You Looked Down on Me Once, Now You Look Up. novel Chapter 225

Kent was totally thrown off by Patricia’s comeback.

Sweat broke out on his forehead.

She might be young, but she had a mouth on her—every word sounded sweet, but each one landed like a slap.

“I admit, I dropped the ball here,” he managed, forcing a smile. “But, as Mr. Martin knows, my mom’s been going through chemo. I just haven’t had the bandwidth.”

“That’s your excuse?” Patricia shot back. “If everyone in this company made excuses like Mr. Lawrence, would we even be in business?”

Textbook corporate talk.

If she’d said that to a regular employee, they’d be grinding their teeth.

But she was aiming this at Kent—Emerson’s right-hand man.

“So, Mr. Lawrence blames me, then hides behind his sick mom? Maybe the person who promoted Mr. Lawrence should rethink their life choices.”

With that one offhand comment, Patricia managed to roast everyone in the room.

Kent was stunned.

Everyone knew Emerson was the one who’d pulled him up through the ranks.

Did Patricia know that, too?

“Enough,” Emerson cut in, his voice sharp.

He shot Patricia a look that made it clear he wasn’t amused. “Planning still needs to help fix this. Find out what the Miller family doesn’t like about our proposal.”

“Got it,” Patricia said with a nod.

“And you two,” Emerson’s glare was especially icy as he looked at Kent, “write a report, and come up with a solution.”

Kent could only nod, sweating even more. “Yes. Absolutely.”

They stepped out of the office together. Waiting for the elevator, Kent kept sneaking glances at Patricia.

“Don’t you think Mr. Martin was a little much? Not even a shred of sympathy,” he muttered.

Patricia looked at him, confused. “You mean about your mom’s chemo?”

“Does Mr. Martin’s family never have emergencies?” Kent grumbled, then stopped, realization dawning. “Oh, right. Mr. Martin doesn’t have family anymore.”

“They’re all gone, aren’t they?”

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