To the Love of My Life

Chapter 194: 194 Warm Encounter (8)

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She didn’t know if it was because Steve Burton had been sarcastic to her too many times recently, but she found herself in a constant state of apprehension whenever she was at her desk.

After all, she was Steve’s secretary and assistant. Despite trying her best to avoid Steve, there were times when she had to face him directly. At those moments, Ruby became especially nervous. However, every time it turned out to be a false alarm.

Once, she had even made a small mistake on a document she submitted to

Steve.

Steve was standing right in front of her desk, with the other secretaries sitting properly in their seats. Behind him were the manager of the Planning Department and the director of the Market Department.

At that time, Ruby’s heart was in her throat, as she didn’t know how Steve would scold her.

When she thought she was doomed, Steve looked up and asked Ruby, “Where’s the pen?”

Ruby was stunned for a second, then hurriedly grabbed the pen from her desk and handed it to him.

Steve took the pen casually, made a small change on the document to correct Ruby’s mistake, then looked at her and returned the pen. He took the document she submitted, together with the managers of the Planning and Market Departments, and entered his office.

Ruby stood holding the pen in front of her desk for a while, then listlessly took her seat.

What had just happened felt like a dream to her.

In fact, Steve was not bad-tempered. His mood swings were mostly negligible. Even when some of the high-level staff at the company ran into problems, his tone remained calm when he scolded them.

But at those moments, even his casual tone still carried an oppressive feeling.

Every time it happened, all the secretaries in the company would collectively go silent, fearing they might accidentally become the target of his ire.

Ruby was no exception.

However, once she was responsible for a document that urgently needed Steve’s signature. At the same time, the Technical Department encountered some issues, causing the company’s intranet to be somewhat paralyzed. This made Steve directly call the manager of the Technical Department and utter, “If this isn’t fixed within three minutes, get out.”

Steve’s office door was open at the time, and the secretaries in their office could hear his words clearly. With the intranet down, everyone naturally couldn’t work, but they lowered their heads, pretending to be busy.

Just then, Ruby was at the door of Steve’s office with the document that needed his urgent signature..