Chapter 340: Delivery Dilemmas

Lying in bed in the same position suddenly lost its appeal, and Ellis rolled onto her side, feeling gloomy. “Can you check what it is first?”

Tve got a call coming in, hang on.

Expecting it might be a client, Maya ended the call with Ellis. It turned out to be an unknown number, and as soon as she slid to answer, the voice on the other end spoke politely. “Hello, Ms. Maya, I’m Riley, the butler from the Hudson family. I’m contacting you on behalf of Mr. Hudson today.”

Just a few days ago, Ellis had been annoyed by Easton’s commanding tone, and now with Riley from the Hudson family getting in touch, her first instinct was to complain to Ellis, sensing the implicit request for her to do something.

After introducing himself, Riley continued, “Ms. Harper isn’t feeling well, and Mr. Hudson has asked me to deliver some health supplements to your residence. Are you available now?”

“Don’t, just don’t send them here, and I’d suggest not sending them to Ellis either,” Maya strongly refused Easton’s gesture.

“Are you busy right now?” Riley, sticking to his duties, added, “No worries, I can leave the supplements with your building’s management for now, and you can have them deliver it when you’re available.”

“No, you—”

Before she could finish, the call dropped, leaving Maya with a stunned expression. She took a moment to visit the collection point and opened a few packages, discovering they were all luxury items. Given they were from Riley of the Hudson family, she guessed they were from Easton.

Thinking it over, Maya quickly updated Ellis. Did Easton really think his arrogance and random gifts, which were trivial to him, would impress her? No!

Ellis pondered for a moment, “Don’t worry about it; I’ll handle it myself.”

Maya nodded, “Alright.”

As the screen showed the call had ended, Ellis casually unblocked Easton’s number. As soon as he picked up, she couldn’t hold back, “Easton, do you ever get tired of being such a pest? Why bother Maya with your nonsense?”

After giving Easton a piece of her mind, Ellis felt much better and hung up without further ado.

As for Easton, on the receiving end of the scolding, he felt he hadn’t done anything wrong. He was just concerned about Ellis’s health and had asked Riley to send some supplements to Maya’s place for Ellis to use. He put down his phone, staring ahead, the words echoing in his ears: “You’ll never learn what respect is. I’m sick of your presumptuous attitude.”

In the middle of an important meeting, Easton had initially seemed ready to speak, but unexpectedly took the call, his expression shifting from surprise to a frown, and then to a slight scowl. The swift change in Easton’s demeanor left everyone in the room exchanging uneasy glances, none daring to make a sound that could annoy him further. Easton, managing to suppress his irritation, murmured, “Continue.”

With Easton signaling to proceed, the meeting went on as normal, but a tense atmosphere lingered. Only when the meeting ended and Easton left the room did the air seem to clear, allowing everyone to relax their tense nerves.

With Easton gone, the room felt naturally more at ease. A senior manager friendly with Taylor, pretending to be casual, asked, “Taylor, the company’s performance is still booming. Why does Mr. Hudson seem dissatisfied lately? Are we setting new annual goals?”

As Easton’s assistant, Taylor knew her responsibilities extended beyond mere office tasks to managing Easton’s personal affairs, and she was well aware of where his frustrations stemmed from. Who had been spreading rumors that Victoria would replace Ellis as their new boss? Blind and foolish!

Facing the curious senior manager, Taylor smiled, “If we’re setting new goals, everyone will need to really push themselves. I believe you can all do it and aim for double the year-end bonus and dividends!”

Taylor’s response gave nothing away, leaving the senior manager with no choice but to smile and agree, “Per your words. Taylor, let’s all reap the rewards of our hard work at year’s end!”

After collecting her meeting materials, Taylor returned to her top-floor office. She had barely sat down when an internal call from Easton summoned her to his office. Knowing Easton was affected by his mood today, Taylor was extra cautious. Surprisingly, Easton didn’t want to discuss work.

“Taylor, how many relationships have you been in?”