In the end, she really didn't know what to say. Minerva could only shut her mouth and put down her hand in annoyance.
"What happened that day... I'm really sorry. I really got the wrong person. You have to believe me, I certainly didn't covet you. I applied for the job of the assistant secretary because I was simply attracted to your company, so... I want to come here to study."
"Oh." Maddox replied with a cold face, "Do you mean that I am not as attractive as the company?"
She was puzzled.
"No, that's not what I mean. I just..."
For the first time, she was flustered in front of Maddox and didn't know what to say. In a hurry, her delicate eyebrows frowned, and even her clear eyes were full of anxiety.
Maddox smiled when he saw how helpless she was.
Unexpectedly, this strange woman... was quite funny.
No, that wasn't right.
What was he doing?
He quickly came to his senses. He squinted his eyes and sized up the woman in front of him.
Her eyes were clear and her behavior was a little strange. Why should he waste his time with this woman here?
"Give me your hand."
She looked puzzled and asked, "What are you doing?"
He said impatiently, "Why are you wasting so much time talking? Just give me your hand."
could only
Clink...
appeared in her palm. Only then did she recognize that they were the keys
she had lost her keys, why would
in surprise. Her clear eyes were filled with pleasant surprise as she asked, "You were waiting for me here to return the keys to me?" Maddox
said, "No? Then why were you here when I
wanted to see what tricks you have up your sleeves. Now, it seems that not only
as if he had returned to
that it was a
but Maddox was still Maddox. His original temper had not changed
a moment, Minerva looked at
her looking at him
face immediately turned cold, and his
get rid of those false ideas as soon as
that, he turned
looking at his back as he left. She slowly lowered her
keys seemed to have been held by him for a long time, as
her head and rubbed her face
That's great.
temperature... was
Maddox's appearance at the Collins family did not
the news of Minerva's sudden absence for leave shocked everyone in the company. Ever since she replaced Maddox as the vice president of Yardley Corporation, she had been so busy. The company's matters, as well as many of the
day, and she would always
asked
and guessed what she
good job in keeping things secret, so they didn't let others know that she went abroad. They just said that she had been managing the company's affairs for more than a month in a row, and there was no news about Maddox. Thus, she was exhausted and needed
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