Quill was puzzled.
After an hour, there was still no sign of the person he was waiting for.
He frowned slightly. It seemed that what he did the previous night really scared her.
Otherwise, she wouldn't suddenly disappear as it was all fine before this.
When she said that she wouldn't want to have anything to do with him, was she serious?
He was deep in thought and it was hard to read his emotions. After a while, he called Juliette and asked her to resume the meeting.
The meeting originally scheduled for that day was postponed to the next day, and then it was brought back. Juliette felt a little tired. However, as a very competent secretary, she didn't dare to say no, nor did she dare to complain. She nodded her head and went on to make the arrangements.
Half an hour later, the meeting began.
Quill glanced at Juliette before entering the meeting room.
He asked, "Did you receive any news today?"
This sudden question startled her. She then realized that Vera, who should have been at the office, had not come.
"No, I didn't."
She was thinking hard while shaking her head.
Lately, Vera came everyday, and at a certain time. Not only Quill himself but even Juliette was used to it. Thus, when he said that he would cancel the meeting, she thought that he purposely did it for Vera.
She didn't expect that Vera didn't come that day.
That left Quill waiting in the office alone.
Never mind that he waited. He then called for the meeting to be held again.
He even asked if she had heard any news.
Obviously, he was asking about Vera.
Juliette asked, "Do you need me to call and ask for you?"
"There's no need," he replied.
He rejected her suggestion and walked into the meeting room indifferently. Looking at what just happened, she was speechless.
In the meeting, everyone could clearly feel that Quill was depressed. As they were talking to him, they were extremely careful as they feared that a slight mistake would cause him to lose his temper.
Juliette, who was standing aside, observed everything that happened.
She realized that although Quill was very depressed, he controlled his emotions and temper very well from beginning till the very end. He also listened to others seriously and occasionally made suggestions.
She sighed silently. This man was really too good at hiding his thoughts, and he was also too good at restraining himself.
She didn't know when he would have an outburst.
After the meeting, he went straight back to the office. She thought about it and went downstairs to the front desk to find out.
When the receptionist was being asked this question, she avoided eye contact probably because she felt guilty.
Because of what happened two days prior, she had been worried for a long time. She was afraid that she would be asking for trouble. That was why when the group of people said that they would find time to make trouble for Vera in the restaurant during the holiday that week, she tried to persuade them not to do that.
They didn't listen. They called her a coward. The receptionist said to them that they could go as they wished but she wasn't going.
Juliette suddenly came asking her, and at the same time, Vera did not show up. The receptionist suddenly felt that something was not right.
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