Evelyn Morgan followed Caden Lockwood over, sat across from him, looked him over, and then very cautiously spoke, "Uncle, I want to resign."
In just a few short words, she felt as if she had transitioned from sumr to winter in a second.
With her head lowered, Evelyn tightly clutched her hands together and continued with reasons that seed logical, "I’m a college student now, my studies should be my priority, so I don’t have much ti for a part-ti job. I’m really... sorry."
After saying that, Evelyn was so nervous her whole body trembled slightly, thinking she would face a stormy showdown.
She assud he would definitely force her, threaten her, bla her—in any case, he wouldn’t let her resign easily.
After all, she had voluntarily reached an agreent with him.
But unexpectedly, Caden Lockwood just looked at her coldly with a proud expression, lightly pursing his thin lips without showing any intention of speaking.
Evelyn, unsure how to deal with this scene, felt uneasy, as if sitting on pins and needles.
After hesitating for a while, she continued, "I... I haven’t even completed a month, you don’t have to pay , let’s just consider it... a penalty for suddenly resigning!"
Her heart bled as she uttered these words.
Even if it’s not a full month, it’s almost there, isn’t it? Surely her salary of several thousand should be settled!
Raising her eyes, she sneakily glanced at Caden Lockwood, seeing no extra expression on his face, she couldn’t help but feel guilty.
"It’s impossible for to owe you money, right?" Evelyn hurriedly said, "In the beginning, you didn’t specify how long I had to work! Now I’m prioritizing my studies, is there anything wrong with that?"
"That’s right." Caden’s voice squeezed through his teeth, "You’re absolutely right!"
"Then..." Evelyn tentatively said, "I’ll start not coming tomorrow."
"Alright." Caden didn’t refuse, "Starting tomorrow, I’ll co to your school to collect the money."
"What!" Evelyn’s eyes widened, she said anxiously, "No! Uncle, you can’t show up at my school again! They’re already going crazy, if you co again, the rumors about us will be impossible to dispel!"
"Then how will you repay... your debt?" he asked lightly.
Evelyn’s lips stiffened, her breath stalled.
Dazed, she looked at Caden, suddenly forgetting she had the important task of repaying money.
She then realized, it was to keep him from coming to her school every day to collect the supposed compensation, that she decided to work here, earn money and repay the debt.
"Actually, setting up WeChat is very convenient!" Evelyn tentatively chid in, a bright smile blooming on her face, "Uncle, I can help you set it up! Then, I can send you red envelopes on WeChat every day, saving you gas money, so you don’t have to drive to my school every day!"
"I don’t need to save money." Caden said lightly, uttering a sentence that made Evelyn feel like her throat was being squeezed.
"But..." Evelyn scratched her head anxiously, "Just for the sake of two bucks a day, you deliberately go to collect it, isn’t that making a mountain out of a molehill?"
"In my line of work, every penny is hard-earned." Caden raised his eyebrows, his tone profound, "After all, I’ve put in... unimaginable efforts."
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