The rain, while heavy, did not come with lightning or thunder. The thunder came through the phone.
A project by another team had to be out by tomorrow, but the file got corrupted and the sound editor in charge was fainting from anxiety and had to be sent to the emergency room. The only available personnel who weren't doing any urgent work were Arthur. That, or the damn department head wanted to make him suffer.
If he refused, it would only become ammunition to attack Ashley's camp. Who cared how many works Arthur had put out or how much he had been helping other projects, if he refused this, he would be deemed as a parachute who only came to get paid without putting any work, who abandoned someone who got sent to the hospital. By the time it spread, the rumor would turn into him sending someone to the hospital.
"Haa..."
This was why one should properly fill in a paid leave form when they absolutely couldn't be disturbed.
