Chapter 193: Reward

A mere employee was no match for a major business partner. If an employee displeased a collaborator, especially one as significant as Morty, and the partner openly demanded their dismissal, then dismissed they would be. No questions asked. The boss wouldn’t even bat an eye.

“Madam Lois, I…” Amelia did not expect to get fired just for trying to get close to Morty. She quickly approached Lois to beg for mercy.

As Lois’s personal assistant, Ellis naturally would not allow Amelia to bother Lois. She went to Amelia, stopped her, and then asked the security guards to escort her out of the hotel.

Lois then turned to Morty with a hint of embarrassment. “Sorry about that, Mr. Morty. My employee did not know any better.”

“It’s fine as long as you laid her off. No big deal.” When Morty was speaking, he seemed to glance at Ellis from the corner of his eye.

This jerk wouldn’t try to ask Lois to fire me, would he? Seriously, what did I do to deserve this! I just wanna hold onto this high-paying job for a little longer. First, Easton has already cost me one job, and now Morty is pulling the same stunt?

Ellis closed her eyes helplessly.

However, it seemed like Morty knew what she was thinking. He spoke up, “Ms. Harper, don’t worry. I won’t have Madam Lois fire you.”

A teasing yet mocking remark came from him, and Ellis felt like she had hit her quota of awkward moments for the day. Seriously, can the universe give me a break?

“I just can’t stand people like Ms. Amelia, always scheming instead of actually working. She acts like she’s the smartest person in the room, thinking everyone else is an idiot who can’t see through her intentions.” Morty had encountered plenty of people like Amelia before. It only took one interaction for him to figure out exactly what kind of person she was.

Ellis had no comment about Amelia’s intentions; she only had one thought. If Morty made her lose her job, she would probably beat the shit out of him.

“Ms. Harper, don’t you think Ms. Amelia has ill intentions?” Morty just had to look for words of affirmation.

Ellis could only simply reply, “Possibly.”

“It’s not possible. It’s definite.” Morty stepped closer, standing beside Ellis and glancing down at her. “Ms. Harper, you’ve worked with her for a while. Hopefully, you haven’t picked up any of her bad habits?”

Ellis was speechless. Amelia had annoyed him, not her. Why was he dragging her into this!

“You…” She took a deep breath, restraining the urge to curse him out.

Then, Morty cut her off by saying, “Wait, you wouldn’t be easily influenced as you’re not someone with ill intentions. To me, you’re someone with integrity and morals.”

What the hell? He can just shut up instead of being sarcastic. Ellis replied with a fake smile on her face, “Hm, you’re one with integrity as well.”

“Integrity.” He’d better shut up now, or else I’m gonna smack him.

“Then next time be smarter; when you see someone like that trying to get close to me, help me, aight?” Morty paused, then continued, “You will be rewarded.”

Ellis finally realized it; Morty was blaming her for not doing anything just now.

But seriously? She wasn’t working for him, so why did she have to serve him and satisfy him?

“Ms. Harper, I don’t think you’d reject money, would you?” Morty asked with a smile playing on his lips. It was as if he was sure she would agree to it.

Chapter 193: Reward.

Speaking, she tilted her head slightly as she stared at Morty, signaling him to stop.

They were in public. If she couldn’t help herself and started bantering with him, it would become a topic of gossip. Although nobody would be so foolish as to gossip in front of them, prevention was better than cure.

Morty did not say anything and finally walked away.

After enough rest, Ellis prepared to hail a cab back to the company. However, she bumped into Morty at the entrance of the hotel lobby.

Morty spoke up. “I’m going to your company, so it’s on the way. Wanna hitch a ride with me?”

Ellis initially wanted to ignore him, but out of courtesy, she replied, “I’ll go back myself.”

“A free ride right in front of you, yet you’d rather waste money on a cab? And it wouldn’t even be as comfortable as my car. Ms. Harper, do the math.” Morty glanced around before adding, “Besides, I’m not going out of my way to give you a ride. I just figured we could discuss work on the way and save some time.”

“Fine.” Ellis finally got into Morty’s car.

Inside, she found herself seated beside him in the back, the space between them not particularly wide. But she didn’t feel uncomfortable because she reminded herself that Morty was a business partner. For now, she would block out his annoying and shameless side.

And to his credit, when he said he wanted to talk about work, he actually did.

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