Chapter 104
Chapter 104:
“Am I causing her any trouble?” Erica snapped, angered by her son’s accusation. “Rupert, I’m doing this for your own good. Are you really going to marry this bumpkin? What’s so good about her? At best, she’s only beautiful. Why are you so obsessed with her? This kind of woman is unruly and greedy. She might have done something shameless behind your back p>
“Exactly!” Cathy chimed in eagerly. “Annabel came from the countryside. What else can she do apart from seducing men? You’ve just been kept in the dark. The last time I went shopping with my friend, I saw Annabel with a man p>
“What man?” Rupert asked with a frown.
“Marcel Brooks,” Cathy said. “I don’t know how she got to know Marcel. The two of them were very close, walking hand in hand p>
“Enough!” Rupert shouted, his handsome face darkening with anger. “Annabel and Marcel are friends. Don’t make blind and stupid conjectures p>
But still, he couldn’t help recalling the image of Annabel singing to Marcel in the bar that day.
Without another word, he turned around and returned to his office with a sour face.
He looked at the documents on the table but couldn’t read a single word. No matter how he tried, he couldn’t get rid of the image in his mind of Annabel and Marcel making out.
Finley was outside, coming to give him a document to sign. But when he reached the door, he heard Rupert scolding someone in a stern voice.
“Why is there a typo p>
“I’m sorry, sir. I’ll fix it right away,” the department manager said respectfully. He was sweating profusely as he stood before the CEO.
He felt the CEO was different today. True, Rupert’s face hardly ever looked happy…
But today, he had criticized him for over half an hour over a typo.
“Go and fix it right now!” Rupert ordered, throwing the document at him.
“Yes, sir.” The manager nodded and hurried out of the office.
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When he met Finley at the door, he told him, “He’s in a bad mood today. Pray for yourself p>
In a bad mood?
The CEO always had a cold look. When was he ever in a good mood?
Finley knocked on the door, not knowing what to expect.
“Come in!” Rupert called. His voice was even sharper than before.
As soon as Finley stepped into the office, an icy atmosphere enveloped him. “Mr. Benton, this document needs to be signed,” he said, handing Rupert the document he was holding.
Rupert took the document, glanced at it with a frown, and asked, “Isn’t this document supposed to be sent to the partner this afternoon? Why didn’t you give it to me to sign earlier p>
Finley’s heart trembled. The reason he hadn’t brought the document sooner was simply because Rupert had been on leave all morning.
Sensing what Finley was thinking, Rupert asked, “Why didn’t you come to my place to get my signature p>
Finley’s scalp went numb under Rupert’s cold gaze. “I’ll do that next time p>