Perfect Mysterious Husband novel Chapter 1374

"What is this?"

Mabie had never seen such a big diamond before, so she was rather dazed when she grabbed Vera's hand, "Vivy?"

Somewhat shy, Vera mumbled, "Mom, don't ask."

"Did Quill give it to you?"

Vera nodded.

"He proposed?"

Vera nodded again.

Mabie's breathing became rather irregular, "And you said yes?"

Hearing this, Vera's face turned bright red, and her gaze flitted left to right, "I... I'm still considering it."

"You're still considering?" Mabie couldn't help raising her eyebrows and teased her, "Yo, when have you learned to be reserved? Why hadn't you given a second thought when you pursued him back then? And now you want to think about it when he has proposed to you?"

Vera snorted and pouted; what was she to do when he had proposed out of the blue. Even though she wasn't the type to care about rituals, he shouldn't have put the ring on her so hastily. No way she'd say yes so simply.

"Of course I have to think about it. If I said yes without a second thought, then wouldn't he have gotten off lightly?"

Vera realized Quill was much more patient with her than she'd imagined after the experience on the train. Hence she wanted to be petulant and feel what it'd be like to be spoiled.

Just thinking about it was enough to elate her.

"Silly girl. Just follow your heart. No matter what, as long as you are happy, so will we."

Vera smiled and hugged Mabie by the shoulder, "Thank you for understanding. I love you guys."

"Alright, that's enough." Mabie patted her hand. Although she acted displeased, her heart was filled with warmth and smiles.

Nearly a week had passed by the time Quill returned to the company.

As he had put off a lot of work, he hadn't a second to spare. It was two days after by the time he got all the piled-up work done.

He was exhausted, but he didn't have a successor, nor was anyone from the Hanover family trustworthy. Hence he could only shoulder the company's affairs alone.

Because of recent events, Vera had spoken out of anger.

But she must have kept them bottled up for a long time. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been that aggrieved when she said them. This was something he had to take to heart.

Therefore, Quill told Juliette to only hand him exceptionally important work and let the subordinates deal with everything else.

Flabbergasted, Juliette asked, "Let them handle everything else? Are you sure, President? But those geezers in the board of directors..."

"Keep a close eye on them. Just turn a blind eye as long as they don't cause a scene."

It was inevitable that someone would do petty tricks, especially in a company this big. Quill would look away as long as no one from the board did anything unsalvageable.

All in all, their efforts had to match their salary.

Seeing how determined he was, she knew it'd be fruitless to say anymore. Hence, she nodded and said, "Alright then, I'll keep a watchful eye on them. But this will increase my workload, President, and I have a family to feed. Do I get a raise?"

"Of course."

Juliette had always been rather straightforward. Even when she liked Quill, she wouldn't be pretentious around him. If she thought her work was laborious, she would ask for a raise directly.