Chapter 46
The news that Veronica was now Elizabeth’s god-granddaughter gave Floch and his wife an impending sense of doom.
To ensure that Tiffany had a stable life when she married into the Kings Family, they started to plan and scheme in their villa.
At the same time, Veronica arrived at the Glory Medical Equipment Company.
The company, which was one of the corporations that Xavier owned, was barely surviving even though it had the backing of the Crawford Family. However, it wasn’t bleeding any money either.
Standing in the CEO’s office, Veronica looked at Xavier fooling around and asked, “What work do you want me to take on here?”
After entering the company, she instantly lost all her fervor when she saw the state of the workplace.
The employees were all lazy, slow and inefficient. The company should be thanking God that they haven’t gone bankrupt yet with such a management.
No, the one they should be thanking is the Crawfords.
Xavier had a laid-back expression as he leaned on the executive chair in his suit. While he had crossed his legs on the office table, he had a cigarette in his mouth as he smoked lazily.
“You could be the manager of the warehouse, sales department, project department, supervisor of the accounting department or the head of the secretaries. It’s up to you.”
Looking at Xavier wasting his talents made Veronica feel extremely disappointed.
With a slight frown, she shook her head in resignation. “Xavier, are you going to just let your youth waste away like this?”
“To live unexamined while being supported is also a kind of enjoyment.”
He felt the disappointment and feeling of loss in her smile, but merely smiled in
response.
Then, he stood up and raised his hand to point around the extravagant office. “Do you know how many would dream to live a life like mine?”
His words spoke the truth.
And this truth was something that Veronica had no reason to rebuke him with.
After looking at each other for a few seconds, she broke the silence by saying, “My sincere thanks to you for looking after me, but I don’t want to work here.”
This was a company so mismanaged that it could close down at any moment.
Another thing that she was worried about was the kind of atmosphere in the company could influence her to become just as lazy and unmotivated as the employees.
Xavier stood there dazed after hearing her words as he looked at her unblinkingly without uttering a single word.
“I still have something to attend to, so goodbye.”
After saying her farewell, Veronica turned around to leave.
16
Only when she reached the door of the office did she suddenly stop. Looking back at him, she asked, “Do you have someone whom you want to protect?”
Still staying silent, Xavier did not reply.
He had been holding a lighter in his hand earlier as he was ready to light up the cigarette in his mouth.
However, because of Veronica’s words, he stopped in his actions and raised his head perplexedly.
“I’ve heard the rumors about you. However, if you keep wasting away like this, you’ll only come to regret your own incompetence and lack of motivation when you can’t even protect the one you love in the future.”
The pressure from various strong oppositions had almost suffocated Veronica numerous times.
Yet, for the sake of her foster parents, she persevered with caution in each step.
The only reason why she had suffered so much was because she was a nobody. She didn’t have any money or power to speak of. N
So as an experienced individual, Veronica did not want Xavier to follow in her footsteps.
She then left the office and closed the door behind her.
Do you have someone that you want to protect? That was her question that he repeated in his mind while standing at the same spot. Yes, I do.
In his mind, the first person who was able to fit that description was none other than Veronica herself.
Clink
Suddenly, the engraved lighter in his hand fell onto the ground.
In a state of utter helplessness, he sat on his chair again
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