It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 209

"Did I hear you right? Did you just call me a capitalist? Just to prove it, you're in charge of all the outstanding development programs from now on, and I want the results on my desk by the morning after tomorrow." Edward appeared at the door suddenly, which made Rain tremble with fear. Rain thought, 'is it necessary to be so cruel?' All of the development programs? Did he know what he was saying? And he wanted to see the results by the morning after tomorrow? Why didn't he just crush me to death?'

"Edward, are you sure you mean all of the development programs? You're not just kidding me?" Rain wiped away his sweat secretly. He would rather see Luke's face if he had known this.

"What? Why are you questioning me? You're the least busy person in the company. So how can I be a qualified capitalist, as described, if I don't give you enough work?" No wonder Rain's office was empty. It was because Rain was trash talking him to his co-workers, Edward thought.

"Bullshit! Who said I am not busy? I have mountains of files on my desk to be reviewed!" Now Rain had realized what the sentence "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction" meant. He was bearing the brunt of Edward's reaction. Rain skirted Edward's office on purpose, giving him a wide berth. But Rain couldn't understand why he still couldn't avoid Edward and his bad mood!

"Everyone's busy but you. Even worse, you're stopping other people from working! You tell me whether I should double your work to get my money's worth out of you!" Edward said with an enchanting smile. Rain, who was as enchanting as Edward, also couldn't resist his dazzling smile.

"Boss, you can't be that cruel? I can't work without a break. It won't be efficient if I put my nose to the grindstone all the time. I need to get up and walk around sometimes." Rain argued. He wasn't stupid enough to take on the job Edward wanted him to do, which was definitely more work than the files already on his desk.

"You talk too much. I gotta go deal with something. Don't forget to take all the files on my desk with you when you go back to your office. Remember: I want to see the results the morning after tomorrow. I'd do it now, if I were you.." This time it seemed non negotiable, an ultimatum. Edward headed out of his office, without any eye contact with Rain.

"Aaron, Edward wasn't serious, right? He asked me to get all the development program files on his desk done in two days. That's impossible!" Rain was flustered and he wondered if it was necessary for Edward to do him wrong like that. He had work to do already. He thought it was better for Edward to kill him directly than give him so much work. Then he didn't need to sit here bitching about his life.

"Yep! I am sure he was serious. No kidding. So you can choose to stay here being cute. But don't say i didn't warn you. You'll be shipped off to Thailand again if you don't get them done on time." Rain thought Aaron was totally into schadenfreude, and Edward was a sadist. Now he had changed into a dejected phoenix from a prideful peacock. And he regarded it as fun, because life could be more delightful when some flavoring was added occasionally, he thought.

"What? The heavens have abandoned me! Aaron, would you like to give me a hand? Or I'm totally dead." Rain looked at Aaron with a pleading expression, wishing that Aaron could be kind enough to give him some help so that he could avoid the fall that awaited him.

"Only if I am out of my mind. It is better for you to get it started than to complain about it over here. I think that would be helpful." Aaron knew that what Edward said to Rain just now was said in anger. If Rain chose to do it, Edward might change his mind. If not, that would be another story.

"Fine! Aaron, I hate you. You quit on me! There's going to be payback." After uttering these harsh words, Rain walked into Edward's office lazily. He thought, 'Damn it! If I knew Edward was back, I wouldn't have been standing outside his office complaining. Instead, I would have returned to my office, sitting tight and behaving nicely. Now I've stepped in it. Curiosity killed the cat! No. It should be "curiosity killed the person". There is nobody more miserable than me! Is there? Is there? I called Edward a capitalist. And now he's exploiting me.'

Edward didn't think as much as Rain did, actually. Rain was just a tool to take out his anger on. Edward had been deeply confused since he saw the report on Daisy. An unexplained sadness had been dragging him down since noon. He needed a way to change his state, to get him more energized. Maybe going to the gym might work. Otherwise, he would melt down.

Arriving at the fitness club, he chose a quiet spot and started playing squash. He held his racquet with determination. He bounced the ball off of one wall, then the next, until the ball was hitting all four walls so rapidly it was barely visible. Thousands of drops of perspiration beaded on him, dripping on the court as he played his game of solitary squash. His thoughts drifted back to the terrible things he said on his wedding night. .