Chapter 37 Office Banter
That night, Charles embraced Autumn in his arms and the two fell asleep together peacefully.
But they only held each other without doing anything further.
Autumn felt a bit strange at first. But when she thought of her promise of giving him a fair chance, she
didn''t push him away. She used his arm as a pillow and fell asleep soon.
Both of them got a sound sleep that night.
When she woke up, it was a new day and the sun was shining bright. Autumn began looking for her
phone to check the time. When she saw the time, she was suddenly wide awake. "Oh my god, I over-
slept!"
She quickly got up toplete her chores. Since Charles slept beside herst night, Autumn slept so
well that even rms couldn''t wake her up.
When she got downstairs, she saw Charles having breakfast at the table. He looked at ease.
To not bother Autumn any further, Charles cancelled the servants'' holiday yesterday. When she saw
the table beingid with avish breakfast, Autumn felt powerless and frustrated.
"It''s gonna bete. I won''t have breakfast." Autumn said.
"Wait!" Charles immediately handed her a sandwich and a bottle of milk and said,"I''ll drive you to work."
Autumn hesitated but then agreed immediately since she was running out of time. If she wasted time
arguing with him, she would bete today.
He parked the car at the same corner. Autumn finished her breakfast in the car. As she was to open the
door and get off the car, Charles pulled her back and forced her to look at him.
Charles'' face was in close proximity to her nose. Autumn was taken aback. She didn''t know what to
say,"What... what are you doing?"
Although they were still a little far from the Cloud Advertising Company, there was a risk of her
colleagues passing from there and seeing them. If they saw them together in the same car, she would
probably be abused again.
Charles didn''t say anything but drew her even closer. Autumn thought he probably wanted to kiss her
and hence closed her eyes. After a while, the expected kiss didn''t happen but she rather heard
Charles''ughter.
"Look at you. You eat like a child and forget to wipe your mouth." Charles reached out his hand to wipe
off the bread crumbs sticking to the corners of her lips.
Looking at Charles'' smiling face, Autumn was very embarrassed.
"I have to go." She turned back to open the door but was pulled back by Charles again. He kissed her
on the forehead,"Now that your are expecting my kiss, I shall satisfy you."
"You..." Autumn huffed with a blush. Though she had walked a few meters away from Charles, she still
could hear hisugher.
Damn Charles! He dared to y tricks on her!
While going upstairs, Autumn was cursing Charles in her heart. When she entered the office, people
who had gathered to congratte Pa gradually dispersed and the lively atmosphere suddenly faded
away.
"What happened?" Autumn asked with a smile. Actually, she didn''t care about the position of nning
director. The only reason why she stayed here was to pay a debt of gratitude towards Ryan who hired
her when she really needed a job.
But now, Ryan didn''t seem to need her any more. It was time to leave thepany.
Autumn smiled,"Please go on. You don''t have to bother about me."
After saying that, she went to her office. She could still hear Pa''s voice,"Leave her alone. Now that
she couldn''tpete with me, nothing is pleasing to her eyes. Let''s talk about our lunch. It''s on me."
"Thank you, Pa!"
"Pa, I always know you are perfect for this position. Unlike Ye, who has nothing but meaningless
pride."
"Definitely..."
Autumn closed the door to cut off from the disturbance in the office.
Since she had just finished the case of the Shining Company, there was no new case for her to deal
with. But as the general leader of the Shining Company''s case, it was her job to coordinate with them.
In case there was any improvement needed by the Shining Company, she wanted to make timely
adjustments.
When she was about to call the representatives of the Shining Company, Le knocked at her door.
"Miss Ye, this is your coffee. Here you go." Le said with a smile. When everybody was busy ttering
Pa who was the new nning director, only Le stood by Autumn.
Autumn was touched by her gesture.
Though Le was straight forward and blunt, she was the only one here who treated Autumn sincerely
unlike her other hypocritical colleagues.
"Miss Ye, you don''t look very well. Did you stay uptest night?" Looking at Autumn, Le said,"Miss
Ye, you didn''t know what happened after you left that day. In front of all the colleagues, Pa spoke
very ill of you. She also said that you left with Mr. Lu. Mr. Zhou also looked very angry that day. He left
as soon as you left. Currently, there is a rumor going on in the office that you are a home wrecker.
Miss Ye, Pa ridiculed you in public. Aren''t you angry?" Le tried to question her.
Taking a sip of coffee, Autumn felt calm andposed. She smiled and said,"No, I am not angry."
"But she went a bit too far..." Le seemed to be angrier than Autumn,"Even if you left with Mr. Lu, I
won''t ever think of you as a home wrecker!"
Le stared at Autumn with caution. Raising her head, Autumn looked at Le and said,"She is right. I
did leave with Mr. Lu. I was drunk that day. Mr. Lu happened to pass by and he dropped me home."
"Really?" Le looked at Autumn with curiosity. Obviously, she didn''t believe Autumn.
Autumn looked up to Le and asked,"What? Do you have any problem?"
"No, no." Le hurriedly shook her head. She said,"Miss Ye, please rx yourself. I''ll leave now."
"Okay, thanks." Autumn casually said.
Not long after Le left, Pa opened the door and came into the room. She looked at Autumn and
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said,"Ye, we were talking about going out for a barbecue at noon. Will you join us?" Pa crossed her
arms on the chest, waiting for Autumn to answer.
"Don''t you know that you should knock beforeing in?" Autumn raised her head and said with a
tone of attitude.
Pa didn''t care about it. She smiled and directly sat down opposite Autumn,"Ye, you''re always so
antisocial. It was such an important dinnerst Friday and you left alone. You have no idea how angry
Mr. Zhou was."
Autumn pulled a long face,"If you hadn''t get me drunk, I wouldn''t have to leave."
Pa didn''t get annoyed. She sneered,"You know, I really admire you. Though Mr. Lu just got married
recently, he didn''t have any issue being seen with you in public. What exactly did you do to lure Mr.
Lu?"