Chapter 198: A Leech You Can't Shake

Lana Hayde had begun to think she did not want to keep working at Luminaris Tech. It was not that the job was dull or the pay was poor. It was the rumors seeping through the halls, gathering like mildew in the corners. Her divorce was no secret, and she had been meeting the chairman, Uriel, rather often lately. In her coworkers' eyes, that raised eyebrows and set off whispers. If anything, Lana thought, their workload just was not heavy enough. If the company switched to 996-a punishing 9 a.m....