The following day, Abel was busy with work. His phone rang, and he took it and saw it was from the Lewis Mansion. He put it on speaker, so it did not affect his work.
“Abel,” Rosaline was on the other side of the phone; she asked, “Will you be back for lunch?”
“I’ll eat in the company,” he answered. “There is too much work to be done; I can’t rush back and forth.”
“Oh, er…” She sounded hesitant.
“You don’t have to wait for me.” He hung up the phone. He knew that Evelyn was still waiting for him back there. He felt troubled thinking of her.
Someone knocked on his door. “Come in.” He said it without looking up. He expected some of the executives to be here to report on their work. There have been more than twenty people coming into his office since this morning.
“Abel?” Someone said it faintly.
He looked up and saw Benjamin; he was so much slimmer, but he looked energetic.
“Benjamin?” He was surprised. “Please come in to have a seat.”
Benjamin sat on the sofa right opposite him, and he asked his secretary to make them some tea.
“Why are you here?” He asked.
“One of my steel businesses,” Benjamin said with a faint smile, “was taken by you.”
“Oh,” Abel said, “I didn’t know about it.” Before Benjamin could reply, he continued to say, “My subordinate told me that Aldemar’s company snatched one of our medicine businesses this morning.”
“Ha, ha. It seems like we’re the same.” Benjamin said, “I’m not here for this.”
“Then?” Abel put his pen down and looked at him curiously.
“I felt uneasy,” He pinched his bridge of the nose, and he said, “And I realized I can only talk openly with you.”
“What do you want to say?” Abel smiled faintly and said, “I’m all ears.”
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