She Walked Away With His Twins While He Begged the Ground She Walked On novel Chapter 271

"Miles, have you lost your mind? Wayne has already recovered my data. The files are perfectly intact. Yet you’re claiming he’s incompetent and threatening to demote him? What did he ever do to you?"

Miles leaned back in his chair, his gaze lifting lazily. "Any professional could have done it in thirty minutes. It took him nearly three hours. If that isn't incompetence, what is?"

Wayne West walked over with his lunch tray. Hearing the accusation, the color drained from his face.

"Mr. York, Ms. Avery's laptop was severely damaged. It’s an older model, so the system was struggling to boot up. I... I really wasn't stalling."

Desperate, he shot a pleading look at Hunter. "Mr. Hunter..."

He hoped the assistant would vouch for him. Hunter looked torn, stealing a quick, nervous glance at Quinn.

Quinn’s eyes flared with anger. "Miles, if you have a problem with me, leave everyone else out of it!"

"Heh..."

Miles let out a cold scoff. He did have a problem with her, but he was strictly sticking to the facts.

Wayne clearly harbored inappropriate thoughts about her, and this woman was exactly the type to encourage it.

The two of them had hit it off perfectly, right under his nose.

He didn't even know why he was so furious. Perhaps it was because she still carried the legal title of his wife, and that alone was enough to make his blood boil!

"Miles, what exactly do you want?"

Miles’s thin lips parted. "Delete her number."

Quinn froze. "What?"

Before she could even process what number he meant, Hunter caught on.

He turned to the manager with a heavy frown. "Wayne, did you... just add Ms. Avery's contact info?"

Realization slapped Wayne in the face. He quickly pulled up Quinn’s profile on his phone and deleted her.

Handing the screen over with a trembling hand, he stammered, "Mr. York, I've already deleted Ms. Avery's contact."

"Ms. Avery, I am so sorry!"

He hurried away, not even daring to spare Quinn a second glance, terrified of angering the boss any further.

Seeing the heavy silence settle between the two, Hunter forced a polite smile. "Mr. York, how is the food? If it's not to your liking, I can have the kitchen prepare a few more dishes."

"No need. Sit down and eat."

Quinn had entirely lost her appetite. She gathered her things, preparing to head upstairs and leave.

Seeing her move, Hunter softly intervened, "Ms. Avery, if you leave now, Mr. York might just get angrier. It wouldn't be good if he took it out on Wayne again."

Hunter knew perfectly well that his boss was only in the cafeteria because of Quinn.

If she walked away, he had no doubt Mr. York's temper would erupt.

Helpless, Quinn sat back down, but facing that block of ice across from her completely ruined her appetite.

Noticing she hadn't touched her silverware, Miles's tone dripped with mockery. "What? Now that Wayne is gone, you can't even bring yourself to eat?"