he first time Mnie met Tobias, she knew at first nce that this man was not as easy to deal with as he looked.
Evelyn insisted on following them because she imed that she wanted to learn from Eugene how tomunicate with clients. As they were not businesspetitors, Eugene agreed.
She sat right next to Eugene, and the only empty space left at the table was the one beside
Tobias.
There was a look in Mnie’s eye as she moved a few steps to the side. She did not n on taking that seat.
Evelyn leaned in close to Eugene and said out loud on purpose, “I don’t think it’s very nice of you to be standing there like this, Miss Smith.”
Mnie nced nonchntly at Evelyn with documents in her hands. Evelyn continued, “ People might think that you have a problem with Mr. Carter because you refuse to sit next to him.”
She raised an eyebrow and replied, “I’m only a secretary who works for Mr. Scott. It’s not appropriate for me to be sitting next to Mr. Carter.”
Evelyn’s expression froze. She was here under the guise of Eugene’s secretary. No secretary would act so intimately with their boss out in public.
There was a knowing look in Tobias‘ eyes when he looked at Evelyn. He immediately said to Eugene in an understanding tone, “You’re a young man indeed, Mr. Scott.”
Eugene remained stoic and said nothing.
He looked up at Mnie sharply and said in a direct manner, “Get out if you don’t want to be here. Stop being contentious.”
Eugene was being curt with her just like he did in the meeting room this morning when he berated her in public. He was not considerate of Mnie’s feelings at all. She wondered who had angered him this time.
He had vented at Mnie twice today, and no matter how much she could tolerate this, she eventually felt a little mad about it. Mnie looked at Eugene, and her fingers clutched the documents tightly.
Just as she was about to say something, Tobias, who had seen enough, began to smooth things out. “Mr. Scott, you sure are an energetic young man full of fire. I see you’re still able to re up when facing such a pretty secretary.”
He smiled at Mnie. “It’s not dangerous to sit next to me. Please feel free to sit, Miss Secretary.”
Tobias‘ smile was phony. Mnie’s fingers had turned white from gripping too hard on the documents.
For some reason, she suddenly felt like she wanted to throw up. Mnie ced the documents in front of Eugene and turned to leave the café. 213
She could hear Evelyn saying behind her, “How nice it is to be your secretary, Eugene. She can
leave anytime she wants.”
When Mnie walked out of the café, she suddenly had no idea what to do.
It was the first time she was protesting against Eugene after working for him for so many
years.
Mnie turned back to nce at the café. She had no idea where to go.
She frowned and felt frustrated, but she was not willing to return to the café to see Eugene and Evelyn.
As she was hesitating, she suddenly remembered the paper Xander had given to her.
Half the afternoon was now gone. Mnie searched on her phone and found an exhibition still ongoing. It was fifth on the list Xander had shared with her.
Mnie bought the tickets online and took a taxi there.
It was not far from where she was, and the journey took only ten minutes.
The exhibition looked ordinary, and the pieces disyed were paintings. Mnie looked at the artist’s name and saw that they were painted by the same person.
It must be an artist she did not know.
What was worth mentioning was that the exhibition hall was decorated quite interestingly. The concept was well thought out and impressive. It was good enough to elevate the ordinary paintings into something much better than they were.
Mnie stopped at thest painting that was hung mid–air. It was a huge portrait. That was when she heard a cold and distant voice say, “Excuse me, we’re about to close the exhibition.”
She turned toward the voice and saw Xander, whom she had just met earlier, walking toward
her.