CHAPTER 28

OF COURSE, MISHA, Maggie and Yana still became dumbfounded with what Ellis said.

Kayla, you little piece of something that’s not good, Misha thought before she slowly raised her hand. ‘I-I know her, sir,” she stammered a bit. “Why?”

“Well,” Ellis said and scratched his cheek with a finger, a sign that he wasn’t comfortable with the topic. “She called me up on my phone, which was strange because she wasn’t in my contacts and she wouldn’t tell me where she got my number, but she was asking me about you, Misha.”

“What did she say, sir?”

“She’s direct to the point, didn’t waste an iota of breath, ” Ellis answered. “She wants you out of the project. And it would be fine for her for Maggie and Yana to continue, but it would be much okay if they too would be removed from the project. But if not, she’d be happy to see Misha leave.”

“I’d go with her if she leaves,” Maggie said.

Yana didn’t say anything but she nodded.

Misha swallowed. “What did you say, sir?”

Ellis chuckled. “I asked her who