[Blaze]

"I'm sorry, Mr. Knightley. We did our best, but he had chosen another candidate." Kyle gulped in fear, afraid of my response after hearing that bad news.

"We lost means we didn't do our best." I looked him in the eyes. "It's the first defeat I've ever suffered since I started this company. Where did we go wrong?"

He only bowed his head, looking at whatever was on my desk. Of course, he didn't know the answer because, besides me, he was surprised by the final result. ...