Chapter Eighty-Eight - Apologies

A month later

Bernard's POV

Getting back to work as an ex-convict was a tough experience for me. Not only had I lost the trust of clients, I've also lost the hope of future collaborations with other promising companies, who could have been of great help to my company. So many of my employees had dropped their resignation letters on my desk this morning, including Alice. Everyone now doubted my sincerity.

A lot has really changed, both at home and at work. I also did change after a torturous month spent with my personal assistant behind bars. All thanks to Mum and a few good friends and relatives for standing by me.

My attitude towards people, especially Alice, my secretary, changed also. My clinginess in the past has now been replaced with I suddenly developed a new sense of reasoning and have sworn to never make use of my position to torture anyone anymore. I felt so sorry about how bad I've treated Alice in the past and decided to apologize to her and ask about her resignation.

“Goo