Mnie remained silent and dropped them off at GT. With Simon and others around, Eugene would have plenty of people willing to give him a ride.


    After reaching home, Mnie did not immediately shower and sleep. However, in the middle of the night, her sleep was disturbed by the sound of her phone.


    Eugene’s icy voice came through the phone without much emotion. “Come and pick me up.‘


    Hearing the rain outside, Mnie huddled further under her nket. “You can take a taxi.”


    Eugene hung up just as she said that. Unwilling to go out in the cold rain, Mnie stayed put. However, three minutester, her phone rang again with the same cold and indifferent voice saying, “Come and pick me up.”


    Mnie said nothing, and the call ended. Three minutester, the phone rang again. The calls continued, disrupting Mnie’s sleep. After one more call from Eugene, Mnie finally sighed and replied reluctantly, “Fine.”


    With that, Eugene’s persistence ceased. After silently changing into some dry clothes, Mnie made her way to GT. In the rainy depths of the night, she drove slowly, and by the time she reached GT, half an hour had passed.


    The bar was still crowded, and Mnie failed to locate Eugene. She asked the bartender, who informed her that Simon’s group had left earlier.


    The next day, Mnie looked quite worn out after having stayed upte the night before. In contrast, Vi appeared lively.


    The nning for Oceanus was challenging, and Mnie had some questions to rify with Eugene. When Vi was about to tag along with her, Mnie curtly said, “You’re not done with your form yet.” That kept her in her seat.


    Mnie went upstairs. Eugene was on a video call and signaled for her to wait. She stood there, surveying the surroundings. Theyout had not changed much, but it always felt different from Mnie’s memories. Perhaps it was due to the conspicuously ced decorations.


    After Eugene ended the call, he looked at Mnie and asked with a frown, “Didn’t rest wellst night?”


    Mnie hesitated for a moment and replied, “You asked me to pick you upst night, but you weren’t at the bar.”


    “Did I?” Eugene did not seem too concerned, his eyebrows just twitching slightly. “I probably got drunk and didn’t notice,” he said casually in the end.


    Those seemingly indifferent words registered in Mnie’s ears like a p to the face, making her feel absurdly ridiculous. She thought she had at least be something like a habit for Eugene, but she realized she was nothing more than a joke to him when he was drunk.


    A painful sensation seemed to fill Mnie’s bones, making her feel as though she had been submerged in seawater. As she descended the stairs, she bumped into someone from HR who was delivering the list of newly hired employees along with their sry details.


    Mnie checked the list and found no issues with it. Just when she was about to return it, she noticed Vi’s name at the end of the list.


    New employees who joined thepany as the president’s secretary would always receive a bonus as an incentive. Eugene was always generous in this regard.


    However, Mnie noticed that Vi was missing her bonus. Did Eugene forget? The HR employee noticed Mnie staring at the list with furrowed brows and thought there might be a problem with it. They asked, “Mnie, is everything okay?”


    Mnie snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head. “It’s nothing.”


    It had nothing to do with her if Eugene had forgotten about it or not.


    “Oh, let me go with you.” Pushing aside her thoughts, Mnie returned the list and followed the person to the HR department.


    Mnie went to update her contract after realizing that herst renewal had been three years ago. There were less than three months left until it expired.