Only half of the page had been used after she rewrote it for the last time. She checked the time and made a decision. She decided to just use one page this time and it wasn't even fully used yet.
"Sir!"
"Come in!" Edgar replied without raising his head. He was scribbling away at some papers on his desk.
Maggie stared down at the top of Edgar's head with contemptuous eyes as she walked up to his desk. She silently cursed at him in her mind, but said, "Sir, I have finished the review!"
Edgar didn't reply. Instead, he just continued writing. About five minutes later, he finally stopped. He checked the time first. It was 10:18. Then he raised his head to look at Maggie as she handed over the review.
Maggie was already prepared to see her review torn up again, as it seemed to be Edgar's new method of exacting his revenge on her. She had already begun to plot in her mind, scheming to write an anonymous letter to her father to sue Edgar.
"Okay, you can go now."
"What?"
Maggie was busy plotting when she heard Edgar's surprising reply. She couldn't believe what she had just heard and looked at Edgar with disbelief in her eyes.
"What? Do you want to write it again?"
Edgar asked in a cold voice as he resumed writing at his desk.
Maggie's lips curled slightly and she stood up straight immediately. Then she answered, "No, sir!"
"Okay, you can go now," Edgar repeated indifferently.
"Sir!"
"What?"
"I don't understand... Why was my review accepted this time and not before?" Maggie was confused as to why Edgar tore up her previous reports without even reading them carefully, while this one, which was written arbitrarily, found acceptance so easily.
Edgar curled his lips into a cold smile and answered, "What I wanted wasn't a beautifully worded, meaningless report. I wanted something practical and meaningful."
He then raised the piece of paper she had submitted and added, "I'll keep this and see whether you can deliver on your promises."
Maggie was a stubborn girl. If someone showed any signs of looking down on her, she wouldn't spare any effort to prove her capability to him. "I'm sure that you will see me succeed, sir!"
A faint smile flashed across Edgar's face momentarily, but he quickly hid it before Maggie could see. "You can go now. Don't forget to close the door when you leave," he ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
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