Chapter 57 Fifty Seven

The next morning, Jacob found that the red marks made by the scratches were still visible and prominent on his face. He had thought that they would have gotten better overnight, but all it would take was one look and someone would notice them.

Since they were on the side of his face, it wasn’t even possible to hide them with a cap, so he had to go to work that way. It made him even more pissed off at Jason, who was about to have it that morning.

Of course, it didn’t help that he had a meeting that morning. The moment he walked into the conference room, everybody noticed the scratches. People threw him curious looks and whispered among themselves, but he pretended he wasn’t aware of the attention and sat down in his seat, ready to kick things off.

Everything would have gone his way if Jason, who was sitting to his left, hadn’t leaned in with a concerned frown on his face and asked, “What happened to your face?”

The entire conference room went silent as everybody wanted to hear his answ