Twenty Nine

Yujin cleared his throat and glanced around to see that everyone was looking away from him, even Mr Xhi was pretending to concentrate on his pudding which he had rejected not long ago.

Mr and Mrs Shen rose from their seats and made as if to leave the room and Natzin stopped them.

"Don't leave on my account, please stay." She insisted, seeing that they were trying to escape whatever uncomfortable situation this was about to be while Yujin anxiously twiddled his thumbs.

'I can't believe they were just going to leave me alone to deal with this awkward issue right now, it serves them right that they can't leave.'

Then he cleared his throat and looked nervously at Natzin who was tapping her foot impatiently and glaring at him.

"Er, som- SsSomeone posted a video of the altercation in the board room." He explained.