Matthew held Clarissa’s hand and left the place. Meanwhile, everyone around the office took a peek at them.
After they left, everyone around the office fell silent for quite some time.
The silence persisted until Mr. Cooper and Amanda came out of the office.
Amanda returned to her seat, visibly shaken. She was at a loss and looked pitiful.
Shortly afterward, Mr. Cooper asked Ms. Joyce to go into his office. When Ms. Joyce exited the office, she glanced at Amanda and asked her to go with her.
Soon, everyone in the office began to exchange whispers in various places, including the photocopier room and pantry. Hence, the news about what happened earlier was widely spread.
Before long, everyone in Tyson Corporation knew that Clarissa was Mr. Tyson’s girlfriend or even his fiancée.
Who is Clarissa Quigley though?
Given that none heard of such a name, they believed she probably wasn’t an actress or someone from a prominent family. Apart from being a young and beautiful lady, they didn’t have any extra information about her.
Nevertheless, many heard the rumor that Mr. Tyson planned to present a small island to his fiancée as a wedding gift. In that case, is Clarissa really the lady?
Moreover, some even said that they saw Clarissa and Mr. Tyson wore rings of the same set as they held hands.
The legend continued to spread like wildfire.
On the other hand, Matthew brought Clarissa back to the top floor.
Once they arrived in the office, she sat on the president’s chair, whereas Matthew leaned against the desk and crossed his arms as he looked at her.
Clarissa glanced around the office but ignored him. However, because he kept staring at her with his piercing gaze for quite some time, her lips quirked slightly as she couldn’t bear with it.
“Why are you staring at me? I didn’t do anything wrong, but the way you look at me makes me feel like it was my fault.”
A glint flashed across Matthew’s eyes as his lips curled up slightly. However, his smile didn’t indicate that he was delighted.
Clarissa got impatient so she pursed her lips and asked, “What’s up?”
“Clare, you’ve been with me for quite some time, but why are you still that weak?”
Once he finished, she gave him a cold-eyed stare.
Matthew added, “Well, staring at someone is the only thing you’ll dare to do.”
Clarissa was rendered speechless but stared at him once again.
It appeared that Matthew was right. Staring at someone was the only thing she would do.”
As Clarissa was a little irritated, she snickered and averted her gaze from him. Then, she pouted and murmured, “How am I weak?”
She remembered Matthew used to say the same thing to her before. There was a time when she fought with Yvonne and was left disheveled. Hence, she agreed that she was rather weak back then. In contrast, she wasn’t injured nor disheveled today. Even more so, she believed that she got out of the mess beautifully.
Judging from her smug face, Matthew stared at her for a while and heaved a sigh.
Shortly after that, he leaned down and put both his arms on the chair handle to stand right above her. He then came up to her closer and whispered in her ear, “Clare, you can tell them who you are, or you can look for me directly to deter anyone who bullies you. All your troubles can actually be solved with merely one sentence. Why did you choose to fight her though? You’re lucky that you’re not injured. If the situation became tense, you would probably get hurt. Why didn’t you respond quickly in the face of danger?”
Clarissa pursed her lips but did not respond.
After a while, Matthew caressed her head and continued, “Clare, you’re smart. Don’t waste your time if you can solve a problem with merely a few words. Promise me that you won’t put yourself in danger again, will you?”
Clarissa fell silent for a while but eventually agreed to it.
“Alright, I get it. I just wanted to see how brazen she could get. Besides, I did it for you.”
Her tone was devoid of any guilt.
Matthew raised his eyebrow as he asked, “Oh? For me?”
He was interested to find out how she did it for him.
Although Matthew looked doubtful, Clarissa answered confidently, “Yup. Since you were occupied, how could I disturb you? Besides, after your work was done, you certainly want to catch up with your outstanding subordinate-cum-junior. In that case, how could I ever disturb you?”
“…Tsk!”
After Clarissa finished, she glanced at him as if she was waiting for his response.
Nonetheless, Matthew only let out a “Tsk” and smiled faintly.
“Humph! You’ve nothing to say now, right?”
As Clarissa was irritated, she let out a “Pfft” and pushed him aside as though she wanted to leave the office. Apparently, she was pissed off and jealous at the same time.
“Clare!”
However, Matthew grabbed her hand before she could leave.
She purposely shook her arm even though she definitely couldn’t wriggle free from him. The next moment, she turned around and instructed him, “Let go of me. I want to go home.”
Matthew flashed her a smile and took her into his arms. As she was still pursing her lips, he couldn’t help but pinch them gently.
“Hmph…mmm…”
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