Mark slowly unbuttoned the first two buttons of his shirt, his voice low and suppressed.

"I recommended Paul to take over that project. But today's news from the meeting revealed that both Paul and his wife died in a freak car accident.”

Peter fell into a daze, trying to process the shocking news.

Mark lowered his head and lit a cigarette, his fingers trembling slightly.

Finally, he took a drag, but he concealed the most important detail from Peter—the visible injuries on Paul and his wife's bodies, evidence they paid the ultimate price to safeguard sensitive information.