As Gale looked at the man lunging toward him like a wild beast, he stood up holding the lobster roll and moved to another seat. "Gordan, just because you're drunk doesn't mean you're the boss around here. If you dare to lay a finger on me for real, I won't go easy on you."Gordan heard Gale’s warning and wore an annoyed expression on his face."Gale, you've changed," muttered Gordan. He was too lazy to engage in a scuffle. He pouted as he continued drinking.Gale took another bite of the lobster roll and asked, "How so?"After he asked that, he suddenly nodded and added, "Back then, even if I had free time, I wouldn't bother hanging out with you. I must've lost my mind to come to this place with you for a drink. I'm eating chowing down on this lobster roll."Gale disdainfully eyed the lobster roll. He glared at Gordan as he said, "Remember, you owe me a proper meal.""Alright, I'll treat you to a feast when I'm less busy." Gordan waved it off.Gale clicked his tongue. If he took

Since it was a Saturday the following day, Luca lingered in bed for a while longer before getting up. She figured that Aunt Neile must have already bought all the ingredients needed for today, so now she needed to go downstairs to help.Some ingredients needed to be marinated for a few hours to taste good when grilled. When Luca arrived downstairs, the kids were all sitting on the couch reading.When they saw Luca coming down, they all greeted her, "Ms. Luca, you’re up.""Yes, I am. Where's your daddy?" asked Luca. When she walked out of the bedroom, she glanced at the opposite bedroom door, which was open. However, Luke was not inside. She slept quite deeply all night. Therefore, she had no idea when he got up."Daddy left early. He said he had to go back to the office to deal with something. Ms. Luca, please go and have your breakfast. Aunt Neile put a lot of things on the table. Maybe you should bring them over here to eat," said Rainie, reminding her not to go hungry."O

Mavis knew it was a bit late to talk about cooperation now.Their company had been kicked out by another company competing for the bid before, but the design plans were already in place. If they were to give up on this project now, all the efforts of the company's staff would be in vain.Mavis then thought of T Corporation. If they could collaborate with T Corporation, they would surely secure the bid.She presented her idea, only to be rejected by the boss, who assumed T Corporation would not collaborate with them at this point.However, Mavis claimed that she knew Luke, and she insisted that their bid was excellent enough. As long as she could talk to Luke, she was confident they could make it.The words she spoke in front of the boss were brutally contradicted by Luke’s response. Mavis felt that if she could not turn the situation around, there was no point in staying in her company any longer."Mr. Crawford, our company is also a strong contender. If you're concerned about br

At the thought of it, Sylvester realized that Mavis' request for stock options before joining was a calculated move. Even if she were to offend him, he could not just fire her. The shares she held were enough to ruin his company. Sylvester fell silent with frustration.Mavis stopped talking too when she noticed the man was keeping silent. The atmosphere in the car plummeted to freezing point. Even the driver sitting in the driver's seat dared not utter a word, afraid of displeasing the two most powerful figures in the company and losing his job.As the silence settled, Mavis recalled the look on Luke’s face just now.They had worked together, but Luke's demeanor was as distant as when they were at the zoo. He treated her like a stranger. Not only was it strictly business, but his words were also filled with indifference. Mavis could not tolerate this version of Luke. However, she also knew that this was the real Luke. He had no affection for her, and that was why he was

"It’s been so long since Ms. Vivian last visited. I almost forgot her name. Her name is a little hard to remember," Aunt Neile explained with a cheerful laugh as she opened the door for her.As soon as the door opened, Vivian walked in and immediately gave Luca a big hug the moment she saw her. Then, she handed a bag to Aunt Neile and said, "Luca, I’ve missed you so much. I’ve been really busy with classes lately and haven’t had time to visit you. "You haven’t come to see me either, but I’m glad we could meet today. I brought some bottles of wine for you."Luca returned her hug and replied, "I told you not to bring anything, but you still did. It’s really too much. I haven’t been avoiding you on purpose. I’ve just been really busy. Starting next week, I’ll be teaching a full day every Friday at Capital University. We can plan to have dinner together every week.""Really? You’re not kidding, right?" Vivian was pleasantly surprised, not expecting Luca to be teaching at Capital Unive