It was the VIP ward at the Essence Hospital.´ August sat by the bedside, patiently coaxing Jeanne.
"Don’t worry.
I will stay by your side for the surgery´ tomorrow."´ Jeanne nodded obediently.
She curved her lips and two shallow dimples showed on her cheeks.
"I’m a bit´ thirsty, August.
I want to drink some water."
August turned to look at the already empty mineral water container, picked up the glass on the table
and said softly, "Wait for me.
I’ll go get some water."´ Jeanne’s eyes curved in a sweet smile.
"Okay."´ Seeing August walk out of the room, she sat up on the bed, turned to look at his phone on the
table next to her, reached out for it and entered the password to unlock it directly The screen showed
three missed calls marked as "Lucia".
Jeanne’s eyebrows furrowed as she stared at the three missed calls.´ Her intuition told her that it was
definitely a woman!´ She bit her lip and secretly memorized the number.
Then, she simply deleted the call record and put the´ After the surgery tomorrow, she would have to
find out whose number it was!´ Throughout the night, Lucia had nightmares, waking up several times
and each time in a cold sweat.
The next morning, when Lucia woke up, she looked at herself in the mirror with deep dark circles under
´ changed her clothes and went out.
What had happened last night was like haunting bad luck, constantly lingering in her mind.
When she got´ to the company, she was still not in good shape.
When Lucia made the wrong copy of the document for the second time, Emma finally couldn’t help but´
say, "What’s wrong with you today, Lucia? You’re so distracted."
Lucia gritted her well last night."
Seeing how preoccupied she looked, Emma sighed and didn’t ask any minutes, so get ready,
everyone!"´ When the message came in, many replies popped up in a short while.´ Why does
Mr.Stebbing keep coming to our Administration Department these days?"
Following it, someone replied anonymously.
"What do you think? He must be here to see someone in the´ Dame of work´ Lucia read the messages
of the heated discussion in the group and couldn’t help but frown.
Of course, she knew very well that the someone they were talking about was her.
She simply blocked the group messages directly, turned off the screen, put the phone aside, and got
back´ to work´ Although she told herseif not to care, she still had a lump in her throat.´ A short while
later, there was a sudden noise outside and someone came to inform them that Mr.´ Stebbing was
coming to check on their work.´ Lucia walked out of the office and stood in a line with the others.´
symbolic tour, Ted asked some of them about their work at hand.
"At present, I am in charge of the project of Siemey and I am very happy to see that you are all´
enthusiastic about it.
I will promise you here today that if this project ends up as a there was no bonus, they still had to do
their part.
Now, Ted, who had just been´ a good thing for´ them.´ Lucia took a deep breath, thinking that was the
end of the tour, but Ted suddenly turned to Carter, who´ was next to him, and asked, "Who is working
on the product quotation this time?"´ Carter replied gently.
"It’s Lucia."´ When Lucia heard that she had been named, she couldnt help but feel a little nervous.´
Upon hearing that, Ted raised his head to glance at Lucia, who was standing at the far side, and his
eyes´ darkened.´ how well you´ know about this project, Lucia?"
Lucia bowed her head slightly and replied truthfully, "I have studied the planning case of the project
provided by the company and the specific information of the partner, and I am planning to collect´ for
the quotation,´ it will be ready tomorrow if it goes well."´ "Tomorrow?"´ The look on Ted’s face changed.
He looked at her with a bit of contempt and his tone carried a bit of´ impatience and anger.
"Have you been working hard, Lucia? Do you need more than twenty-four hours´ for a quotation like
this?"´ The others were a little surprised to see his sudden change of attitude, which was far stricter
than earlier They were even more puzzled, thinking of the ambiguous relationship between Lucia and
Ted before´ 67´ Lucia looked up at Carter in surprise Carter didn’t say that she had to finish it within
twenty-four hours when she was given the task´ Carter could certainly tell what Lucia meant.
She looked at Ted with a smile.
"Mr.Stebbing, there’s still plenty of time Ted frowned and asked grmly.
So you can take your time without being efficient? Why do you think the´ company keeps you? What do
you think the company pays you for? Carter was scolded and instantly lost for words´ Lucia frowned
and lowered her eyes without saying anything´ Ted turned to give her a cold glance and ordered in a
deep voice, "If you want to submit the quotation´ tomorrow, that’s fine with me, but in order to fill up
your working hours, I will give you another task."´ It just so happens that no one is cleaning the break
area next to my office.
You have one hour to go and´ clean it up This is a punishment and a warning"´ With that, he raised his
eyes to look around at all of them.
"1, Ted, have always been fair in rewarding and punishing And I’m always strict and serious when it
comes to work, so if anyone has a free day at work, just come to me and I’ll give you a task! After
saying these words, Ted turned around and left without looking back´ No sooner had he left than sighs
came from the public desk area.´ Ted punished Lucia after promising to give them a bonus Was he
trying to give them a warning or to make trouble on purpose and give Lucia a hard time? They were
wondering why Ted treated Lucia like someone he hated when there had been an ambiguous
relationship between him and her.
Had the two of them fallen out?´ Ted was doing that because of what had happened last night´ She
gritted her teeth and bottled everything up in her mind´ Hearing that Lucia nodded at Carter and
stepped away.
She knew in her mind that the reason why Ted asked her to do the cleaning as an administrative
assistant was to make her lose face in front of all the people in the company!´
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