The weather was beautiful the next day <b>when </b>they left Prime City.


    It was already one in the afternoon when the nended at Jepton airport.


    Everyone agreed to have burgers for lunch.


    Mnie turned on her phone, and a few notifications for missed calls and messages popped up. They were from Howard. The first few messages were pretty useless, but the <bst </b>message Informed


    Mnie that Howard would being to Jepton.


    She did not care if he wasing to Jepton. She deleted the message and ignored him.


    There was a lot of work to do after the holidays. Mnie had been on vacation for a long time, and


    work had umted.


    That night, Mnie did not return to North district but went straight to the office to handle a few


    client issues.


    She had to leave for Oskon City soon, and there was still a lot of work to finish.


    When Reny saw how fast Mnie threw herself into work, she siglred. “Workaholics like you are so scary. I think I need <b>to </b>consider if I want to continue being your friend. I’m afraid of being worked to death by you.”


    Despite saying that, Reny still helped out Mnie with work. She picked up a file and said to Mnie, “I’m heading out to deliver this document.”


    The entire vi turned silent after Reny left. Xander had headed out for a meeting earlier in the morning, so Mnie was the only one left.


    However, Reny came back to the vi within five minutes with a strange look on her face.


    “Mnie<b>, </b><b>your </b>dad is outside. <b>He </b>says he wants to see you, but the security guards are stopping him from entering.”


    Mnie was taken aback to hear that. She looked at her phone. Howard had only, sent her the message


    She looked down and said, “Can you tell the guards that I don’t want to see him?”


    Nothing <b>good </b>woulde out of seeing Howard. Moreover, what happened at Prime City made Mnie even more reluctant to <b>see </b>him.


    Fortunately, this was a high–end residential area, and the guards would not let anyone in so easily.


    Mnie told Reny to pass this message to the guards and did not think much of it after that. She thought that Howard must have left by then.


    She did not expect to be stopped by Howard at the residential gates when she left to handle some


    business at the bank.


    Howard looked like he had rushed all the way to see her. He had not even changed out of his travel


    clothes.


    He looked upset as he stopped Mnie and said tiredly, “Do you know that I’ve been waiting for you. the entire day?”


    Mnie took a few steps back to keep a safe distance between them. “I didn’t know that you were waiting here for me.


    “I don’t want to argue about this with you.” Howard stared at Mnie for a while before sighing. He put on a fatherly look and said, “Mel, you shouldn’t be this antagonistic toward me. I’m here to have a serious talk with you.”


    “There’s nothing to say between us.” Mnie had seen Howard for the superficial and materialistic man he truly was. What he had described to be a serious talk was just his way of trying to reap any benefits he could from taking advantage of her.


    The look in Mnie’s eyes dimmed. She was about to walk past Howard.


    “Mnie!” Howard got angry when he saw Mnie ignoring him. He shouted at her to stop, “Why won’t you listen to me?!


    “The engagement between Eugene Scott and Evelyn Shue was decided by their parents. <b>You </b>should take a good look at yourself. How can youpare to Evelyn Shue?”