Chapter 14

　　Lauren's instincts told her that Anna's attitude wasn't the normal boss to employee treatment she usually gives. 　　"I'm sorry, I don't think I understand." 　　"Tell me, do you have any friends among the higher-ups?" she directly expressed her point of view. Anna's words sounded casual, but she was very serious. 　　"I don't have any friends among the higher-ups," Lauren denied. 　　"Lauren, I'll honest, you can't act as a representative of your company with your current ability. I wanted to replace you with someone else but they didn't agree." 　　She didn't know what Terrence said to Anna. She just felt a mounting dread crawling up her spine. 　　"They are either doing it on purpose or someone has a secret." 　　"You mean Mr. Gu has a secret?" 　　Anna was testing her, Lauren was testing her as well. 　　"I called you today to give you this." 　　Anna took out the documents in the drawer. "This is the evaluation case for our business partner, Tang Corporation. I want to see a brand new evaluation case before the weekend." 　　Lauren took it nervously, Anna smiled lightly. "Now get back to work." 　　Anna ended the game with Lauren, but her mood was not relaxed. 　　Back at the evaluation department, Lauren couldn't focus, she kept thinking about Anna's intentions? 　　In the afternoon, the evaluation department continued the silence of the morning. There was only typing from the keyboards and footsteps from female colleagues in high heels. 　　At two o'clock, various department managers followed Terrence into the evaluation department for inspection. 　　Anna introduced the recent work of the evaluation department and the progress of the project. 　　Suddenly a voice disrupted the atmosphere. 　　"Is there a Lauren Xu here?" a male flower shop employee asked abruptly. 　　Lauren stood up subconsciously, and everyone's eyes gathered on her. 　　"I have a bouquet for you, please sign for it." 　　A large enchanting blue bouquet of flowers was presented in front of everyone, the scent quickly filled the room and it was enough to overpower the smell of perfume. 　　Lauren embarrassedly stepped forward and signed her name. 　　The flower shop employee was satisfied, he had one last thing to say before he left "By the way, Ms. Xu, these flowers were ordered from the Netherlands by Mr. Tang. It is exactly one hundred flowers, which represents his one hundred percent love for you." 　　After that, he finally left, and the room was utterly silent. 　　The managers of all the departments were surprised. It isn't easy for a woman like her to have a relationship with that kind of person. 　　Even Terrence didn't speak, no one dared to say anything, and even the sound of breathing was extremely quiet. 　　Anna was the first to say, "Lauren, was it necessary to tell everyone that someone is chasing after you?" 　　Lauren bit her lips tightly, lowering her head like a student who made a mistake. 　　It took a few seconds until Terrence said, "Let's go on to the next department." 　　Everyone followed him and walked out. 　　Even if she didn't look up, Lauren could still feel his scorching gaze as he was leaving, she also felt Anna's anger through her heavy footsteps. 　　In the hallway, Terrence continued to discuss the department's rectification opinions with the company's senior management, as if the episode that happened just now did not exist. 　　Lauren spent the whole afternoon in depression. 　　She was about to go home when she received two messages on her phone. 　　The first one was sent by Jonathan, asking her, "Do you still like flowers?" 　　Lauren deleted it directly after reading it. He sent flowers to make Terrence angry on purpose. 　　The second one was sent by Barry, "Ms. Xu, do you want to have dinner tonight?" 　　After reading it, Lauren casually made an excuse and rejected it. She couldn't deal with anyone else right now. 　　She could not find her employee pass, so she had to sign out manually. It was in her bag last night, but now it was lost. 　　The logistics of re-issuing the card said that it would cost a hundred yuan, and she would need return to her original company to claim it. Although the manual sign in and sign out was more troublesome, she could save money to buy food for Christine. 　　At the entrance of Gu's Building, Terrence walked slowly to his car, surrounded by a few people. 　　When the off-duty employees of various departments saw the president, they bowed and waited for him to pass. 　　Leonora was waiting in the back of the Rolls-Royce, looking around, bored. 　　Among the crowd, she unexpectedly saw Lauren's figure. 　　Donny ran ahead, opening the door for his boss. 　　Terrence sat in, and Leonora leaned over. 　　"Darling, Lauren works in your company? Why did you hide it from me?" Leonora was a little unhappy. 　　"Did you need to know about that? I didn't care at all." 　　He lowered the window halfway and lit a cigarette, he then told Donny, "Let's go." 　　Terrence's answer was not an explanation, and Leonora was upset. "What? I'm jealous!" 　　Leonora then smiled. "Do you remember the past when you see her every day?" 　　"If I said I remember, what would you do?" 　　"Darling, you know I hate it when you joke like that. If you still care about her, then I will let you go. It's not like you belong to anyone in any way," Leonora said quite seriously. 　　The smoke curled up between his fingers, and the man's face was looming in the smoke, making it difficult to see. His voice was slightly hoarse from smoking, but it was still full of charm and charisma. 　　"Will you really let me go?" 　　The smoke gradually dissipated. 　　Leonora panicked when she heard his words, and her own words became incomprehensible, "How could you ask something like that? That is so insensitive! It’s like you don't care about me at all. I feel like whatever I say is wrong."