Chapter 196 Unappreciated
The man smiled. It was as if he had already made up his mind quietly. Jean stood at the door. She gritted her teeth angrily. “What do you want me to do?”
“Stay until… I’m fully recovered. “Edgar got up slowly. “After all, I got hurt because of you. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for.”
Edgar felt that his request wasn’t much compared to what the Ludwig family demanded from her when Ben had gotten injured last time.
But Jean did not appreciate his thoughts at all.
“…Fine.”
Her nails dug into her palm and she cursed Edgar quietly.
From that moment onward, Edgar made her do everything he could think of. Jean even had to peel oranges for him.
Jean’s unwillingness was clearly shown all over her face.
Edgar lowered his head and glanced at the magazine in his hand. He spoke without looking at Jean. “You should feel lucky that I only injured my head and elbow. If it’s more serious, you might never be able to leave this house.”
Jean threw the orange peel into the bin.
She snorted nonchalantly. “Then I shall thank Mr. Royden for his generosity.”
“No problem.”
Edgar clearly knew what he was doing.
He wanted to make her stay by his side no matter what.
He did not even care if she liked it.
“Jean, I want coffee.”
“Jean, get me a book.”
“Jean, type out a document for me.”
He did not move at all. Jean, on the other hand, was working hard and sweating profusely from all the errands Edgar was making her do.
Susan could not help but offer herself, “Master, if there is anything I can help with, please tell me.”
After all, Jean was not used to this type of work.
However, Edgar ignored Susan.
Jean sighed and got up. She held her laptop and said, “Speak.”
“This is an official statement from the Royden Group…” Edgar paid no attention to Jean’s status at all. He was making Jean his stand-in secretary. Jean had to type out what he said.
Jean frowned. She glanced at Edgar several times while typing the document.
How does he manage to remember so many professional terms?
Although Edgar had slowed down purposely for several instances to wait for her, it was still tough for Jean to catch up.
She finally completed typing the document after half an hour.
“Have a look at it…”
“Just send it to Miles.” Edgar did not even glance at it.
Jean stared at him for a while before saying, “Aren’t you afraid that I’d change the content?”
Edgar suddenly smiled. “You wouldn’t do that.”
He trusted her.
At that moment, Jean felt an inexplicable anger surge up in her. It was as if he had complete control over her.
Just as Jean was about to start a fight with Edgar, the maid came with several senior managers of Royden Group.
As soon as they entered the room, they saw Jean standing in front of Edgar. She was in loungewear, and her hair was not up.
It was as if they had entered a couple’s home.
“Mr. Royden, we…”
They exchanged glances and quickly said, “We will wait outside!”
Jean was stunned as well. She wanted to run upstairs.
However, on second thoughts, if she ran away like that, it would make her look more suspicious!
She glanced around and was at a loss.
Edgar, however, was calm and relaxed. “Jean, serve some tea.”
Everyone from Royden Group was shocked. They only heard the news about Edgar being injured by the Sans. They did not know that Jean was nursing him at his home!
Does that mean that the rumors are true?
Was Mr. Royden patching up his relationship with his broke ex-wife?
Jean gritted her teeth and glared at Edgar. She rushed into the kitchen immediately. She was a hundred percent sure that Edgar was playing with her.
He knew that his employees were coming, but he had not told her. It was obvious that he wanted to make the others misunderstand their relationship.
“Are you planning to ruin my reputation? Don’t forget that you are a married man now!” Jean thought fiercely. She made tea with scalding hot water, and brought it out to the living room.
The men were already talking about business.
Jean walked over naturally and put down the teacup. Then she stayed.
The manager who was presenting his report paused and waited for Jean to leave.
However, in the next second, Jean sat down.
“Don’t mind me. Mr. Royden is too hurt to take care of himself.” Jean smiled. “Am I right, Mr. Royden?”
If he denied it, she could leave this place right away.
The man raised his eyes and looked at her. There was a gentle look on his face. “Yes. My injuries are quite bad.”
“…”
Jean gritted her teeth.
He has really gone cuckoo after suffering a blow to his head.
“Go on.” Edgar retracted his gaze. The look in his eyes turned colder when he was not looking at Jean.
“Yes.” The manager dared not waste a single second. If Edgar did not mind Jean’s presence, they would continue as normal. “Our collaboration with Oprah Group is coming to an end. Our next collaboration will be with Eyer Group…
The topic progressed to Jean’s interest.
It lifted Jean’s spirits.
They talked about the costs and the collaboration terms. Jean learnt all of the internal information of Royden Group.
During the meeting, several senior managers exchanged puzzled glances at each other. They did not know what Edgar was thinking.
Was it really appropriate to share their trade secrets in front of their partner?
Jean could take this opportunity and take them down. Then, Royden Group will suffer a great loss.
In fact, based on Jean’s relationship with Royden Group, there was a high possibility that Jean would do so.
Edgar, however, was totally focused on the information shown on his tablet. He spoke calmly. “Increase five more percent of our investment funds in the first stage.”
“No.”
Everyone was stunned.
Who dared to defy Mr. Royden in a meeting?
They looked at each other. Finally, their gaze stopped on Jean.
Jean was taking down notes with her laptop. She had studied a lot about project investments lately. Based on Royden Group’s capital strength, increasing the investment funds by five percent would impact their profit later. It will slow down the progress of the project as well.
This wasn’t Edgar’s style of dealing in business.
He need not waste his money like that, even if he was targeting her and Eyer Group. At least this was what Jean thought.
Moreover, this action would affect Eyer Group too.
Jean had blurted out her thoughts accidentally. She only realized that it was inappropriate of her afterwards. She pouted and continued, “I was just speaking the truth. Don’t you all agree?”
But the others were all Royden Group’s employees. How could they dare to go against Edgar? They all lowered their heads and kept quiet.
Jean was shocked by their reaction.
Was she mistaken?
She was indeed new in this field. She pondered a while before finally glancing at Edgar.
Hadn’t he always said that business should not be mixed with personal affairs?
“Mr. Royden, am I wrong?”
