All Chapters of He Sent Me Away for Three Years. Now My Divorce Has Him Panicking.: Chapter 271 - Chapter 280

The phone rang for a long time.Just as the call was about to go to voicemail, Yvonne finally answered.“Hello?”Ken clearly hadn’t expected her to pick up. For a moment, he seemed too stunned to speak.Then his voice filled with relief.“Thank God. You finally picked up.”Yvonne had never been one to watch her words, especially around people she no longer needed anything from.She gave a humorless laugh.“Don’t thank God. I’m the one who answered the phone. If you’re going to thank anyone, thank me.”Ken was used to her attitude by now and didn’t take offense.“Yes, of course. You’re right. I should be thanking you. I’ve called so many times, I’m just glad I finally got through.”Yvonne immediately jumped on that.“What, are you complaining that I didn’t answer before?”She knew exactly why he was calling. Before he could ask her for anything, she wanted to make sure he knew who had the upper hand.And it wasn’t as if she had no reason to be angry with him.Ken had comp

Once Yvonne got Ken off her back, she could finally focus on Alan and the rest of his team.Over the next few days, HR came to her more than once and told her there was no stopping the resignations now.They also urged her to inform James.An entire team quitting at once was too big to hide, and sooner or later, James was going to ask questions.But Yvonne didn’t want to tell him yet.She knew exactly how serious the situation was.What mattered more to her, though, was figuring out how to keep herself from taking the blame when James eventually found out.The resignations had already been submitted. Alan and the others were leaving. Even if James usually took her side, he was still going to want an explanation.So for now, she planned to stall as long as possible.Ideally, she wanted the whole thing resolved before James heard about it.A few days later, Yvonne called Alan under the pretense of discussing work.They had barely talked for a few minutes before she brought up

“Is there something seriously wrong with it?”James repeated her question, his tone incredulous.“Didn’t you look at the report yourself? You can’t tell how bad this is?”The truth was, Yvonne hadn’t really looked at it.And even if she had, most of it would have gone over her head.With James clearly angry, she quickly tried to explain.“I was in a rush. I didn’t have time to go through everything carefully. I just skimmed it.”James wasn’t satisfied with that answer.“Even if you didn’t review it carefully this time, you told me before that you were personally involved in the research.”He pointed to several sets of numbers on the screen.“If you’re really involved in the project, how could you miss something this obvious?”He tapped the data.“Look at these numbers yourself. Do they make any sense to you?”Yvonne didn’t understand all the technical details, but she knew enough about the experiment to understand the basic direction of the research.The moment she looked

But James had no intention of apologizing to Yvonne.He was getting tired of these arguments.“You know what the company’s dealing with right now. Alan’s team is the only group we have that really knows gene editing.”Yvonne didn’t like hearing that, but what bothered her even more was what it could mean for her.If James valued Alan and the others this much, what would happen when he found out the entire team had resigned?He would almost certainly blame her.So she needed to start lowering his expectations now.“They’re not exactly irreplaceable,” she said. “They’ve had Gibson Corporation’s resources and support behind them all these years. Who knows how well they’d do without that?”She continued, “And it’s not like no one else can do the work they’re doing. If we found the right people, they could do just as good a job.”James could tell she was getting worked up, so he didn’t bother arguing with her.“Do you know anyone who could replace them?”“Not right now,” Yvonne s

Nina wasn’t intimidated in the slightest.The moment she thought about how they had mistreated her, then turned around and treated Alan and the others just as badly after she left, her expression turned cold.“What? I’ve barely said anything and you already can’t take it?”She looked at him coldly.“Compared to the way you treated me before, this is nothing.”James looked like he wanted to say something, but Nina cut him off.She didn’t care what he thought or what excuse he wanted to make.And she certainly wasn’t going to tell him that Alan and the others were planning to join Mendel.Until everything was finalized, the smartest thing to do was keep quiet, especially around people like James and Yvonne.Still, there was one thing she didn’t mind telling him.“Since you came all the way here, I’ll give you one piece of advice.”Her tone turned pointed.“If you really want to know what’s going on, start with Yvonne. She’s their supervisor. If the people under her are sudden