Let Me Go, Mr. Harvey novel Chapter 57

The office was so quiet that even a needle that dropped to the floor could be heard.

“What else can I do for you, James?

If no, I’ll go to work.”

The office was big, but James was there, the air seemed to be squeezed and there was little oxygen in it.

James smiled lightly, nobody knowing his eyes dim or bright, as if there was snort in them, “You love your job so much, and work so diligently, should I give your a promotion?”

“You must be joking. This is just what I should do.”

Angela’s every cell was tight, not knowing what she did had dissatisfied him.

Or, it was whatever she did just dissatisfied him.

“Leaving your clothes intentionally is also what you should do as an employee?”

James snorted, put down the tea cup, took a bag beside his feet and threw it on the table.

Seeing the bag, Angela was reminded that she forgot to take her clothes home yesterday.

“You have nothing to say,

don’t you?”

James stood up and walked toward her, looking down at her.

She lowered her head, her height not to his shoulder. She felt ill at ease like this when she had to be submissive.

But as for why she felt ill at ease, she did not want to think about, and she was not willing to think about it.

He was so tall that Angela felt she was suppressed. She held her breath and moved a few steps backwards, then she explained, “I did not mean it.”

She was having an intense stomachache and just wanted to go to the hospital, so she forgot about her clothes.

“This is a lame explanation.”

James lifted her chin, forcing her to look at him, “Angela, I have told you that you should make a good excuse before lying.”

“How can you be sure that is a lie, not the truth?

Just because you do not have a good impression of me, everything I do is on purpose?”

Angela held the cornerof her coat tightly and regretted after saying these words.

Her attitude like this would just make James more dissatisfied with her.

James loosened her chin, his fingers touching the scar on her forehead. His eyes became dimmer, “Angela...”

“I am sorry. I shouldn’t have spoken to you with such a rude manner.”

Her forehead, where he touched was like be licked by a sharp knife. Angela’s nose was covered by a layer of cold sweat, “The accident that happened yesterday in the car. I am sorry for that. It was all my fault.”

James looked at her fear that she tried to hide, his eyebrows moving a little bit. And he sat back in his chair, “The tea is cold.”

“Please wait a moment. I’ll make a new one for you.”

Angela boiled some water, and made tea, but she felt ill at ease. When she was passing the tea to him, she was scalded by the hot tea, but she did not make any sound.

James took a glance at her scalded hand and his eyes became dimmer. He held the tea to drink, but he was not in the mood to do it, so he just put it down.

“I have gastrosis, and I drank too much alcohol yesterday, so I was in a hurry to go to the hospital. This was why I forgot my clothes.”

Angela knew that he would not believe it, but she still said it again.

The reason why she explained it again was that she could not bear his furor.

James made a light sound “well”, but whether he was happy or not could not tell.

He leaned against the chair and relaxed his shoulders, with some tiredness in his facial expression.

Seeing this, Angela stopped saying anything. However, when she thought about what Julia told her, she still said cautiously,

“I know something about massage, I can massage your shoulders for you.”

James’s legs were intertwined and his hands were on his knees, looking at her gently.

Angela could not get what he meant. She moved her lips a bit, but she did not say anything in the end.

“You learned so many things.”

James said it, with some unclear meaning in it. Then he closed his eyes and said, “Come over here.”