When she heard the words left the chairman's mouth, Sarah felt her stomach churn and her sight hazy. The sound of her heartbeat was loud in her ears, almost as loud as the ringing she experienced when she couldn't find Hajin that morning.
"...what?"
The chairman stared at his daughter's face, which turned pale in a second. Her widened eyes seemed to get reddened every second, riddled with panic. It was an expression that would make any father unsettled.
But Lee Hyuk was no father.
"If you refuse, I'm going to sack that boy."
"You can't do that?!" Sarah stood up angrily. "He's my employee! He works under me! I'm the only one who can fire him!"
"That's not true," the chairman shook his head, leaning back again as if his daughter hadn't just screamed indignantly at him. "His paycheck comes from the household--I can terminate his contract if I want."
