Chapter 269
In fact, Tobias had a fiancée once, but they never went through with the marriage. Susan heard she had
a mental breakdown and was institutionalized in a mental hospital.
Only Tobias himself knew what happened between them.
Susan knew that, stripped of his charisma, Tobias would be nothing more than an average hostile,
dangerous yboy. This was why she constantly reminded herself not to fall for him.
Her boss would rather remain a bachelor for life than being bogged down by marriage and the demands
of one singr woman.
Just as Susan was leaving the room, she bumped into Eva at the door.
Susan shot her a look. Eva had a rather lovesick look on her face, and Susan’s expression turned rather
critical.
The office had just hired a few assistants. Eva was objectively the best-looking one out of all of them.
Susan feared that she might have developed a few strange ideas. Eva was a pretty good worker, and
shepleted all her tasks wonderfully.
Tobias tore his gaze from his phone and looked up at Eva. “Is there something wrong?”
“Mr. Ford, the weather has been rather coldtely. My mother made some soup to thank you for taking
such good care of me. Please drink some—it’ll do wonders for your health.” Eva ced the canister of
soup on his desk and made to twist open the cover.
Tobias leaned back in his chair and continued reading his documents, looking utterly unruffled.
“Mr. Ford, you should drink while it’s hot,” Eva persisted. The silence in the room was making her
ufortable.
“First, I’ve never extended any special treatment towards you. Second, I hate soup—they make me sick
and taste horrible to boot. Besides, do we know each other very well? You don’t have to be so concerned
about me.”
Tobias drew blood with every word. Eva felt as though someone had just emptied a bucket of ice-cold
water on her head. She put the lid back onto the canister.
The wild, savage expression in Tobias’ eyes frightened her.
She had no choice but to leave the room. Just as she reached the door, he looked up and gazed at her.
Eva’s heart started beating wildly as she felt her face heat up.
“Aside from work matters, please do note in here to look for me. You might be new, but that’s no
excuse for yourck of propriety.”
Eva bowed her head in humiliation. This was the first time she had been so thoroughly embarrassed.
Tobias hadn’t bothered to treat her with respect at all.
The office fell silent as she crept despondently out of the room and shut the door behind her quietly.
Susan was waiting for Eva in the corridor.
She gazed contemptuously at the canister in thetter’s hands and the mncholic expression on her
face.
Blocking Eva’s path, Susan smiled and said mockingly, “I remember telling you about the rules of this
office on your first day. Have you forgotten all about it? Don’t think you can climb the corporatedder by
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Eva tried in vain to defend herself, but Susan refused to listen to her. She had seen this sort of girls
before.
Tobias had never expressed an interest in any of his female subordinates. He hated it when people tried
to suck up to him.
He frowned and pursed his lips in annoyance. He tried to call Skr, but she hung up on him every
single time.
After he tried calling her a few more times, she got so frustrated that she simply blocked his number.
What the hell is she doing? Infuriated, Tobias removed his tie and flung it onto his desk. He stalked over
to his window and watched as rain poured down onto the streets outside.
It was already winter, but it still rained every other day. Recently, it had been bone-chillingly cold.
Sometimes, it was so cold at night that Tobias had a hard time falling asleep—that was when he thought
two people in bed was better than one.
He hadn’t had much time to rest these days. He was spending most of his days in the office, which left
him no time to engage in his usual debaucherous behavior. In fact, it had been a month since hest had
s@x.