Oliver sighed deeply. "Dear Ms. Ashford, couldn''t you tell that Mr. Hastings was in a bad mood today?"


    Frowning, I asked, "Really? He looked fine."


    "Mr. Hastings'' bad mood can be ssified into two categories. It''s fine when he''s just gloomy, but when he does crazy stuff while smiling, that''s the scariest."


    "Does crazy stuff while smiling?"


    Oliver nodded. "When that happens, even if he asks you to be the CEO, you should agree with him. Otherwise, he''ll get mad..."


    Oliver shuddered and turned around to leave. I was confused, but I dared not ask too much about it.


    I carried out my duties as ordered by Alex, but I could sense his indifference for me. He''d just give me a simple nod like I was an ordinary employee whenever we passed by each other.


    Holding my documents, I smiled andforted myself, saying, "It''s better this way."


    Patricia asked me softly, "What''s wrong with you and Mr. Hastings? Why do I feel like you two have be... distant?"


    Stunned, I nced at Patricia. "Shouldn''t Mr. Hastings and I be like this?"


    Patricia gave me a puzzled look. "How can it be? You two weren''t like this. Serena, did something happen to you two?"


    Shaking my head, I said, "No. Let''s look at the documents."


    Meanwhile, Julian was extremely anxious when he did not receive any news about Hastings Group.


    Elena sat beside Julian''s bed, sobbing, "Julian, you gave me a scare. Thank goodness you''re fine. Otherwise, I''d never forgive Serena."


    "Serena has nothing to do with this," Julian defended Serena with a frown.


    Elena gazed at Julian in surprise. "What''s up with you? You obviously look down on Serena too. Why are you suddenly defending her now?"


    Julian did not know why he was behaving that way either, but Elena continuedining, "You heard Serena''s name. You should''ve let the police arrest her for questioning. Julian, I really think Serena has something to do with this.


    Elenay on Julian''s chest, saying, "Serena must''ve realized how well you treat


    me and felt jealous. That''s why she sent someone to kidnap you."


    At the mention of the police, Julian remembered something and looked at Elena. "Give me my phone. I need to call the police."


    Thinking Julian hade to his senses, Elena excitedly handed him the phone. Julian dialed the police station''s number and asked, "Hello, may know what the update on my case is?"


    After some time, Julian frowned. "What? Alex was released? Have you found the suspect, then?"


    Julian was clearly fuming. "No? How do you people work? How could you release Alex when you haven''t found anything? I''m telling you, this is rted to Alex Hastings."