A Mother Adored: From Office Outcast to CEO's Beloved novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: What Nolan Owes
We stood in the hotel corridor with the party roaring behind the doors.
Nolan had his hands in his pockets, which he did when he did not trust them.
"Say it," I said.
"The eighteen thousand did not come from me," he said.
"I wired it from the property account of Whitaker Group.
"I thought the CEO's discretion covered it, and I didn't read the limit."
"What is the limit?"
"Five thousand dollars."
I stared at him.
"The auditor caught it Thursday," he said.
"Tate's lawyer filed a complaint this afternoon, and it's in the press tomorrow.
"It says the CEO used company money to buy his intern's farm."
"That is exactly what he said I was."
"I know."
"You did it again," I said.
I was not shouting.
I had learned from my mother that the quiet voice was the dangerous one.
"You went around the rules and around me, and Tate used it before you could finish being sorry."
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