Chapter 107: She Felt Humiliated
At Urbangrid Innovation.
Vanessa Snow paced in front of Ryland’s office, feeling unusually nervous about entering after officially taking over Milan’s position as his secretary.
Since morning, Ryland has scolded everyone who came in for their weekly reports, including the marketing manager, the financial manager, and even the architect team.
Vanessa’s anxiety grew after Ryland had asked her multiple times to connect him to several clients. All she could hear inside the office was the sound of objects being slammed down. He is definitely in a bad mood now.
The company’s situation has been very dire lately. Each day, when they returned home, Ryland was no longer the warm and passionate person he used to be. In recent days, he hadn’t even touched her.
Whenever she tried to seduce him, he would decline with responses like, "I’m too tired, Vanessa!" or, "Can we please wait a little longer? I’m worried something might happen to the baby..."
She found Ryland’s reasons unreasonable, but she couldn’t force him to change because she understood that the stress of the company’s troubles had significantly impacted his emotions.
Vanessa paused before the door, taking a few deep breaths to prepare herself for what was inside. She needed to remind Ryland that it was past lunchtime and she was starving.
After knocking twice without an answer, she opened the door and found Ryland sitting in his chair, leaning back against the CEO’s chair with his eyes closed. He appeared to be asleep.