Once Tobias ensured his car was locked, he heard someone behind him. He put his keys aside and saw Idania the moment he turned around in the parking lot.
“Why are you here when it’s getting late?”
Idania handed over the presentation slides she had printed to Tobias and said, “I want to show you the amended proposal! When I was on my way back, I thought of some aspects to be improved!”
Tobias found Idania the stubborn woman he used to know. The duo had many things in common, including their capabilities and the preference to have the issues on their ends to be resolved as soon as possible.
He took over the folder and said, “I’ll revert to you once I finish perusing the proposal. The manager from the financial department will take over from now onwards. I’m not supposed to intervene with this in the first place. You’re well aware of the things I’m talking about, aren’t you?”
She gaped at his reply because he sounded as though he couldn’t wait to get rid of her when they had a great time in the afternoon.
Actually, she had been talking most of the time, and occasionally, he would direct a few questions at her.
Idania was conscious Tobias wasn’t interested in the AI pharmaceutical project she had in mind. As a matter of fact, she could barely answer the questions directed at her.
Pursing her lips in an awkward manner, she asked, “Are you on your way back, or have you just arrived?”
He asked in return, “Aren’t you aware when you have been waiting for me here?”
Idania’s face turned pale. She queried in a final attempt to stir things up, “Isn’t your girlfriend against the idea of you spending the night working? No woman enjoys being neglected.”
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