“Mr. Barton, you should spend that idle money on a trip to the hospital to get your eyes checked, so you can pick a good secretary instead of wasting it on suppressing trending searches.”
Olivia’s words made Nolan understand instantly that she was behind the news he hadn’t been able to suppress these past few days, as well as this whole setup today. Being so close to her, he could even smell a faint scent of tobacco coming from her.
This kind of cigarette wasn’t something a woman would smoke. The scene he saw at the Clerk’s office that day flashed through his mind, and…
Nolan felt a wave of disgust for Olivia’s self-degradation, yet at the same time, a strange sense of anger welled up in his heart. It was this unplaceable feeling that made him raise his hand, wanting to slap Olivia.
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