"I'm sorry, Wendy," Michael uttered each word from his heart.
"You don't need to feel sorry," Wendy sighed. "At times like these, I'd rather you put energy into discussing what we should do next against Christian instead of wasting your effort on such a word."
"You mentioned that Christian might have back-up plans and it crossed my mind before too," Michael said. "I have been investigating Christian.
"Why he prioritizes the new project is, first, because he wants to defeat me, and second, because he wants to use this opportunity to clean his records.
"This new project is not a mere industrial project, but one supported by the government.
"If he succeeds at overseeing this project, he can ride on the success of this project as a cover-up of the other crimes that he had been involved in.
"That way, his cover would be perfect, and no one would suspect that someone who worked with the government had been involved in criminal activities overseas.
