Athena raised her gaze and locked eyes with Ruby. She couldn't help but notice that Ruby resembled Freya, even more than herself.
"I will," Athena nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, Athena. I'll put in my best effort to learn quickly!" Ruby's voice dripped with sweetness.
"You're welcome," she replied politely, as she always did. Byron couldn't detect any signs of displeasure or jealousy from her.
"She doesn't care because she's not jealous..." These words echoed in Byron's mind, irritating him.
"I need coffee," he grumbled, storming into his office .
Later, in the break room, Ruby and Athena were finally alone...
"Miss Holland, Mr. Crawford is quite particular about his coffee's taste, so—"
"Athena, I suggest you avoid being around Byron in the future. Whenever he sees you, it puts him in a bad mood. He is my man now, and I don't want him to be unhappy," Ruby interrupted, crossing her arms and staring at Athena with arrogance, as if she were Byron's girlfriend, not his secretary.
"Miss Holland, if you want me to leave quickly, you might want to stop talking and focus on learning," Athena calmly responded, grinding the coffee beans.
Ruby had said those words to provoke Athena, hoping to trigger her anger and make Byron hate her even more. But Athena didn't take her words to heart at all. Ruby gnashed her teeth in frustration.
The truth was, Ruby was sent to Byron's side several months ago.
Athena blocked Ruby's path, capturing his attention first. She believed Athena must have used some underhanded tactics to gain his favor, even though Ruby resembled his love Freya more.
So far, Byron hadn't shown any interest in Ruby whatsoever.
Aside from occasionally zoning out while staring at her, he rarely smiled.
glared at Athena with
who got dumped by Byron. What are
as if she could see her inner thoughts. "Today is our first meeting,
caught off guard and instinctively retorted,
it because you haven't slept
was clearly frustrated at being
plainly explained. “One is Byron's secretary
evident in her voice. She couldn’t believe
Byron as much as you think. It's just a job. I've always been professional
furrowed her brows and looked
still couldn't fully
moment, Ruby finally said, "You better do as you
it towards Ruby, and flashed a gentle smile. " Since you've been talkin' so much, I'll give you a heads up too. I'll let it go this
Ruby felt a shiver
back, considering everyone
right now, she seemed completely
a
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tapped the table and said, "Why are
that, Athena left the
"Athena!"
as she left, the director of the sales department rushed
the verge of quitting! If we hadn't scheduled a meeting to go over the plan ahead of time, you would've bailed ages ago! I bet you took some cash from our rivals and deliberately sabotaged our
being blunt and hot-tempered. He had been working
you please calm
from Maxwell Electronics were
she nodded. "I carefully checked all the data and handed them over to your sales department after making