For Monty, Lucia didn’t need to be too polite to him. She asked directly, “Where is the man you were talking to?”
Monty’s eyes dimmed, and his face instantly changed into a look of grievance as he looked at Lucia and said half-jokingly,
“Lucia, aren’t you looking for me? Why do you care about my friend?”
A friend of Monty’s? Lucia muttered to herself, “I’m just curious as to why someone would hide as soon as he heard a noise. I’m not that scary, am I?”
“Of course, you’re not scary,” Monty said with a smile. “It’s just that this is my office. Naturally, people come to see me for business, so my friend immediately avoided it. That’s just being polite.”
“Really?” Lucia said.
To distract Lucia, Monty sat her down and asked, “Why did you come to see me today?”
Lucia examined Monty’s expression. He looked calm and relaxed as if there was no displeasure between the two companies. After all, he had reported Webbex Group’s erroneous evaluation directly to financial magazines. Now that Webbex Group had lost a lot of money, but he was doing just fine.
“Do I have to?” Lucia sneered and whispered.
“Of course,” said Monty, playing dumb. “I don’t know why you’re in such a hurry to find me.”
Seeing that Monty had made it clear that he wanted to pass the buck, Lucia simply asked, “Why didn’t you tell me about the tannery but tell it directly to media?”
“Oh, you mean that thing…” Monty made an exaggerated look of realization, and said, “I didn’t do it on purpose. Lucia, you really didn’t give me a response. I’ve been looking for you for a month, and I was forced to do this.”
Monty was right. He started looking for Lucia right around the time Theodore got sick, and the last time she and Spencer went to Miami. However, if Lucia hadn’t heard Arthur’s analysis, she might have believed him, but after hearing it, these timings only made her more suspicious.
“I said I would give you an answer, but you have to pick the times when I can’t deal with it.” Lucia asked tentatively.
“Sorry, Lucia,” Monty suddenly sat up straight, and said seriously, “As a junior, I respect you very much. But respect is just respect, and business is business. Luxwell’s interests have been harmed. As the chairman of the board, I can’t possibly suppress the protests of the shareholders for the sake of my personal relationship, can I?”
“I’m not having a relationship with you”, Lucia said to herself. “If Webbex really makes a mistake, we will compensate you according to the contract, but isn’t it too radical to tell this to media?”
“That’s how I do things,” Monty replied, and his usual smile returned.
“I see,” said Lucia. “I need a week to investigate this matter. If there is no result a week later, I will hold a press conference to apologize to you and compensate for the damage.”
“What else is there to investigate?” Monty asked with a smile.
“Don’t worry about it. I just tell me if you’ll give me the time,” Lucia said coolly.
“You have already spoken. Of course I will, but what the public has to say about Webbex is really not up to me,” Monty added.
“I understand,” said Lucia, glancing at Monty. She stood up and said good-bye
Monty laughed and teased, “Lucia, you really come and go in a hurry. Don’t you want to talk more?”
“If you want to talk, you wouldn’t have been avoiding it,” Lucia said, debunking Monty.
Monty’s smile froze for a second, then he smiled again and said, “Lucia, has anyone ever told you that you’re too direct?”
“That’s because I’ve never met anyone with your personality before. It’s useless to argue with you,” Lucia said bluntly. After nodding to Monty, she walked straight to the door. Even though Monty called her a few times from behind, Lucia didn’t stop, either.
After Lucia left, Monty smiled faintly as he looked at the closed door. She was really too interesting. If she wasn’t the woman Lennie had taken a fancy to, he might really…
Realizing what he was thinking, Monty shook his head and shook the idea off. He wanted to live a long life.
Lennie came out of the lounge to see Monty shaking his head. The corners of his mouth twitched. Monty, his so-called student was smart, but his personality was a little delicate.
“You didn’t give her a hard time, did you?” Lennie closed the door so tightly that he couldn’t hear their conversation.
“Of course not. I’m just giving Webbex a hard time,” Monty said with a smile.
“Webbex is doomed and you’re not going to let me down,” Lennie warned him.
“Why do you say that?” Monty asked, playing dumb.
“You know that,” Lennie said, knowing that Monty had a crush on Lucia. This young man was so fickle that he might mutiny on the spot.
“Lennie, I’m on your side. Don’t be ridiculous,” Monty said with a grin, but only he knew the truth in his words.
Lennie couldn’t be bothered to argue with him, so he went to the French window and looked down, just as Lucia was walking out of the building. Even in the midst of the crowd, even in the height of the building, Lennie still recognized Lucia at first sight.
Remembering her rejection at church, Lennie pursed his lips. He wasn’t going to relent!
Although she only asked Monty for a week, Lucia had no idea what to make of it. The manager of the tannery left. She didn’t expect that the turn of events would come from Arthur’s suggestion.
Kane had his men following Nia, and Nia, of course, didn’t notice. She and Lennie had been seeing each other at home many times. Because they came home at different times, Kane’s men didn’t notice Lennie at first. But three days later, they saw Nia and Lennie coming home together.
While reporting to Kane, his staff described Lennie in detail by. Kane was a little surprised that Nia had a foreign boyfriend, and it was only by chance that he mentioned it in front of Lucia.
On this day, Kane was in the office with Lucia, and after much thought, Kane told her about his doubts about Nia. Lucia naturally had an ambiguous attitude.