Chapter 210 A Bit Outrageous
If that was the case, then everything seemed to make sense. For example, why Jesse, who clearly didn’t like to meddle in others' affairs, would use a breakup to trap him in conversation, or why, despite already having a high salary, he would still take on a part-time job with Daphne.
Thinking about these things, Mark suddenly felt depressed.
He had always thought Jesse didn't understand love, but he ended up liking someone before him. He adjusted his state after pushing his glasses, planning to go to work even though Jesse had taken a leave of absence. There was nothing else to do, might as well go to the office.
On the way to the office, he suddenly thought that Jesse's reaction when he confessed about being tricked was too calm. After some thought, he angrily scolded Jesse, accusing him of trying to ply him with alcohol to get information out of him. When Jesse received this message, he was already doubting if Mark's reaction was too calm. After seeing his message, he felt slightly relieved and began to eat his lunch.
For the rest of the day, Jesse was busy with company matters. As for Mark, after returning to the company, he was summoned to Charles's office.
Seeing him unchanged from usual, Charles, in a low voice, asked, "Are you sober?"
"I am."
"How do you feel about being manipulated?"
Mark raised his eyebrows in surprise. How did Charles know?
"Why didn't I notice that you were so easily manipulated?" Charles wondered if Mark's guard was too low.
"It was an accident." Mark dared not to evade, after all, he had deliberately put some thought into it, "How did you know?"
"Jesse."
"He told you?" Mark was a little bewildered.
What was Jesse thinking? It's fine if he tricked him into saying something, but why did he tell Charles?
Charles didn't answer that question. Thinking back to last night's phone call, his eyes became even deeper. "Do you understand him?"
"Who?" Mark was asked, feeling puzzled. Combining his previous words, he guessed, "Jesse?"
Charles nodded.
"We've known each other for a long time." Mark felt there was nothing to hide about this, "We went to high school and college together. I originally wanted him to apply to the Lancelot Group, but he refused, saying he had a place he wanted to go."
"Although he doesn't talk much, he's serious, but he's a good person." Mark's most profound impression of Jesse still lingered on the scene where he protected him. At that time, he was in high school, good-looking, fair-skinned, and relatively silent, unlike now, facing everyone with a smile.
Because he didn't talk much and had fair skin, he was bullied. Before he could react, Jesse stood up and kicked those people away, protecting him. At that time, he thought, this guy is really stupid, doesn't he know protecting him will make him a target of those people? Later, Jesse was indeed targeted, but he didn't care at all. One came, he beat one, two came, he beat a pair, a group came, he beat them all. Unconsciously, they became good friends. Until now.
"What else?" Charles asked again.
"What do you want to know?" Mark sensitively perceived that Charles's purpose was not just this.
Charles looked at him, although he said nothing, it gave people a great sense of oppression. Mark's heart was uneasy.
What's going on? Why is he looking at him like that?
"If Daphne gives you two billion and asks you to tell her about the conversation I had with her grandfather, would you?" Charles asked bluntly.
Mark's eyes lit up, and the corner of his lips raised slightly. "Two billion?"
"Yes."
"The billion after the decimal point?"
"Yes."
"You're my boss, I should keep all your information confidential." Mark said very seriously, some polite words coming out, "Don't say two billion, even if it's twenty billion, I won't disclose your secret."
"I want to hear the truth," Charles said.
"I will!" Mark said.
Charles said he wanted to hear the truth, so he really wanted to hear the truth. He couldn't hesitate now.
Charles's eyes gradually darkened.
"But he refused." Charles was now certain that Jesse had a problem.
"It's normal. A hundred billion is too elusive. Who knows if you'll really give it after you agree, or if it's a trap? It's normal for him to be cautious." Mark was really daring to say, immersed in gossip, he said whatever came to mind, "Moreover, he would never do anything against his conscience for money."
No way! If Jesse didn't agree, does that mean Daphne already knew?
When he called Daphne just now, her reaction seemed quite normal.
"He refused my money, but he said he wouldn't tell Daphne." Charles felt more and more that Jesse was not right.
"That's normal. If he tells Ms. Murphy, it won't be comfortable for himself." Mark didn't think so much. Immersed in gossip, he said whatever came to mind, "He probably doesn't want you to reconcile with Ms. Murphy."
Charles's eyes deepened. "What do you mean?"
"He likes..." Mark's words stopped abruptly at his lips, feeling panicked.
What did he just say?
How did he accidentally reveal Jesse's business?
Charles saw his reaction and felt the pressure in the office drop instantly. "He likes Daphne?""
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