Olivia shoved him. “I don’t want to talk to you.” “Hehe.” Eugene pinched her nose with a chuckle. “I gotta take a shower first,” he said while walking to her bedroom.
She yelled at him grumpily, “Go back and shower in your own bathroom!” He looked back at her. “Are you going with me?”
Olivia replied, “In your dreams!”
Eugene let out a haughty snort. “I’m not going back, then.” Olivia was rendered speechless. I’ve brought trouble upon myself! Watching the man disappear, she imagined how embarrassed he had looked just now before bursting into giggles again. He’s learned his lesson this time, I suppose.
Just when she was still indulging in her own guilty pleasure, a male voice suddenly sounded at the door. “Why is the door still open?” She swung around at once. Seeing that it was Nathan, she gave him a reproachful look. “You scared me!”
Nathan looked suspiciously at her, whose face was blushing all over. Hmm… “Is your conscience bothering you or something? Don’t tell me you dated another guy behind my uncle’s back?”
Olivia’s lips twitched for a moment before she shot a wordless glare at him. “Are you still in the mood to worry about someone else’s affairs?”
Nathan was instantly deflated by her words. “Has North found out where Melanie is? This is killing me, Olivia. You’ve got to help me. You can’t watch me break up with Katie like this, can you?” Olivia looked at him with a curl of her lip. “Didn’t I tell you to lure them out? Didn’t you do that?”
Nathan asked, “Lure them out? How?” Olivia looked at him with a frown of disapproval, saying, “You’re so f*cking stupid!” Nathan replied, “Stop reproaching me, will you? All I can picture right now is Kate going out with Jasper. What if she falls in love with him?”
“Hasn’t anyone asked you out on a date over the last couple of days?” “Gwen asked me to make a computer program for her a few days ago. She then invited me to dinner, but I turned her down.”
Olivia knitted her brows slightly. ‘Gwen? Didn’t you fire her already?” “Uh-huh, but she developed a game herself and asked me to help her with it.”
Olivia grew suspicious deep down. She had only suspected Jasper at first, but could Gwen also be involved in this? “Does she also have a crush on you?”
Nathan replied, “No, I guess. I don’t think she’s got feelings for me.” Olivia didn’t dwell on the subject. “What about the staff member that I asked you to keep tabs on?”
“There’s nothing strange about him. He’s been with us the whole time and always goes straight home after work.” Olivia asked with a frown, “Did you drop him a hint or something, then?”
Nathan asked, “What hint?” Olivia was exasperated. “How is he gonna behave strangely if you don’t drop him a hint?” Nathan instantly realized what she meant. “Ah, I got it.”
Olivia glared at him. “I wonder what Katie likes about you. Just leave work an hour early tomorrow and say that you have a date that evening. You’d better find a restaurant you rarely go to and let that staff member know the address. That way, whoever meets you there by chance might be the culprit who plotted the whole thing,” she suggested. Then, she added, “Ah, never mind. I’ll go with you tomorrow.”
Nathan didn’t take her comments to heart since he had gotten used to being lectured by her. Feeling immensely grateful as usual, he thanked her, saying, “Thank you so much, Olivia.” Then, he asked, “Is North at home?” Olivia pouted her lips in the direction of North’s room. “He’s in his room.”
Nathan replied, “I’ll go see him.” North had been helping cover for the three little kids over the past few days. After having them safely escorted to Criecia, he was finally relieved. The rest of it is their own business, he thought.
