He sounded calm, but Mnie had worked for him for years, and she could sense from his tone that he was unhappy.
Mnie had no idea why Eugene would be in a bad mood. She pressed her lips and did not reply.
Her reaction only made Eugene respond more sarcastically to her. His eyes narrowed, and his tone was cold. “Miss Smith, you’re at work right now. It’s not appropriate for you to be flirting with men during working hours.
Mnie looked up at him and saw Eugene’s eyes. She saw the annoyed look on his face very clearly.
She cleared her throat and exined with difficulty. “It’s a friend.”
Eugene ridiculed her. “I see you have quite a lot of friends. Which one is this?”
The ‘friend‘ he was talking about was different from the kind of friend Mnie meant.
Mnie looked upset. She could tolerate Eugene’s insults, but she could not allow Xander to be implicated without reason.
She calmed herself down and berated Eugene with slight anger, “Please stop thinking such inappropriate thoughts. Aren’t I allowed to have my own friends?”
Eugene’s face fell as he stared at Mnie.
He had always been an intimidating figure despite his age. Now that he looked upset, he was even more frightening.
Mnie could not help trembling when he stared at her. She was about to say something when Evelyn came over to them with documents in her hand.
Blinking, she asked Eugene, “Aren’t we going back to the branch office for a meeting, Mr. Scott? Why are you still waiting here?”
Mnie was taken aback as she looked up at Eugene.
He had already turned away from her and was walking away.
Evelyn followed behind me while hugging the documents. She had hardly walked a few steps before she stopped and turned around. She looked Mnie up and down. “If you don’t want toe along with Eugene, you can stoping along in the future.”
Mnie felt that Evelyn meant something else, but she left after saying this to Mnie.
It was only after both of them were finally gone that Mnie finally let the exhaustion wash over her.
She suddenly realized that Eugene must have been waiting for Evelyn to get to the meeting. Mnie frowned. She looked in the direction Eugene had left.
“Was that your boss?” Xander spoke again. Mnie was reminded of how Eugene had insulted Xander for no reason.
She pinched between her eyes. “I’m sorry that you got implicated just now.” Eugene’s words were horrible, and it was only normal for Xander to get angry about it.
However, Xander gave her a thoughtful look and said, “I must have caused you trouble by suddenlying to see you.”
“It has nothing to do with you.” Mnie shook her head. She knew very well that Eugene would still find fault with her even if Xander was not around.
She was not in the mood to discuss Eugene with Xander, so she asked, “Is there anything you need from me?”
Xander pointed at a warehouse behind her. “I’m testing out some work samples there. I need an extra eye to look at them.”
“Don’t you have your employees?” Mnie was a little curious. “Stephen said you had a team working for you.”
Xander replied, “They’re at the exhibition you went to yesterday.”
After chatting for a little longer, Mnie followed Xander to the warehouse. The lighting was very dim at the door.
There were dozens of wooden boxes of different sizes ced in sequence on the mottled wall. They looked like they were ced there randomly, but at a closer look, there was a system to it. It was a messy but calcted setting.
Mnie looked at them and asked Xander, “Is this one of your exhibition projects?”
Xander nodded. “The client is looking for a unique idea to create a deep impression.”
Mnie has seen her fair share of exhibitions in the past, but most yed it quite safe. She had never seen anything like what Xander had done.
Xander looked at the doubtful look on her face as he jotted some notes inside his notebook. He said, “Disys aren’t just about putting out the stuff. You need to consider the location, lighting, electronic equipment, and the work involved.”