, Richard headed to Adam’s office to make a report.
“He didn’t come?” Adam asked, his hands crossed behind him.
Richard nodded, looking quite upset.
“The whole team was upset. It would be
