Chapter 939
| didn't know what to say, and we lapsed into silence. | felt afraid to continue the conversation. "Hendrix, | have something toattend to, so I'll hang up."
| couldn't help but feel sad as | did so. Since when had | become a coward? | disliked this feeling.It was preposterous!Back at the company, Sebastian was angry with me. "Arianna, | need an explanation.”
We only had an hour of break time at noon, but | had been gone for two hours because | needed to make a police report. | waslate even though | rushed back.
His brows were tightly furrowed, and his displeasure was clear.
Although | had told him everything, he was still angry. "| don't care what it is. If you leave your post during work hours, you are anirresponsible employee."
| apologized repeatedly. Knowing that he was angry, | chose to remain silent.
| listened quietly as he reprimanded me. As | remained silent, he stopped, looked at me, and said, "Go look for Linda and take onsome tasks. | will consider you as being absent today.”
| was stunned upon hearing that. | was only gone for an hour, but would still be counted as absent. How cruel a punishment!But he was the boss. | was wrong, so | couldn't argue.
Naomi called me after Linda handed over her work to me. Naomi had clearly rested well.
“Arianna, do you have anything on tonight? Let's have dinner together."
| replied dejectedly, "I really want to go, but | might have something to do tonight."novelbin
Sebastian wanted me to be 24-hours on call, so he might need me.
"Oh no!" She was a little disappointed and said, "What do you need to do? | called Tina and Rainie already, let's go to Club Zerotonight. We just escaped death, what else could be more important than celebrating? Don't refuse, please."
| smiled lightly and said, "Oh, mighty Miss Attwood, | don't mean to refuse you. It's true. I'm working for Sebastian now, though. |need to be on call at all times. How could | go out and have fun?"
She tutted, "As a secretary? Why do you need to be 24-hours on-call every day? Do you take care of his daily needs?" "Kind of,actually..." After all, | was the one making him meals now.
"F*ck!" She was a little agitated. "Is this like a script from a TV drama? Is Mr. Milton interested in you?"
| almost choked in surprise. | coughed a few times and said, "You think too much. | am working for him simply because | lackmoney now."
"Tsk tsk!" She tutted, feeling gossipy. "I'm not overthinking it. | just have a feeling."
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Probably feeling that something waswrong, she changed gears. " idn'tyou say t at yquare Siveady married?ulan't you go and look for yourhusband? Why are you working in Mr.Milton's company?" Please read theoriginal content at NovelDrama.Org.
| did not know what to say, so | triedto avoid it. "Well, | still have comSs ething #0 doar W. I'm hangingup I'll meet you some other time."Please read the original content atNovelDrama.Org.
Our relationship was very complicated, and it was difficult for me to explain it.