Chapter 106
Chapter 106:
The command carried no particular force, yet it froze Dana in place. Before she could process it, Kyson’s hand shot out, gripped her by the neck, and hauled her to her feet. His voice dropped to something ice-cold and perfectly controlled. “What made you think I wouldn’t hold you responsible p>
“Mr. Blake—” Dana’s face burned as her words fell apart.
She grasped at his hand, struggling to pull herself free. The difference in strength made resistance useless. All she could do was endure the tightening pressure around her throat as her breathing grew ragged.
Only when her complexion shifted from pale to faintly bluish did Kyson finally let go.
Dana collapsed to the floor, coughing violently as air rushed back into her lungs.
𝘙о𝗺a𝗇𝘤𝖾 𝘢𝘯d p𝗮s𝘀𝘪𝗈𝗇 𝗼𝘯
Every trace of flirtation had vanished from her mind, replaced entirely by panic. Tears spilled down her face and her voice shook as she forced the words out. “Mr. Blake… I don’t understand. Why is this happening p>
Kyson reached for a tissue from the desk and wiped his hand with deliberate slowness, as though cleaning away something he found repulsive.
“If you truly don’t understand, think harder. I’m genuinely curious how someone as short-sighted as you managed to enter this company. Did you rely on tricks like this?” His eyes swept over her with undisguised contempt. “And if Linda genuinely favors people like you, then her judgment is far worse than I imagined p>
Dana had never met a man whose words cut quite so precisely.
Fear crept into her bones as she finally lifted her tear-reddened eyes and asked in a broken voice, “Mr. Blake, can you at least tell me what I did wrong p>
A quiet, humorless sound escaped him. He tossed the tissue aside, his gaze dark and unreadable.
Even with a faint trace of amusement on his face, something about him was deeply unsettling.
When he stepped closer, Dana instinctively moved back and found herself trapped against the edge of the desk.
“If you truly can’t connect the dots, I’ll be generous enough to spell it out.” He loomed over her, his voice sharp and without mercy. “Instead of doing your job, you’ve been scheming against your coworkers and stealing their work. Did you honestly believe no one would notice p>
Dana’s mouth opened, but no sound came out. How did he know? Had Kailey told him?
No matter how she turned it over, she couldn’t come up with another explanation. She had claimed the design drafts were created years ago overseas—no one else should have known.
Every flicker of panic in her eyes was caught by Kyson, and the mockery in his gaze only deepened. He offered no clarification. Instead, he continued with icy precision. “You didn’t simply repeat the same mistake. You went one step further and tested your limits p>
He caught her chin between his fingers and tightened his grip slowly. “Out of every possible way to secure a deal, you chose to put Kailey in that position. How dare you p>
Under the weight of his gaze, Dana forgot how to breathe, barely registering the pressure at her jaw. Kailey. Kyson had mentioned that name again and again. So all of this was because of that woman.