The Ex and Her Riches

Charles sensed it and turned around to shoot Isaac a death stare.

Isaac suppressed his smile instantly. “I suddenly recalled a funny clip I saw on my phone just now, so I accidentally let out a chuckle.”

Arching an eyebrow, Charles looked at Isaac sarcastically and said, “What clip? Show it to me.”

Isaac was startled. How am I supposed to respond to that?

“It was a video that showed up randomly. I didn’t like it or save it, so I don’t think I can find it again, Mr. Newton…”

“Well, tell me the story, then,” Charles uttered casually.

“Umm…” Isaac’s expression turned bitter, and he whispered, “Mr. Newton, I—”

“If you can’t recall the story, I’ll deduct your salary. Fair enough, right?”

That’s far from fair! Isaac racked his brain and decided to tell Charles a lame joke he heard before.

“Okay… It was a clip showing a pair of banana brothers walking on the street. The older banana had longer legs, so he was walking in front. As he walked, he felt hot, so he decided to peel off his skin. Mr. Newton, you won’t believe what happens next…”

While stifling a laugh, Isaac told the joke in the most animated way he could. “The younger brother stepped on the peel and fell! Haha! The sound effect was hilarious!”

With one hand on the elevator wall for support, Isaac held his tummy with the other and laughed out loud. “How’s that? Isn’t that joke funny?”

Charles stared at Isaac expressionlessly. The former’s gaze was so icy that it could freeze someone in sight.

Seeing that, Isaac immediately composed himself and bowed respectfully with a straight face. “Okay. I got it. It was lame.”

Charles felt satisfied when he saw how disappointed Isaac looked. With a slightly eased-up expression, Charles advised, “It wasn’t funny at all. You should stop wasting your time on such meaningless content.”

“Yes. I’ll never do that again.”

As they chatted, the lift arrived on the fifteenth floor.

knew Charles was going to show up that day, so they were shocked to see him all of a sudden. In fact, there

“Hi, Mr. Newton!”

the logistics department. Why is he here

that we had made a mistake? Is Mr.

if he’s here to scold us. It’s worth it because I’ll get to see him up

Before this, we could only see him from a distance during general meetings.

He’s walking toward

arrival, an uproar erupted in the building,

the employees had gone up to

in his gaze, Charles nodded and instructed, “Be at ease, everyone. I’m just here for a casual visit.

his presence was

their CEO, so they quickly returned to their desks and continued

initially distracted and scrolling through their phones, all sat upright at their desks,

was sitting at the desk in the corner, was focused on keying in some information. That was when she overheard the conversation between her colleagues.

saw Charles, dressed in a suit and exuding an intimidating aura, being led toward her respectfully by Isaac. I’m doomed!

had been there since the morning, but she was new and drowning in work. She was so busy that

be Charles? Whitney’s heart was racing as she hunched over and hid her face before the

shocked to

Mr. Newton’s company?” Whitney asked

Newton Group. Usually, everyone just calls it Newton Group,” the colleague

company’s information on the internet. He isn’t the

eyes at Whitney. “Are you a dimwit? Newton Group is a family business, and it has been passed down through the generations. Obviously, the company wasn’t founded by Mr. Newton himself. However, if you had kept digging, you would’ve seen that Mr. Newton was

Err…

proud of myself when I told Charles I found a job last night. Who would’ve known I had found a job in his company? What is he going to think of me? Would he think I deliberately came to work here so that he would see me all the time

as she was very close to sprawling on the

is that a big deal for you?

don’t know him.” Whitney shook

not far away as he swept a

employees sitting in the corner of the office. Those two skinny ladies

don’t bite, do I?

her casually. Whitney and her colleague were talking softly, but he could still make out their conversation, as the only sound in the office was the clicking of keyboards and