He sounded calm, but Melanie had worked for him for years, and she could sense from his tone that he was unhappy.

Melanie had no idea why Eugene would be in a bad mood. She pressed her lips and did not reply.

Her reaction only made Eugene respond more sarcastically to her. His eyes narrowed, and his tone was cold. “Miss Smith, you’re at work right now. It’s not appropriate for you to be flirting with men during working hours.

Melanie looked up at him and saw Eugene’s eyes. She saw the annoyed look on his face very clearly.

She cleared her throat and explained with difficulty. “It’s a friend.”

Eugene ridiculed her. “I see you have quite a lot of friends. Which one is this?”

The ‘friend‘ he was talking about was different from the kind of friend Melanie meant.

Melanie looked upset. She could tolerate Eugene’s insults, but she could not allow Xander to be implicated without reason.

She calmed herself down and berated Eugene with slight anger, “Please stop thinking such inappropriate thoughts. Aren’t I allowed to have my own friends?”

Eugene’s face fell as he stared at Melanie.

his age. Now that he looked upset, he was even more

could not help trembling when he stared at her. She was about to say something

branch office for a meeting,

as

from her and

before she stopped and turned around. She looked Melanie up and down. “If you don’t want to come along

that Evelyn meant something else, but she left after saying this to

were finally gone that Melanie finally

must have been waiting for Evelyn to get to the meeting.

that your boss?” Xander spoke again. Melanie was reminded of how Eugene had insulted Xander

Chapter 90

just now.” Eugene’s words were horrible, and it was only normal for Xander

thoughtful look and said, “I must have

with you.” Melanie shook her head. She knew very well that Eugene would still find fault with her even if Xander was not

Eugene with Xander, so

her. “I’m testing out some work samples there. I need an

was a little curious.

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