The Billionaire And His Son Want Me Back (Paisley) novel Chapter 114

Vanderbilt Group's headquarters was buzzing with an air of tension. [Mr. Vanderbilt is in a bad mood today. Everyone, keep your heads down.] Within five minutes, the message had spread across all the company's major group chats.

The most troubled by this news were the senior executives. Unlike the mid- and lower-level employees, they had to deal directly with Dominick. If they handled things poorly, the consequences could be much worse than embarrassment—losing their jobs was a real possibility.

The last time Dominick had been angry, he had rejected Felix's proposal sixteen times in a row, leaving Felix feeling suffocated and the entire department on edge for weeks.

Now, it seemed that Dominick's mood was even worse than before. No one knew who the unlucky person would be this time. Inside the CEO's office, the secretary nervously reported Dominick's schedule for the day, stealing glances at his expression, terrified of saying something wrong that might provoke his wrath.

"Mr. Vanderbilt, here's your schedule for today," the secretary said, but Dominick remained silent, causing her heart to race.

Just then, Julian walked in and saw the distressed secretary. He waved her out. "You can leave now." The secretary practically fled from the office, feeling as if she had narrowly escaped death.

Dominick sat motionless in his chair, his mind replaying the scene from yesterday at the hospital, where Paisley had fiercely rejected him. It felt as though a blunt knife was slowly tearing at his heart, cutting through both skin and flesh.

Julian watched Dominick's expression, a hint of frustration gathering in his eyes. "Mr. Vanderbilt, the meeting is about to start," he reminded him.

"Okay," Dominick replied indifferently, his voice void of any emotion.

Julian turned and went to open the door for Dominick. Just as he opened it, he heard Dominick speak to him. "I asked you to investigate what Paisley had been doing since she returned to Harrowfell. How's that going?"

Dominick looked at him emotionlessly. "If you don't want to do what I've assigned you, then handle other tasks for now. Liam will assist me from now on. That's all. You can leave now."

"Mr. Vanderbilt...Dom...I..." At this moment, Julian finally began to panic. He had always thought that, as he and Dominick had been friends for years, he could influence Dominick's decisions. But in reality, Dominick had always been Dominick—his friend but also his boss.

Dominick didn't spare Julian another glance. He put on his coat and walked alone to the conference room. Soon, news of Julian being sidelined by Dominick spread like wildfire across the various Vanderbilt Group's group chats.

No one expected that the person who would take the fall in this crisis would be Julian—second only to Dominick.