Azalea replied, “I woke up very early, so I didn’t wake her.” She continued looking around while answering. Eugene’s expression turned slightly gloomy. Right then, his phone rang. It was a call from Shannon.
After he answered the call, he heard Shannon’s anxious voice. “Mr. Nolan, Azalea’s gone. I can’t find her anywhere.”
Eugene spoke coldly. “You’re indeed quite capable. Did you just discover she’s missing? She has been at my house for ten minutes. Can you shoulder the responsibility if she gets into any danger?”
Though his voice didn’t sound aggressive, it still made Shannon feel embarrassed. Shannon apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Nolan. Princess Azalea forbade me from sleeping in the same room with her, so I didn’t notice she woke up so early.”
Eugene’s voice grew colder. “I asked you to be responsible for her safety, which is only possible if she’s safe. From tomorrow onwards, you are to move in with Princess Azalea. If you let her out of your sight again, you will be sent back to where you came from!”
After that, he hung up. In the meantime, Azalea knew she had done something wrong and stopped looking around. She approached him pitifully and said, “Eugene, don’t blame Shannon. It was my fault. I didn’t call her when I came out this morning.”
While giving her a cold stare, Eugene asked, “You’re a princess. I can’t blame you for anything.”
Shocked, Azalea looked at him, wondering, How is this not blaming me? She quickly explained, “Shannon buys me breakfast every day, and I wanted to buy her breakfast for once. To me, she’s not only a bodyguard but also a friend.”
Eugene asked emotionlessly, “You can treat her as a friend, but that’s based on the premise that she’s also your bodyguard. What if something happens to you when you come out alone?”
At first, Azalea was unhappy to hear him chastising her, but after hearing what he had just said, she was immediately happy again. “Will you be worried about me?”
Eugene’s eyebrows unconsciously furrowed as he replied, “Of course. Besides my relationship with Hayes, you previously saved my life, so I wouldn’t want anything to happen to you.”
Grinning, Azalea joked, “You should stop mentioning my saving grace. Even if you have a girlfriend, we’re still friends, aren’t we? If you keep mentioning that, it makes it look like I’m here to get my repayment.”
However, Eugene said, “You should ask for that.”
At the mention of that, Azalea could not help but feel pissed. Was this how he was going to repay her saving grace? By sending her to work in a secluded place? She was even more enraged when she discovered where the subsidiary company was located. That was because that company was at least a one-hour drive from Nolan Group, and the place she would be staying was even further. Wouldn’t that mean meeting with him in the future would be tough?
When she came here this morning, she was determined to question him about it, but her rage diminished a little after seeing that he lived alone. She looked at him and asked, “Forget it. How would I dare to trouble you more? Did your son get angry at you that day?”
Eugene replied, “No.” Azalea smiled. “If he wasn’t mad, why don’t you let me work at Nolan Group?”
Taking a deep breath, Eugene reasoned, “You’re going to be the general manager of that subsidiary company. Once you get the hang of things, that company will be yours. That way, you will have a source of income in Summer City if you don’t feel like returning to Nambahd.”
Azalea felt upset because he would rather give her an entire company than let her work at Nolan Group. “What’s the point of giving me an entire company? You know I’ve never managed a company before.”
