hapter 206
There were four of them in the car. The driver was focused on the road, Cornelia and Ben were giggling over something on their phones, and Marcus seemed like he was in a different
universe.
His two assistants were in the same car, but they were chatting away on their phones Especially Cornelia who was laughing so much, it made Marcus frown, “Rent”
There was a chill in his voice that startled Ben, who was deeply engrossed in his chat, President Hartley?”
Marcus glanced at his watch and looked at him icily through his silver timined glasses. “I want today’s inspection report in half an hour”
He was only giving him half an hour, which meant Ben had to prepare the report before they reached the office.
was a tight deadline but Ben
Be careful” After replying to Cornelia’s message. Ben immediately
the report.
his icy aura. She put away her phone and subtly moved away to put some distance between them
Cornelia’s personal phone started buzzing
and colleagues about it. I’ll ask around here too, to see if anyone knows a good interior
was still office hours and the boss was right
tell from Cornelia’s short response
hadn’t contacted in a while and sent a
I’m busy and my
responded, “Name
other party replied, “I
the latter part of the journey back, Ben was busy with work, and Cornelia started dealing with her own
car was eerily quiet, save for
submit their reports before they
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