Husband With Benefits
Chapter 391: Cold

Chapter 391: Cold

Lucien Frost stared at the three people standing in front of his desk with their heads bowed, waiting for them to answer. When none of them dared to speak, he clenched his hand and threw the file on his table at their feet, his pateince at an end.

"Is this what you are being paid to do? Or do you think that because zeros have no value, you can add them anywhere. Can you imagine the lossed we would have to incur if this is the quotation we presented to the governement and they accepted? Billions! The least you all can do is double-check what has been written before sending it to my office for finalization! Tell me, can you three afford this difference in amount if I sign these papers and submit them now?"

The three people shook their heads and mumbled apologies, while fearing for their jobs as they glanced at Lucien Frost surreptitiously. WIth a shake of his head, Lucien sent a glance to each of them," Starting immediately, you will undergo mandatory additional training on quality control and accuracy in document preparation.Additionally, you will be placed on probation for the next month, during which your work will be closely monitored."

The employees exchanged anxious glances, realizing the gravity of the situation.

With that, Lucien leaned back in his chair, his expression unyielding as he continued, "Consider this a warning. One more slip-up of this magnitude, and you’ll face more severe consequences, including the possibility of termination. I don’t tolerate incompetence, and I expect nothing less than perfection from my team."

Quickly, the three of them apologized and left the office, thanking their stars that despite their supervisor having flipped his personality was still reasonable enough to give them another chance.

As expected, the discussion around the water cooler was soon rampant as the others talked among themselves," Did you see the way he threw that file? I would have fainted there itself from terror if he’d done that to me."

"I used to be jealous that your desk was facing his office all day and you could admire him. But after this last week, I’m super grateful that I am not in his line of sight. I’ve never seen him so angry. It’s like he’s a completely different person lately."

"I heard Jenny crying in the bathroom. She was actually thankful for the mandatory training. She’d been sure that she was going to be fired."

"It was st*pid of her to not double check. Lucien’s been on edge for weeks and its definitely aggravated in the past few days. Something’s bothering him. And making mistakes at a time like this is like pulling a hungry tiger’s tail."

"Didn’t he go away last week? He was gone for two days. I thought he’d definitely return jovial after a good rest but he seems angrier."

Finally, fearing that they’d been standing there too long, they simply shook their heads as they muttered," Sigh! I miss the boss who used to be easy going and would crack jokes in the middle of a meeting. Why is Lucien Frost turning into the Devil?"

Meanwhile, Lucien remained unaware of the gossip circulating about him as he immersed himself in the pile of work on his desk, unaware that he’d almost earned himself an epithet that could rival Demon’s.

As expected, if there was gossip in the office, it could not be hidden from Ian and Sebastian Frost. And that is how, Sebastian found himself in Ian’s office on this fine Friday afternoon.

"You noticed something?"

Ian bit into his sandwich as he looked at Sebastian carefully. "Uhh.. no? Did you get a haircut? If you did then you need to fire the person who did that..."

Sebastian frowned and shook his head," Ian! I’m not your girlfriend who would ask you if you noticed something in my looks! I’m talking about Lucy."

Ian stopped staring at his sandwich and loked up with a thoughtful look," I don’t know. He’s definitely tensed about something."

"Do you think the work pressure is getting to him?" Sebastian asked with worry but continued with the answer as well, "Lucien’s been handling this for years. It’s not like him to suddenly turn into a tyrant. Ian, we need to find out whats wrong with him."

Ian shook his head," Gosh, Seb. Get your head on straight. The guy is probably frustrated. He hasn’t seen Evana for months. He was so excited last week when he went there, only for you summon him back before he could even see her. She’s coming here tomorrow, isn’t she? He’ll be fine then. If you want to blame anyone for this change, blame blue ba**s and yourself."

"I summoned him? What are you talking about?" Seb asked incredulously.

Ian stilled now as he turned to stare at Seb. The sheer confusion on his face was enough to let him know that the question he was going to ask him next... he wouldn’t like the answer...

"Seb, did you speak to Lucien last week? When he went away? You called him for the Lagos Investment project?"

"No. I did not. In fact, the numbers on that were perfect, so why would I want him back?" Sebastian was no one’s fool. It was clear to him that their Lucy had probably lied about something. "What do you know Ian?"

"Not more than you apparently, Seb. I told Lucien to take the last weekend and this week off and go to Estania to spend some time with Evana. But he returned imeediately. He barely stayed in Estania for an hour. I asked him why he came back and he said because you needed him for that project."

"Dam*! He lied? That so not like him." Seb marvelled.

Out of all of them, Lucien was the one who lied the least. Even during his most rebellious days, the kid was always honest.

As Seb and Ian stared at each other, they knew that they would need to have a brotherly intervention immediately.

"You think something is a problem in their fairytale?"

"We’ll have to observe over the weekend Seb. But lets hope not." Ian answered thoughtfully.

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