I stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the branch office, my gaze fixed on the city outside as I slowly sipped my coffee.
The atmosphere in the room was suffocatingly tense.
When the two senior managers entered, I gestured toward the sofa without looking back.
"Sit."
The moment they sat down, I finally turned around and looked at them calmly.
"So," I said evenly, "tell me what happened."
The manager in charge of the warehouse straightened immediately, looking visibly nervous. Sweat lined his forehead as he spoke.
"CEO Blackwood, this matter is my responsibility. But I personally checked everything the day before the incident. All the safety systems and equipment were functioning normally."
He paused before continuing carefully,
"As for the deceased employee… no one expected him to drink during working hours, especially inside the electrical control room. His coworkers tried persuading him to stop, but this kind of thing has never happened before…"
