The little daughter of a cleaning lady accidentally bumped into the company’s CEO in the office and suddenly said, “Would you like to hear a secret?” 

The girl stood on her tiptoes and whispered something in his ear, after which the millionaire called an emergency meeting 

The girl was running down the hallway, trying not to get in the adults’ way. Her mother, who worked as a cleaner in that office, had asked her to wait by the window while she finished mopping the floors, but sitting still was boring. The hallway was long and bright, with large windows and a soft gray carpet that felt nice to walk on barefoot in socks.

She was looking at her reflection in the glass door when someone stopped next to her.

— Hey, careful, — said a calm male voice.

The girl flinched and looked up. Standing in front of her was a tall man in an expensive suit. He looked confident and a little tired, like all the adults there. The girl didn’t know who he was, but for some reason she wasn’t afraid.

— Are you here all by yourself? — he asked, crouching down to be at her eye level.

— I’m waiting for my mom. She’s mopping the floors, — the girl answered honestly.

The man smiled and absentmindedly patted her on the head.

— So you’re helping your mom with her work. That’s good.

He reached into his jacket pocket, thought for a moment, and took out a neatly wrapped piece of candy.

— Would you like one? — he asked. — Just show it to your mom afterward.

The girl’s eyes lit up. She took the candy and squeezed it tightly in her hand, but didn’t eat it right away. Suddenly, she looked at the man carefully, almost seriously — not childlike at all.

— Mister… — she said quietly. — Are you the boss here?

The man smiled slightly.

— You could say that.

The girl took a step closer, stood on her tiptoes, and leaned toward his ear.

— Then I’ll tell you something… — she whispered. — But it’s a secret.

At that moment, the smile slowly faded from the director’s face. What he heard horrified him, and he immediately called a meeting  Continued in the first comment 

The girl stood on her tiptoes and carefully leaned toward the director’s ear. She spoke softly, almost without emotion, as if she were telling something ordinary, not realizing how important it was.

— Two men said that soon you won’t be working here anymore… — she whispered. — They said the documents are almost ready, and that you’ll be the one to blame.

The girl went on, not noticing how the man’s expression was changing:

— They were talking behind a door. They said the money would be transferred to other accounts. And then they would say that you stole it. One of them said, “In a month, he’ll be left with nothing.”

She paused for a moment, as if recalling the details, and added:

— And when they saw me, they gave me candy and told me not to tell anyone. They said that if I stayed quiet, I would always have sweets.

He slowly straightened up, took out his phone, and without taking his eyes off the girl, dialed a number.

— In fifteen minutes, — he said calmly but very firmly, — the entire company leadership is to be in my office. No delays.

He put the phone away, crouched down beside her again, and asked in a completely different voice:

— Do you remember which office it was?

The girl nodded.

— Yes. I’ll show you.