As much as Vanessa disapproved of Julien drinking coffee whenever he was tired, she couldn't change the habit. She made coffee for Julien very quickly and brought it to him.
When she brought the coffee to his office, Julien was still deep in discussion with a few smartly-dressed men and women. Vanessa snuck in to leave the coffee on his desk and turned to leave without disturbing them.
Just as she turned around, someone called out to her. "Vanessa?"
The voice that had called out to her was somewhat familiar. Vanessa looked back and saw that one of the people in discussion with Julien was her college classmate, Sinclair Stark. They had been quite close back in college.
Sinclair walked towards Vanessa and asked, "Vanessa, you're working in Rovio?"
Vanessa nodded and replied, "Yes, I've been here for sometime."
Sinclair continued, "How is it that I've never heard from Mr. Kyle about this?"
It was obvious that Sinclair and Julien weren't particularly close, so it was normal for Julien to not have mentioned this. Moreover, even if they were close, judging by Julien's indifferent temperament, it was unlikely that he would bring this up.
Besides, Vanessa felt that the ambiguous relationship between Julien and her was simply unspeakable. With Julien's arrogance, he would certainly not be willing to let the whole world know.
Before Vanessa could answer, Sinclair continued to ask, "Since you're here, you must be working in Rovio's headquarters. What's your current position? With your abilities, coupled with you and Julien's relationship, I would say..."
Sinclair may have known about Vanessa and Julien's past, but he didn't know their present situation. Since they weren't in an official meeting, and considering how he and Vanessa used to be good friends, Sinclair couldn't resist nosing more about it.
Vanessa knew that it was unintentional, but she still felt extremely embarrassed. She was very clear about where she stood, so she just put on a smile to cover up her embarrassment. "Well, yes, I do work here, but it's office hours now and I need to get going. I'll buy you a meal after work," she said.
Sinclair said, "Vanessa..."
Vanessa didn't even dare to look at Julien's expression and fled before he could say more.
When Vanessa was walking out of the office, she ran into Queenie, who smiled and greeted her, "Vanessa, I guess you were just bringing some coffee to Director Julien."
Vanessa nodded and turned to walk past Queenie.
Queenie blocked her way and said, "Vanessa, you're so lucky to be able to make coffee for Director Julien every day and enter his office at will. I don't think you even know that you're now the target of envy of all the unmarried women in the company. I heard through the grapevine yesterday that there are many people just waiting for Director Julien to get tired of you. However, with your beautiful appearance, I doubt he would ever get tired of you. I hope you'll take care of me in the future!"
Queenie's words sounded sarcastic no matter how you interpreted them, which made Vanessa feel uncomfortable. She replied bluntly, "Queenie, I guess you too are unaware of how popular you are in the company right now."
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