Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long while, she said sullenly, \u201cI can help, but not for free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You have to pay me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Preferably, enough to win back the 800 thousand dollars she\u00a0<\/p>\n
lost the other day!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine put her hands together, her smile brilliant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDeal!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca narrowed her eyes slightly, leaning back on the sofa\u00a0<\/p>\n
and watching the vibrant Madeleine for a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the past, she never would have imagined she could be calmly\u00a0<\/p>\n
having afternoon tea with this woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly blurted\u00a0<\/p>\n
out, \u201cMadeleine, what\u2019s your secret to making a man so\u00a0<\/p>\n
obsessed with you? Got any tips?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The scent of gossip was suddenly in the air!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine leaned in excitedly, \u201cYou\u2019re trying to land a guy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s one sentence almost made the great Ms. Whitman\u00a0<\/p>\n
get heated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat nonsense are you talking about? Do I look like someone\u00a0<\/p>\n
who\u2019s short on men?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine snickered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How is that the same? It doesn\u2019t matter how many men are\u00a0<\/p>\n
around you if you don\u2019t like any of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca wanted to say more, but seeing Madeleine\u2019s sly grin,\u00a0<\/p>\n
she immediately felt it was a bad idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She might just turn around and tell Roderick, and then the two\u00a0<\/p>\n
of them would gossip about me behind my back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No, no, I can\u2019t trust her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rebecca finished her coffee and stood up. \u201cIf there\u2019s nothing\u00a0<\/p>\n
else, I\u2019m leaving. You should get back to work too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t be in such a hurry. I haven\u2019t properly thanked you yet for the thing with Dannie.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo need to thank me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After saying that, she turned back. \u201cPay for the coffee.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine was speechless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The richer they are, the stingier they get. She won\u2019t even part\u00a0<\/p>\n
with the money for a cup of coffee.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Rebecca returned to her office, she couldn\u2019t get\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s words out of her head for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cChase a man?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pfft, as if.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo I need to chase a man?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She leaned back in her chair huffily, rocking back and forth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, Ms. Whitman took out her phone and found\u00a0<\/p>\n
a contact saved as: Frankenstein.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She cleared her throat twice and mimicked Madeleine\u2019s tone\u00a0<\/p>\n
from earlier:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cProfessor Shaw~ Are you busy? Wanna grab dinner later?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After sending it, she listened to the voice message, got goosebumps all over, and quickly unsent it, her ears turning\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
bright red.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What the hell!\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a week of work, Madeleine finally realized she was just an errand girl.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was very frustrated, and was sulking when she went to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick\u2019s office for lunch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not hungry?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine\u2019s cheeks were stuffed with food, and she felt a little\u00a0<\/p>\n
embarrassed to chew after hearing that.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was just in a bad mood, but it hadn\u2019t affected her appetite\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shaking her head, Madeleine put down her fork after finishing\u00a0<\/p>\n
her meal and said:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRicki, you don\u2019t suspect me anymore, do you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSuspect?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
What.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe corporate spy. Didn\u2019t you tell Rebecca last time that you\u00a0<\/p>\n
were investigating a corporate spy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick smiled, surprised she was still thinking about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, I don\u2019t suspect you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As he spoke, he gently wiped the grease from the corner of her\u00a0<\/p>\n
lips with a napkin.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine: \u201cSo you don\u2019t believe in my abilities?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let me tell you, even though I have eight years of experience, I have the memory of an eighteen\u2013year\u2013old now. And you know what eighteen means? It means my brain is sharp.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pouted, \u201cThink about it. Wasn\u2019t the peak of your knowledge right after you took the SAT?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick was silent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was true for most people, but him\u2026 After the SAT, he had spent years cramming knowledge like a demon to inherit the family company. The average person couldn\u2019t compare.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you should give me more work, something harder, more\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
challenging.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick chuckled. So that\u2019s what this was about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other people couldn\u2019t wait to do less work and slack off more,\u00a0<\/p>\n
but she was quite special.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A young mindset is still young. It\u2019s good to be young.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, stay here with me this afternoon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine subconsciously glanced towards the lounge, her\u00a0<\/p>\n
thoughts immediately turning dirty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A whole afternoon?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Staying in there?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick reached out and tapped her forehead, annoyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s going on in that head of yours? I had you come over to\u00a0<\/p>\n
watch me handle work, to get you familiar with the business.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine retorted stubbornly, \u201cMy mind wasn\u2019t in the gutter!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the afternoon, Madeleine obediently pulled up a stool and sat\u00a0<\/p>\n
next to Roderick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While he reviewed documents, he explained the company\u2019s\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
business operations to Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTake a look at this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick took out a stack of documents and handed them to\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She kept her head down, reading for a full half\u2013hour. They were\u00a0<\/p>\n
all documents from Edward\u2019s company.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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