Maisie hung up on him and stood up. She tried to argue with Julian, "Mr. Hughes, I..."
Julian interrupted her, "You've got a whole week to adapt to it. So, no rush! You don't have to wrap all the things up in one day!"
Julian thought of it and explained, "You haven't worked for me for a long time and you might not know my attitude towards work now. Since I became a father of two, I tried to get off work on time and go home to stay with Emelia and the kids. So, you don't have to work overtime again."
Julian glanced at David beside him, "If someone has to work overtime, David will stay. He's single, anyway."
David was speechless.
What was it all about?
Right, he was single. But what was the problem with it?
"OK, then." Maisie saw Julian was gonna stand there and wait for her to clean up and leave. She had no choice but to turn off the computer.
She used to firmly believe Julian would stand on her side, but she just felt he was helping Ezra this time.
He must have known Ezra was making a stir and waiting for her downstairs. That was why he came over and talked her into leaving the office earlier.
But, she was really a workaholic! She couldn't fall asleep with her job undone. She packed a pile of papers in her bag though she was leaving.
Julian glanced at her bag with those papers in it and thought that was the best he could do to help Ezra.
They clocked out and went out of the office. By no means did Maisie want to see Ezra. So, she just turned around and left directly.
Her apartment in Riverside City was near the Hughes Group. Usually, she walked to work if there wasn't anything urgent. She walked over to the office this morning and she planned to walk back home so that she could avoid seeing Ezra.
But Ezra was keen-eyed and saw her immediately, then he caught up with her.
Some of the staff stayed to watch them since Ezra had been so high-profile in showing his love. Ezra was running after her and she just couldn't keep avoiding him.
She paused her steps, stared at him, and said in a low voice, "I've made myself very clear. Don't cross the boundary!"
"Are you sure you wanna talk about it right here right now?" Ezra narrowed his eyes and said it. Maisie glanced at the gossiping crowd not far away and stopped talking but pursed her lips.
Ezra simply threw the roses into her arms and took her hand. Then they walked over to get in the car and drove away.
Maisie sat on the front seat and glanced at his slender fingers on the steering wheel. Suddenly, she remembered the great sex they had last night and wondered if his shoulder was fine.
But she was cared out by the thought that she even cared about Ezra. And it also scared her out that she just thought of the sex they had last night.
She felt uncomfortable with it and turned to look out through the window.
She lived near the Hughes Group and it took only a short while to drive home.
Maisie got off the car and said immediately, "Thanks for the roses, but don't do it again. Bye!"
She said it and turned to leave. But Ezra stepped forward to stop her. She was disgusted with his smile.
"Can't I just go and see Ezio?" Ezra asked her calmly and peacefully.
Maisie gritted her teeth and decided to let him go upstairs with her.
She wasn't sure if he really wanted to see Ezio, but she just couldn't keep rejecting him again and again.
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