Chapter 1347


    Aaron nodded. He raised his hand to pat Annie’s shoulder andfort her. After all, the past few days


    have been nerve-wracking for her. “Don’t worry, Annie.”


    Marcus, Annie’s boyfriend, felt ufortable when he saw his immediate boss acting inappropriately


    toward his girlfriend. Even so, it was difficult for him to express his dissatisfaction directly to his boss.


    He approached them andforted Annie too. “That’s good to know, Annie. It’s great that your uncle


    and aunt. You have nothing to worry about now.”


    Annie looked at Marcus and snapped back to reality. She realized she had been too close to Aaron, so


    she took a step back and kept her distance from him.


    Aaron immediately understood what she was thinking and pursed his lips to smile at her.


    Marcus raised his hand and hugged Annie’s shoulders. “Mister Aaron is right. You shouldn’t go in right


    now, so how about we wait outside? I saw a shop not far from here. Let’s go get something to drink


    while we wait.”


    Annie was not in the mood to drink anything. She shook her head and said, “No thanks. I don’t feel like


    drinking anything right now.”


    Marcus nodded helplessly. “Then I’ll wait here with you.”


    Aaron narrowed his eyes slightly. He red sullenly at Marcus’s hand on Annie’s shoulder and asked


    softly, “Have you prepared the slides for tomorrow’s morning meeting?”


    Marcus was stunned. “Uh… I’ll spend the entire night working on it when I get home.”


    Aaron asked seriously, “You’re nning on staying upte, then? Can you guarantee you won’t make


    any mistakes? Are you sure you’ll be able to exin everything clearly to the higher-ups in the meeting


    tomorrow? I don’t think you need me to exin how important tomorrow’s meeting is. I think it’s best for


    you to put your work ahead of everything else.”


    Marcus felt a little awkward. “Umm…”


    Annie realized that Marcus still had important work toplete, so she said considerately, “You should


    head home if you have work to do. You don’t have to wait here with me! I don’t want you neglecting


    your responsibilities.”


    Marcus was still somewhat worried. “But…”


    Annie said firmly, “Don’t worry about me. I’ve made sure that my uncle is fine. He’ll send me home


    once he’s out.”


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    Marcus looked at Annie and was still unwilling to leave.


    Aaron then said slyly, “Annie understands that you have work responsibilities. I’ll take care of her here,


    so you can go ahead and head home.”


    Marcus felt an inexplicable chill down his spine when he looked at Aaron. Though Aaron was smiling at


    him, he felt threatened all the same.


    Annie might not choose to be with him anymore if he left!


    Marcus then decided to take a gamble on his job. “I appreciate your kindness, but I also have a


    responsibility to my girlfriend. As for the slides for the meeting, I give you my word that it will be done


    before the meeting starts tomorrow morning. If anything goes wrong because of me, I will bear all the


    consequences. You can fire me if ites to that.”


    Aaron was a little surprised by that response. He smiled and said, “What I’m trying to say is, the


    situation here has nothing to do with you. You’re an outsider, and it would be inappropriate for you to be


    around here.”


    Marcus felt a little awkward when he had beenbeled as an ‘outsider’. Aaron was right, though—he


    ought not to get himself involved in the situation, and he had no right to do so either.


    Annie also felt that it was a little rude for Aaron to say that to Marcus, but she was not in the mood to


    argue with Aaron.


    She said regretfully to Marcus, “Listen to me, Marcus. You should head back and focus on your work! I


    don’t know how long I will have to wait for my uncle and aunt, and it’ll affect your work if there’s any


    dy here. I don’t want you to stay upte and get exhausted!”