Silence Walks Beside Us by Eli Dane Cade 169

Chapter 169 

Evening 

Ash arrived at the penthouse. 

She bumped right into Finn. 

“What happened?” Finn had gone to the office and only heard about it then. 

Today, the Turner family had a gathering. Although Ash had been avoiding them for a long time, she was eventually “caught” and had to chat with them for a while. 

Ash didn’t have the energy to explain too much. “Someone wants to harm us, that’s it. Does the company know about it?” 

Finn answered, “This morning, several employees were burned on their hands while using the stairs. It seems the area wasn’t cleaned up properly. Now everyone is saying that someone is obsessed with you and took revenge because their love was unrequited.” 

Ash nearly spat out her water. 

She was impressed by their train of thought. 

Speechless, she choked out, “Has the company not offered an explanation? Why wasn’t that area cordoned off?” 

Finn shrugged, “I’m not sure about that. There’s a scandal going around the company, did you know? Apparently, the head of one of our project teams seduced a woman from another Arcade Enterprise to steal confidential information for game design.” 

Ash felt a headache coming on. She had only been away from the company for two days, and such a big drama happened. 

Surprisingly, no one told her. 

“Vanessa has already taken people to deal with it, but the online gossip is very serious, and the company has sent people to solve it.” Finn didn’t know much about these things. He was busy with the project when he arrived at the company, and he only heard about it when he was resting. 

She frowned slightly and sighed imperceptibly. “Got it. How is Calvert? Is he feeling better?” 

“You go in and see for yourself. I won’t bother you.” Finn’s eyes were filled with playful smiles. He took a deep look at Ash, waved his hand, and entered the elevator. 

Ash felt a little depressed. She walked into the bedroom and found that Calvert had removed all the gauze from his arm. He was sitting at the table, doing something on the computer. 

She approached slowly, “Is your arm healed? Why did you take it off And why did you get out of bed? Your leg needs to 

rest.” 

He said, “It’s okay.” 

Ash really felt that Calvert was crazy. Although it was a minor fracture, if it was not taken care of properly, it would leave behind problems. 

Since he felt that there was nothing wrong, Ash was not qualified to say anything. When she spoke, she was a little angry, “Then you should have said it earlier, so I don’t have to come here. 

“You were in a car accident in less than two days ago, and you are fine now. Your body is made of steel.” 

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Calvert sensed something amiss in her tone, stopped what he was doing, turned to look at her, and said, “I know what I’m doing. I will rest for a few days.” 

“Our Triple–A Game proposal has been leaked. We are not sure which company it is from Calvert’s expression was grave, and he didn’t look very well. 

Ash instantly lost the mood to care about his injuries. She snatched the mouse from his hand, enlarged the notification, and couldn’t help but curse. 

She gritted her teeth and muttered, “Damn it. What the hell! What kind of people are these? They are all over the place. 

“It is no surprise that this is from our company. A newly established team is most likely to have problems. Is this currently our main proposal?” 

Calvert nodded slightly. “It is the main proposal, and it needs to be renegotiated. However, there are indeed problems with the previous proposal, and it needs to be revised.” 

“That’s just a revision. Now it’s like starting over. Do you think it’s the same? They’ve been working on this proposal for almost a month, and now they’re overturning it. Do you think the team can accept it?” 

Ash was so angry that her teeth itched. If she knew who leaked it, she would never let that person go. 

Calvert’s brows furrowed as he pondered for a few seconds. “It’s no use crying over spilled milk. The whole team will meet tomorrow to discuss it again. 

“Or we could make that plan completely transparent and share the progress of the new game after a period of time.” Calvert gave another choice. 

Ash gripped the table and thought for a moment. “Transparency is key. It’s what people prefer, and at this point, revising the plan isn’t feasible. 

“We’ve established the game’s concept. While the current proposal only covers a few chapters, they are crucial and time- consuming to develop.” 

Above all, she didn’t want to further delay the game’s release. 

Calvert clearly disagreed. “Yes, we have our concept, but full transparency now could lead to complications later. We can’t predict which aspects we might need to adjust. 

“A revised plan eliminates those concerns.” 

Her expression remained calm but carried a hint of coldness. “While you take the leadership perspective, consider the employees‘. Starting over negates all their hard work.” 

“You conclude I lack empathy simply because I suggested a revised plan? Don’t you find that a bit hasty?” 

Ash averted her gaze slightly. “That wasn’t my intention. You know which option is best for us.” 

He stood firm. “We revise the plan. 

“Their efforts won’t be in vain. I’ll work on the revision alongside them, and everyone’s job assessment will reflect full marks. Isn’t that enough?” 

The atmosphere between the two was a little solemn. Ash took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions. “Well, then we’ll redo it. I’ll give you a general framework first. 

“We can take a look at the previously rejected proposals. Maybe there are some good parts that we can use.” 

Calvert tapped the mouse lightly, his voice indifferent. “Why do you always want to take shortcuts? The previously rejected 

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proposals, since they were rejected, there must be nothing to learn from. 

“Do you think it’s difficult for you to redo a proposal?” 

Ash’s emotions, which had calmed down, were instantly ignited by this sentence. “I just don’t think it’s necessary to waste any more time on something so meaningless. 

“Your idea is right, other people’s ideas are always full of problems, right? Even if I want to take shortcuts, is there something wrong with it? What’s wrong with me choosing to take shortcuts in life?” 

She really thought that she was stupid to be arguing with Calvert about meaningless things. 

She knew it from the beginning that he was a jerk, and a moody one. 

If it wasn’t for Calvert saving her before, she would never waste her breath on him here. 

“Whatever. Do as you please. I have something else to attend to. I’m leaving.” Ash took a deep breath. 

Calvert said, “That’s not what I meant, and I’m not trying to argue with 

you. 

“Ash, I was just expressing my opinion.” 

He lowered his voice.