Elena caught the timing perfectly and spoke up.

“Brother, what happened? Everyone here is family. There’s nothing to hide, right?”

She threw Robert’s own words right back at him.

The corner of Robert’s mouth twitched. He forced himself to stay composed.

“It’s nothing,” he said. “My people just reported they still haven’t found Miranda.”

It was a lie.

What the secretary had actually told him was far worse—Miranda had taken key company assets, and some confidential information had already leaked.