Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress novel Chapter 1397

Chapter 1397: Effective immediately

Meanwhile...

Nina let out a deep huff as she reached her workplace, standing in front of it. Her eyes gleamed with determination, ready to prove herself once more. After all, she had promised herself she would never disappoint her boss and would never give whoever was trying to suppress her a reason to kick her out.

With that thought in mind, Nina walked into the building with a smile on her face. She met a few colleagues on the way, exchanging morning greetings as usual. But when Nina reached her department, she halted and noticed some of her colleagues gathered together.

"What... is going on here?" she asked, walking up to the early birds in the department.

"Didn’t you hear?" One of her office mates looked back at her, concern in their eyes. "The boss was fired this morning."

"What?" Nina almost gasped, her eyes shifting toward the head of the department’s office. She saw her boss packing her things into a box through the glass wall.

"Gosh. This is too abrupt," one of her colleagues mumbled. "How could this happen? The boss is one of the best in the field."

"I don’t know what’s going on either," another whispered, shaking his head. "This is just... I didn’t expect it today."

"Didn’t you hear what actually happened?" someone spoke quietly, drawing everyone’s attention. "From what I heard, the company is investigating some funds from an old project. They found some missing money, and the head of that project was her. So now they’re asking her to take a break until the investigation is over."

"Taking a break?" Another scoffed. "Do you really think that’s all it is? Taking a break while the investigation goes on? Do you believe she’ll be back after that? It’s clear the company wants to kick her out, and they’re just finding an excuse to do it without breaching her contract."

Nina took a step back, listening to her colleagues gossip in hushed whispers. It was obvious none of them were pleased about this. Even if they didn’t always agree with their boss, they all had to admire her talent and leadership.

Nina clenched her teeth and detached herself from the group. After a brief pause, she made her way toward her boss’s office.

Knock knock

Nina’s boss paused upon hearing the faint knocks and turned toward the door. She smiled when she saw Nina standing there, but continued clearing her desk.

Nina, on the other hand, held her bag in front of her and stepped in. She stopped several steps from the door, her eyes fixed on her boss’s figure.

"I’m sorry," she murmured under her breath, tightening her grip on her bag strap. "It’s my fault."

"How is it your fault, Nina?" Her boss chuckled, looking back at her. Unlike what Nina expected, her boss didn’t seem devastated. If anything, it was as if she hadn’t been fired but was instead on vacation.

Leaning against the desk, her boss crossed her arms and faced Nina squarely. "This termination doesn’t reflect on me, but on this company. It’s not your fault."

"But, because of me, you—"