Mnie looked away slightly and avoided Xander’s eyes. She replied, “I just came back.”


    Xander stared thoughtfully at the scarf around her neck. She wondered what he was thinking about.


    Mnie felt a little embarrassed by his stare and had no idea what to do. She could only just stand where she was.


    She felt nervous for some reason. She did not feel this way even when Yvonne saw her predicament at the hotel.


    However, when Xander looked at her, she felt her heart thump wildly.


    It felt like he had seen through her lie.


    Xander’s gaze never left her, and Mnie continued to avoid looking into his eyes.


    Reny thought Mnie must be too embarrassed to tell them what happened, so she angrily told them what Mnie had said happened.


    At the end, she added, “Bruce should’ve been smarter about this. Doesn’t he know how bad Mason Gray’s reputation is? Why did he even invite that man to join the dinner?”


    Oliver reacted just as angrily as Reny. He was shocked but became furiouster. He kept insisting on calling Bruce to talk about this.


    Mnie was initially nervous about this, but when she saw how Oliver and Reny were mad on her behalf, she felt less anxious.


    When she raised her eyes, she met Xander’s dark eyes directly.


    This made Mnie feel nervous again.


    She gritted her teeth and was about to say something when she heard Xander’s low voice speak out, “You must’ve been really scaredst night.”


    Mnie was silent.


    Xander sighed. His deep voice rxed andforted her. “Any woman in that situation alone would’ve been really frightened. I’m sorry I wasn’t there in time.”


    Mnie did not expect Xander to say that to her. Her eyshes fluttered, and she shook her head slightly.


    She wanted to tell him that she was not afraid at all.


    However, Mnie found herself unable to say it.


    How could she not be afraid?


    She still felt fear at the memory of falling down in the corridor.


    A warm palm was ced on the top of her head. Xander had reached out to rub her head gently. He felt upset for her. “You don’t need to be afraid anymore. I’ll handle this.”


    “I…” Yvonne, who had been ignored, could not help interrupting him. She rolled her eyes Xander. “How about showing some concern for an innocent person like me? Stop focusing on


    at


    trying to be the hero.”


    Mnie snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Yvonne’s voice.


    She coughed softly and took two steps back. After that, she asked Xander awkwardly, “Why did youe back sote?“.


    There was constant overtime at work due to Burning Star’s construction work. The work with Blue Inc had beenpleted halfway. Work on the government department’s side had only just kickstarted.


    Xander had been leaving early in the morning and returningte.


    He said, “I came back to pick something up. Also, LeapCo hasn’t paid us today. I’m getting Oliver to follow up on this.”


    There was chaos in LeapCo recently, and they had been giving less attention to Burning Star.


    The payment they made to Burning Star was not a one–off but done in installments.


    Vi and Lee were in charge of this, but now that Vi had stirred up such big trouble, Lee became buried in more work. As a result, the payment–was dyed.


    Mnie nodded. “This definitely needs to be followed up.”


    “You don’t need to worry about this. I’ll get Oliver to work on it.”


    Mnie agreed to it.


    She did not want to be at LeapCo at a time like this. The chaos there was a problem, but the most important factor was that she did not want to see Eugene.


    Xander did not stay long. He left with Oliver after picking up a document.


    Yvonne chuckled as she approached Mnie. “Our Xander isn’t that bad, is he? He’s not a little boy anymore. A mature, responsible man like him is someone you can choose to spend your life with.”