MTLNOVEL Chapter 426: There was someone who could help them.
Emyr's gaze wandered around the room, but except for the maid, no one else came into his vision.
Aiden didn't like being surrounded by people all the time, so only a team of limited people were appointed to serve him. And even that small team was instructed to maintain their presencae as invisible as possible.
Finding no one around, Emyr quickly rushed over to check on the maid. Helping her to her feet, he asked, "What happened here? Did you face sir's wrath?"
The maid had hints of tears in her eyes. But she shook her head.
"Then how did this happen?" he asked, gesturing to the mess around the room. The furniture was destroyed, and the mirror's glass was shattered. It was enough to tell that the room had suffered Aiden's wrath.
"I don't know. I haven't come across Young Master as per the received instructions. I just came here to clean up," she said before glancing back at the shards of glass scattered on the floor. "I found things like this when I arrived. I don't know what happened and how. But I apologize for being careless. I don't know how I fell earlier and hurt myself."
Emyr's gaze dropped to her ankle, noticing the cut that was already bleeding. "You are hurt. Do you need me to call someone to help you?"
The maid shook her head. "No, it's fine I can manage. I will clean my wound and finish my work first."
Emyr didn't press her any further. Nodding, he turend to leave. But then pasued to ask, "By the way where is sir?"
However, before the main could give any response to him, Aiden's cold voice cut in, stiffening Emyr's back at once.
"Emyr!"
Although he had just called out his name, the coldness in his tone was bone-chilling that for a second, Emyr felt himself freezing under the effect. But soon he composed himself and turned to respond.
"Sir!" he affirmed, hurrying over to Aiden. "I was looking for you. Shall we—?"
"If you are feeling tired recently, you can always walk to the HR and get yourself the needed holiday."
Emyr was taken aback. He blinked and stared at his boss, not understanding what he did wrong. But then he noticed —he had arrived late … tow minutes late.
It was wrong of him … but he never expected it to trigger his boss to such an extent.
Aiden didn't say more. After giving his secretary a final, cold glance, he turned and walked out to leave for the company.
Emyr hurried after him, terrified that another second's delay would cost him his job for sure.
Soon, after a while, they reached the company. As they walked to the elevator and then through the corridor, Emyr maintained a careful distance, not daring to speak without being addressed. He could feel the suffocating tension radiating from Aiden, and his mind raced with the thoughts of what could possibly be the reason.
But no idea hit him.
Hadn't they already solved the issue here?
They have closed all the needed deals, and by the evening, it would be all over the news, sending shockwaves around …
Then at a celebratory moment like this, what had gone wrong?
"Ask all the department heads for a meeting in another hour. Tell them to come and present their plans for the next quarter," Aiden ordered as his steps halted right outside his office.
Emyr heard him and hesitation spread throughout his expression. "In another hour?" he asked, only to be to be rendered silent by Aiden's cold glare.
"Did I stutter?"
He shook his head.
"Then, ask them to be prepared. If not, let them be prepared with their resignations."
With that, he didn't stay there any longer. Pushing the door of his office, he entered before closing it after him.
Outside, Emyr could only feel dread. Not because he was scared to lose the job, but because he knew, many were going to lose their jobs today.
But even so, there was nothing he could do to help anyone. All that could help them was their performance. He just felt pity that even with their best, they wouldn't be able to perform under the pressure of Aiden's temperament today.
With no other option, an official notification mail was sent across all the important departments if the company, sending the executives in a frenzy.
Since they did not have much time left in their hand, all of them at once focused on completing their presentation. Under the rush, no one realized but soon it was time to report.
As the heads headed to the conference room, all of their expression carried something in common —the nervousness.
Emyr had appeared earlier than Aiden. Hence the moment, the department heads saw him, they couldn't help but gather around him to ask.
"Mr. Ethan, what happened suddenly? This sudden meeting … is President Winslow angry?"
"Did we miss a deadline? Or did a client back out?"
"Was there a complaint from the investors? Should we prepare damage control strategies?"
"Or did someone mess up with the contract? I can double-check the paperwork, if that could help!"
Emyr understood their nervousness well. Holding up a hand, he tried to calm them down. "Everyone relax!" he said. "This meeting is going to be over the plans for the next quarter. It's nothing about the previous closed deals, so you all should focus on how you are going to present."
One of the finance heads wiped his brows anxiously. "But everything has been going smoothly. This meeting shouldn't be on the list today."
Emyr gazed at him and shook his head. "This meeting was there on the list from the very beginning. Although the date wasn't specified, everyone was told to be ready."
Everyone was silent.
It was true.
A marketing executive leaned in slightly as he asked carefully. "We have prepared the plan, Mr. Ethan. But we all are apprehensive about it. We weren't very prepared. So, tell us, how bad can be the situation today?"
Emyr didn't want to scare them. But at the same time, not giving them a heads-up could be a disaster. So, measuring up the situation, he said, "The day isn't very favourable for you all. So, it would be better if you presented your best. Otherwise …"
He didn't need to complete the sentence, they all could fill the blanks and understand it well.
Their faces paled as a few already backed to take the support of the conference table.
"Mr Ethan, could we do nothing? We have worked hard. Please help us in the situation." Someone among them said.
And Emyr was about to refuse saying that, he can't do anything.
But just then someone suggested. "Is there no one that could help us turn the situation?"
And that's when Emyr remembered someone who could actually help them turn the situation.