Chapter 1425


    As much as Vanessa disapproved of Julien drinking coffee whenever he was tired, she couldn''t


    change the habit. She made coffee for Julien very quickly and brought it to him.


    When she brought the coffee to his office, Julien was still deep in discussion with a few smartly-


    dressed men and women. Vanessa snuck in to leave the coffee on his desk and turned to leave


    without disturbing them.


    Just as she turned around, someone called out to her. "Vanessa?"


    The voice that had called out to her was somewhat familiar. Vanessa looked back and saw that one


    of the people in discussion with Julien was her college ssmate, Sinir Stark. They had been


    quite close back in college.


    Sinir walked towards Vanessa and asked, "Vanessa, you''re working in Rovio?"


    Vanessa nodded and replied, "Yes, I''ve been here for sometime."


    Sinir continued, "How is it that I''ve never heard from Mr. Kyle about this?"


    It was obvious that Sinir and Julien weren''t particrly close, so it was normal for Julien to not


    have mentioned this. Moreover, even if they were close, judging by Julien''s indifferent temperament,


    it was unlikely that he would bring this up.


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    Besides, Vanessa felt that the ambiguous rtionship between Julien and her was simply


    unspeakable. With Julien''s arrogance, he would certainly not be willing to let the whole world know.


    Before Vanessa could answer, Sinir continued to ask, "Since you''re here, you must be working in


    Rovio''s headquarters. What''s your current position? With your abilities, coupled with you and


    Julien''s rtionship, I would say..."


    Sinir may have known about Vanessa and Julien''s past, but he didn''t know their present


    situation. Since they weren''t in an official meeting, and considering how he and Vanessa used to be


    good friends, Sinir couldn''t resist nosing more about it.


    Vanessa knew that it was unintentional, but she still felt extremely embarrassed. She was very clear


    about where she stood, so she just put on a smile to cover up her embarrassment. "Well, yes, I do


    work here, but it''s office hours now and I need to get going. I''ll buy you a meal after work," she said.


    Sinir said, "Vanessa..."


    Vanessa didn''t even dare to look at Julien''s expression and fled before he could say more.


    When Vanessa was walking out of the office, she ran into Queenie, who smiled and greeted her,


    "Vanessa, I guess you were just bringing some coffee to Director Julien."


    Vanessa nodded and turned to walk past Queenie.


    Queenie blocked her way and said, "Vanessa, you''re so lucky to be able to make coffee for Director


    Julien every day and enter his office at will. I don''t think you even know that you''re now the target of


    envy of all the unmarried women in thepany. I heard through the grapevine yesterday that there


    are many people just waiting for Director Julien to get tired of you. However, with your beautiful


    appearance, I doubt he would ever get tired of you. I hope you''ll take care of me in the future!"


    Queenie''s words sounded sarcastic no matter how you interpreted them, which made Vanessa feel


    ufortable. She replied bluntly, "Queenie, I guess you too are unaware of how popr you are


    in thepany right now."


    Queenie pointed at herself and said, "Me? Are you kidding me? I can''t evenpare to you."


    Vanessa smiled slightly and said, "That''s right. Everyone knows that you always have thetest


    gossip, whether it''s about the president''s official or private matters. You may even be more in the


    know than the president himself, since you seem to be confident of who Director Julien likes and


    dislikes."


    Queenie could tell that Vanessa was saying that she was meddlesome. Her face turned green and


    she wanted tosh out. However, when she thought of the two colleagues that were dismissed the


    previous week, she could only suppress her anger and said, "Vanessa, no matter what, I''ll treat you


    as my colleague. As for how you think of me, that''s your business, but please spare me."


    "No, I should be asking you to spare me. All I want is to stay in Rovio and earn what I deserve," said


    Vanessa. Be it working in the secretary team or facing the Love family, Vanessa knew that kind


    people would be bullied!


    If she just endured blindly, they would just take advantage of her, so she had to be tough when the


    situation called for it, because she didn''t rely on these people to make a living. Her boss was rich


    and powerful, and he was the one who gave her the power to do whatever she wanted.


    Why should she be afraid of these people?


    Even if they wanted to talk about her behind her back, she couldn''t control their mouths. But if they


    were to mock her right to her face, she wouldn''t just stand there and take it.


    In the future, she would not let anyone trample over her.


    Queenie originally wanted to provoke Vanessa, but all she managed to do was make herself angry.


    She couldn''t even bring this up to anybody! If Vanessa reported this to Julien, she would be out of a


    job.


    Vanessa was not the kind of person to stir up trouble. However, she would not allow anyone to push


    her around. Dealing with Queenie in that way only made her feel satisfied.


    She went back to her workstation and printed 20 copies of the document that she had just checked,


    then ced them neatly at everyone''s seats in the conference room.


    Once she was done with the preparations, it was almost time for the meeting. The first people to


    arrive at the conference room were some executives, followed by Julien and the representatives of


    the cooperating party.


    Julien was wearing a white shirt and ck trousers, which made him stand out especially, amongst


    the crowd of people in ck suits. Vanessa couldn''t help but give him a second nce.


    "D*mn it, this man is so handsome every which way you look at him. Whether in work or in life, no


    matter how cold his face is, it doesn''t affect his attractiveness in the least," Vanessa thought to


    herself.


    While Vanessa was looking at Julien, his eyes also swept towards her. Vanessa did not dare to


    meet his eyes and quickly looked away but felt that he had stared at her for several seconds.


    As Vanessa was in charge of the final review of the documents, she had to participate in the


    meeting right till the very end and take down the key points.


    Throughout her year of working there, Vanessa had participated in a number of these meetings and


    was almost able to do it with her eyes closed. She knew what Julien wanted to do with just a small


    action or nce. It could be said that they worked very well together when it came to official


    matters, which was also another reason why Julien would bring her along on business trips most of


    the time.


    No matter which documents Julien wanted, Vanessa could always hand it to him with no hesitation.


    Certain people at the meeting were impressed with Mr. Kyle''s insight, but only Sinir wasn''t


    surprised.


    In the past, everybody in their university knew that both of them are geniuses with high IQs and


    there were few who could keep pace with them.


    Not only were they highly intelligent, they also had high standards. Anyone who partnered with them


    would suffer a lot and end up making a mess of things. However, when it was just the two of them


    working on anything, they had always had wless cooperation.