Could it be that he was having mood swings?
“Oh.” Clara thought for a moment and could only respond this way.
Since Ethan called her clueless, she accepted it.
Ethan was almost amused by Clara’s reaction.
Looking at Clara’s innocent and obedient demeanor, he suddenly felt that he was being unreasonable.
Really unreasonable.
Clara was just a young girl, not yet aware of romantic feelings between men and women. She didn’t understand at all.
Getting angry with someone like her, even if he got furious, she wouldn’t know why. She might even think he was inexplicably moody, like a lunatic.
“You can leave now,” Ethan said, a bit helplessly.
He didn’t know when Clara would finally understand.
Seeing Clara like this, he figured it might take a while for her to catch on…
Clara looked at Ethan and asked, “So… you’re not angry anymore?”
Ethan nodded. “No, I’m not angry anymore.”
What was there to be angry about?
Facing someone so naive, he couldn’t muster any anger.
Clara asked again, “Really?”
Ethan nodded. “Really.”
Clara breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. “Then I’ll go out. You work well.”
Ethan nodded. “Okay.”
He would work well while she played games with Stephanie.
Clara left.
Ethan rubbed his forehead, puzzled by himself-how did he become interested in someone so clueless?
Clara returned to the secretary’s office.
Stephanie was surprised to see Clara return so quickly.
According to her calculations, Clara would act cute and charming with Ethan… then Ethan wouldn’t be angry anymore, and the couple should have some intimate time together… Clara should have taken a while to come back.
How did she return so soon?
Could it be that things didn’t go as she expected?
Impossible…
“Madam… Is Mr. Logan still angry?” Stephanie asked tentatively.
Clara smiled and said, “He’s not angry anymore.”
She wasn’t naive enough to believe Ethan just because he said he wasn’t angry.
She had observed carefully.
After spending so much time with Ethan day and night, she had some understanding of him. She could tell… Ethan really wasn’t angry anymore.
Stephanie looked at Clara in surprise.
Madam managed to calm Mr. Logan down so quickly?
Madam… is truly impressive.
She thought that with someone as difficult as Mr. Logan, Madam would have to put in some effort to calm him down. Unexpectedly… it happened so quickly. Madam is truly remarkable.
“Madam… how did you calm Mr. Logan down?” Stephanie asked curiously.
She was genuinely curious.
She wanted to learn a trick or two.
In the future, it would make it easier for her to handle men.
Clara blushed and said, “I didn’t calm him down.”
Stephanie raised an eyebrow in surprise. “You didn’t calm Mr. Logan down? Then why isn’t he angry anymore?”
Clara shook her head. “I don’t know. Anyway, I just asked him if he was angry, and then… he said he wasn’t.”
As for Ethan calling her clueless, she wouldn’t tell anyone about such an embarrassing thing.
She didn’t want to be laughed at by others.
Stephanie was speechless for a moment.
Looking at Clara, she said earnestly, “Madam… actually, being contradictory isn’t just a woman’s trait; men can be contradictory too.”
“When Mr. Logan says he’s not angry, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s not angry. He might still be upset,” Stephanie said.
Clara replied, “I believe him. If he says he’s not angry, then he’s not angry. He has no reason to lie to me.”
Stephanie sighed inwardly.
Ah… Madam is still too young and naive.
She doesn’t know certain traits of men yet.
Stephanie didn’t say anything more.
Anyway… no matter how much she said now, it wouldn’t matter. Mr. Logan would show Madam through his actions whether he was really angry or not.
At eleven in the morning, the internal phone on Clara’s desk rang.
All three secretaries in the office knew it was Ethan calling Clara.
Clara was Ethan’s exclusive secretary; no one else would call her.
Clara picked up the phone. “Hello…”
Ethan asked, “What do you want for lunch? I’ll have the cafeteria make it.”
Clara said, “No need. Whatever they make is fine with me; I’m not picky.”
Ethan hung up the phone.
Stephanie leaned over again and curiously asked, “Madam… what did Mr. Logan say on the phone?”
Clara answered honestly, “He asked what I wanted to eat and said he’d have the cafeteria make it.”
Stephanie looked at Clara in surprise.
Mr. Logan was concerned about Madam.
If Mr. Logan cared about Madam… could it be that he really wasn’t angry anymore?
Could she have been wrong?
Men… are truly hard to understand.
Mr. Logan is a man among men, the hardest of the hard to understand.
At noon, Ethan and Clara had lunch in Ethan’s office, still cafeteria stir-fry dishes. After eating, they went to the lounge to rest.
Clara had just taken off her coat and lay down when Ethan pressed down on her.
Clara looked at Ethan with a blushing face in surprise.
Did he want to do it again?
Ethan showed Clara through his actions.
He indeed wanted to do it.
When he wanted to do it, he did it.
As Ethan kept her busy, Clara thought that perhaps Ethan’s reason for having her intern at the company wasn’t because he needed her to do anything… but rather this might be Ethan’s main purpose all along.
He just wanted her at the company so he could have her whenever he wanted.
Despite having a face that seemed detached from worldly desires like an emotionless deity…
In reality, he had strong desires.
Indeed… appearances can be deceiving.
Clara slept until four in the afternoon again. When she woke up and checked the time… she blushed at the thought of going back to the secretary’s office… Alayna and the others would surely laugh at her in their hearts…
They would also wildly speculate about what she and Ethan had been doing in his office for so long.
Just thinking about it made her shy.
Clara got up, washed up briefly, then opened the lounge door… As soon as she opened the door, she saw that besides Ethan, there were others in the office… people she knew too.
Belle was talking to Ethan but suddenly saw the lounge door open and then saw Clara,
She hadn’t expected Clara to be in Ethan’s lounge.
She had heard from Ella that Clara would be interning at Logan Group during summer break…
But she hadn’t expected that at this time of day, Clara would come out of the lounge looking flushed as if she had just been sleeping.
So… was Clara’s so-called internship just coming to Ethan’s office to sleep?
“Clara,” Belle greeted with a faint smile.
“Hello,” Clara nodded.
Ethan looked at Clara and asked, “Awake?”
Clara blushed and nodded. “Yes.”
“I’ll… head out first,” Clara said.
Ethan nodded.
Clara left.
Belle and Ethan continued discussing work matters.
The secretaries in the office were surprised to see Clara come out…
“Madam… why are you coming out at this time?” Stephanie asked.
Alayna and Hanna were more mature and composed, typical career women with strong personalities.
But Stephanie…
Clara felt that Stephanie was like those typical girls in school who loved gossip and excitement and chattered endlessly.
Clara looked at Stephanie and said, “Why can’t I come out?”
Stephanie looked at Clara with exasperation as if disappointed by her lack of understanding.
After two days of interaction, she realized that Madam was young and simple-minded… perhaps not yet awakened in matters of love.
“Madam, do you know? Belle likes Mr. Logan,” Stephanie whispered.
Clara nodded. “I know.”
Stephanie: “… You know?!”
Clara nodded. “Yes, I know.”
Stephanie was puzzled: “Since you know Belle likes Mr. Logan, why are you coming out now… leaving Mr. Logan and Belle alone in the office? Are you giving Belle space?”
“You should stay in the office now and keep Belle away from Mr. Logan,” Stephanie said.
Clara: “… She won’t have a chance.”
Stephanie paused for a moment and asked in surprise, “Why?”