Haejin's confusion must have shown.
Hayes wrote again.
[Just trust me. The walls have ears.]
Haejin nodded slowly.
Hayes returned to his desk.
Pulled out a notepad.
Started writing.
While simultaneously speaking.
"HAEL, I'm disappointed. This scandal reflects poorly on the entire company."
But the paper said something different.
[I believe you're being set up. Angel is real. And I think it's connected to someone in this building.]
Haejin's eyes widened.
'He knows about Angel?'
Hayes kept writing.
While speaking.
"We've invested millions in LUMEN. In you. This threatens everything."
The paper: [I've been tracking financial irregularities for months. Someone's been manipulating accounts. Payments to those makeup artists came from inside AUREYA.]
Haejin processed.
Hayes was saying one thing.
Writing another.
Creating a false narrative for whoever might be listening.
"I need to know what really happened," Hayes said aloud.
