"I don't care where you are," Carlos answered nonchalantly.
Emtt's heart broke. "You should care. I'm your assistant, and I've worked for you for so many years," he retorted.
Carlos lit a cigarette, took a drag on it and blew it out. "I heard you've been at the cafe near the office the last couple days."
Covering his chest, Emtt said excitedly, "Boss, it's the first day of the Lunar New Year, yet you expect to work. There's a reason I'm at this cafe. This is my 36th blind date, and she'll be here in ten minutes."
It was already late at night, but he couldn't even go back ho.
"That can an only one thing," Carlos said.
"What?" Emtt asked while working on his laptop.
"Your taste in won has improved after you started working for ."
"Isn't that a good thing I have better taste? As for my future wife, I hope she's at least half as pretty as Mrs. Huo, and at least half as cheerful. She doesn't need to know anything about martial arts. I hope she can learn yoga and dance...like Mrs. Huo..."
Carlos knitted his brows as he felt like Emtt had so special feelings towards his wife. "You like my wife, huh?" he pried.
Emtt was too focused on deleting negative comnts under gan's posts on Weibo to figure out what his boss was getting at. "Of course. She's a classy lady. She's so special, the one and only. You are so lucky, dude," he said casually.
"Emtt Zhong." Carlos' voice was as cold as ice.
A shiver ran down Emtt's spine. He raised his head to look at the central heating, which was still working. "Boss, I'm deleting the comnts on Miss Lan's Weibo. These kids are so an..."
'Why am I cold? That's weird, ' he thought.
"After the Lantern Festival, I'm reassigning you to L City's branch in D Country. Gay marriage is legal in D Country, and you can find a husband there. I'll ask the manager there to introduce you to so excellent n. I rember you seem to like... muscular n like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Don't worry. You'll find the perfect husband there," said Carlos.
Emtt was stunned into silence. He couldn't believe his ears. "What? Mr. Huo, why would you do that? Did I say anything wrong? I'm really sorry if I— Wait, wait! Don't hang up!"
Staring at the phone, Emtt was desperate. Carlos had already hung up.
Then he dialed Debbie's number. She must know how to cool Carlos down.
However... she had turned off her phone. It went straight to voicemail.
Emtt slapped himself across the face. 'I was such a fool. Why did I say anything like that?
He's super possessive when it cos to his wife.'
At the sa ti, Kasie arrived at the cafe. When she found the table, she saw Emtt slapping himself.
"Mr. Zhong? Why are you doing that?" she asked.
'Is this Taylor's date? Emtt Zhong?' Kasie was shocked.
Emtt cast a glance at the girl before him and asked casually, "Why are you here?"
Kasie looked around the cafe, then back at him. "Are you Taylor Mo's date?"
Emtt took his phone out and checked the na—it was Taylor Mo. "You're her friend, huh? Where is she?"
"She asked to tell you she couldn't make it," Kasie answered. Then a thought occurred to her. "Wait a minute! You're Mr. Huo's assistant! Why do you need a blind date? Didn't Mr. Huo arrange soone for you?"
Emtt shivered at the thought of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and changed the topic. "None of your business. But I have sothing to ask you. You know you're in big trouble?"
Of course she knew. Her comnt regarding gan had caused a stir. She was scared to death—what if Carlos asked his n to kill her, just to please gan? All she could do now was call Debbie and ask for her help. But she couldn't get through to Debbie on the phone. Kasie stroked her hair to conceal her nervousness. She gulped and replied, "Big trouble? What are you talking about?"
She didn't think Emtt had any proof against her.
Emtt was amused by her reaction. On the one hand, he knew she was the one on the Weibo account. On the other hand, her reaction had already sold her out. He turned his laptop and pointed at the screen. "See? You posted a comnt, and I've been busy solving the problem for the last two days because of you. I had to do damage control on Mr. Huo's public image yesterday, and I've been hard at work deleting the comnts and news posts related to gan Lan today."
"You're Mr. Huo's assistant. Isn't this IT's job?" Kasie asked in confusion.
"Co on! It's the Spring Festival. No one is still working but ! What's more, Mr. Huo only trusts yours truly." Emtt had a perfect reason to neglect his dates—he had to work for Carlos and had no ti to chat. It made it hard to have a social life when he was on call 24/7.
Looking at Emtt, Kasie pried, "Can you please not delete my comnt?"
"Why not?"
Now that Emtt already knew she had posted the comnt, she decided to admit it. "I said nothing wrong. gan Lan is the third wheel."
"Well, true or not, it has nothing to do with . I have my orders."
Kasie rolled her eyes. 'He has his orders? He thinks he's a soldier, huh? The struggle is real—not.'
She stood up from her seat and said, "I only ca here to pass on Taylor's ssage. I'll leave you be. Bye."
"Wait!" Emtt stopped her.
"What?"
"Just stay. Maybe have a cup of coffee?" Emtt suddenly had an idea.
Kasie rolled her eyes at him. "Do you think I need you to buy a cup of coffee?"
"Just do a favor. Please?"
"Huh?" In Kasie's mind, Emtt was a sly fox. She needed to be more careful.
After a mont's consideration, Emtt said, "Let take a picture. Then I'll put in a good word for you to Mr. Huo. That way you're in the clear, and he won't pursue charges of slander. Deal?"
Kasie was enraged. "I didn't slander her! Yes, I posted the comnt. But what I said is the truth. Watch your tongue."
"Okay, okay. My fault. Miss Zheng, the problem is not whether you slandered her. The problem is cyber-bullying. gan is distraught, and Mr. Huo is very angry. He might have co after you. You get it?" If Kasie weren't Debbie's friend, Carlos would have already asked Emtt to get rid of her.
But the problem was that Kasie was one of Debbie's best friends, and Carlos did what his wife wanted. Emtt had no idea whether his boss would punish Kasie or not.
He just wanted to frighten Kasie using Carlos.
After so hesitation, Kasie argued, "I don't care. Debbie will help ."
"Mrs. Huo? She's sleeping off jet lag. When she wakes up, you could be dead."
His words did make sense. Kasie had called Debbie countless tis, but her phone had been switched off.
She pried, "Will you put in a good word for ?" Little did she know that Emtt was unable even to fend for himself.
"Of course!" Emtt promised without hesitation.
"Great. Okay. You can take a picture of . By the way, why do you want my pic?" she asked in confusion.
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