Aaron and Cyril came across each other in the parking lot. "Do you have confidence in winning the tender launched by the TC Group?" Cyril asked.

Walking by his side, Aaron replied, "The Xu Group and SL Group are our main opponents. The president of the SL Group has been in hospital lately. During this period, his flippant son is in charge. Even if the president had paved the way, his son could ruin everything. As for the Xu Group, Basil is a deep man, hard to read. A few more years and he will be a powerful rival for us."

"Don’t worry. I have made two sets of plans. Pamela is well prepared too. We’ll win,"

Cyril assured him calmly. Yet his words were full of confidence and force. As they chatted, they came to the elevator. After they walked in, something struck Aaron. "This year's best graduate of H City University is a girl."

Cyril was confused. "Are you interested in her?"

Aaron said, "Her boyfriend is Basil."

Cyril and Aaron exchanged looks. They understood each other's worry. After a moment of silence, Cyril suggested, "I say make an excuse and fire her. We might not be one hundred percent sure that she is a spy of the Xu Group's, but what if she is? Losing an employee is better than grooming an enemy."

The JK Group had almost gone bankrupt because of a business spy two years ago. Once bitten, twice shy. It had become cautious. Poor Alyssa. She had joined the company hopeful, but little did she know that she had become a prime suspect for spying.

Aaron nodded. He had a plan.

Once she had brewed the coffee, Alyssa sat in the chair and waited, keeping an eye on the time. She had learned about Aaron's routines. When there were three minutes left before her boss walked in his office, Alyssa brought the coffee to his office, which was big and bright. Standing by the French windows, one could see half the city.

It had a black and white hue. His desk was always tidy, unlike her. She had displayed all kinds of things on her desk on her second day. Looking at his chair, she wondered what it was like to be a boss. But she didn’t dare to try.

A moment later, Aaron walked in with Cyril in tow. It sounded like they disagreed on the plan.

"Why are you here?"

Aaron asked coldly when he saw Alyssa in his office. Embarrassed and scared, she stammered, "I...I came to bring you coffee and clean your office."

"Get out!

Callum will be in charge of this kind of thing."

Alyssa stood there, dumbfounded. Let Callum run such errands?

His tone was so harsh she couldn't help but wonder what she had done wrong to make her boss so angry at her.

"Okay. Call me if you need me. I’ll go tell Callum about your arrangement."

Her voice was full of dejection. She had been so careful, but she still had offended her boss.

After telling Callum about Aaron's decision, she sat on a chair spiritlessly and started to fiddle with the leaves of the succulent on her desk. "Why aren't you focusing? What’s wrong?

Unhappy?"

Harriet asked. Alyssa sensed concern in her tone.

"N-nothing. I seem to have made Boss mad."

Harriet didn’t think it a big deal. She had cried a lot when she had just started working in JK Group as Aaron’s secretary. He was capricious. Being his secretary required high resilience. The ones who weren't resilient would quit within a few months.

"That’s how he is. He is aloof and harsh. But he is conscientious about work and cares about his employees. Relax. You’ll get used to it."

Right. Over time, I will be used to it. Why not? Even a slave would.

Actually, what really hurt wasn’t that her boss had slighted her, but that her idol had scolded her. It frustrated her.