"In no way dependent" actually does mean _absolutely not dependent_. How often do you conflate meanings when dealing with this client? Are you/your company offshore? from another culture(Asia) perhaps? Some people have no patience for soft lies.
We have several communication channels and all things are updated daily in details to the client. All the work items are tracked and what we have done could be checked. No soft lies for the client. We have openly communicated everything to the client.Yes we are from different culture (Asia).
