Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 1171 Issues with Masculinity

The assistant hesitated. "Um..."

"Ms. Wool, I'll be heading out now."

"I will turn off my phone when I go to bed, so please don't cause any trouble... If something happens to you, I can't help you immediately..."

His words trailed off under Mandy's icy glare. A few seconds later, he left, looking thoroughly defeated.

Colin gave Mandy a mocking look under the bar's dim, suggestive lighting. "Tsk, tsk, Ms. Wool. Didn't expect you to be so authoritative in front of your subordinates..."

It made him think of his own situation. Lennon, technically his subordinate, never respected him. At the company, he had plenty of underlings, but when they looked at him, there was always a hint of ridicule in their eyes.

Everyone knew he was a useless figure propped up by Damien. No one respected him, and certainly, no one treated him with the deference Mandy's assistant had just shown.

"Of course," Mandy rolled her eyes at him and sat beside him. "His salary is in my hands, so of course he's afraid of me."

glanced at the empty bottles near

answer. Instead, he placed a bottle of strong liquor before her. "Since

drunk in Yatesville and

had heard the

her assistant countless times before smiling at Colin.

clout. No matter what, I'm

"Even if I'm a failure, they'll still

noticing Colin's low spirits. His mood clearly had something to do with his earlier self-deprecating

heard bits and pieces from Cherise about why Colin had become Gray Group's president and how Damien and Lennon

smiling at him. "If you

"You think

"I..."

man calls himself useless, he usually means he's impotent." Mandy winked seductively at Colin. "Still a

had completely misunderstood him. His face reddened.