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Ruby Gregory picked up the call, saw it was from Steve Burton, hesitated slightly before answering. However, before she could utter a word, a somewhat cold male voice came from the other end: “Birthday invitation, Wenny Burton will send it to you tonight!”
Then, without waiting for Ruby Gregory’s response, Steve Burton hung up the call.
Ruby listened to the dial tone, feeling a slight relief amid her heavy mood. No matter how tormented or humiliated she was just now, she was, after all, able to secure an invitation to Steve Burton’s birthday party. Regardless of how Steve’s actions may have slapped her in the face privately, at least to the outside world, she had preserved her dignity, and that of the Gregorys.
Ruby, after being tossed around so brutally by Steve, spent her whole weekend without setting foot outside, cooped up in her house, and needed two-day rest to recuperate.
Monday was always the busiest day for all office workers, and Pristine’s Enterprises was no exception.
While the official working hours at Pristine’s Enterprises began at half-past nine, Steve was at a meeting room in a club next to the Forbidden City for a meeting at eight-thirty.
The secretary accompanying Steve to the meeting was Olivia Foster.
Steve and Olivia arrived at the club on the dot of eight.
Since they had half an hour before the meeting’s start, Steve and Olivia first went to the club’s private lounge.
Olivia handed Steve the materials she had brought with her, saying, “Steve, here are the materials for our meeting today.”
Usually, during official business, Olivia would call him ‘Mr. Burton’.
However, last week, when she went to his office to approve some documents, Steve uncharacteristically brought up his birthday, asking her if she had a gift prepared for him.
Having known Steve for many years and served as his secretary for over two, she had never shown her affection for him, always striving to get closer to him.
But his attitude towards her was always lukewarm. Therefore, when he suddenly asked her for a birthday gift, her heart felt like it was about to soar, and she inadvertently called him, “Steve”.
Everyone knew Steve was strict with his subordinates at the office, yet he not only didn’t lose his temper at her, but he even discussed his birthday gift with her. She plucked up the courage to bother him to see the gift she had chosen, and he didn’t object.
Olivia thought that after enduring so long, she finally saw a ray of light, and once again instinctively blurted out “Steve”, a term filled with her affection.
Steve, with a cold expression, took the documents from her and opened them..
Without even glancing at Olivia, he said, “When did I get a sister like you?”