Barton was furious when he found out that Zoe had applied for a leave. He tried to call her, but her phone was switched off.

Fuming, he called the HR department and asked them to call Zoe back. But the director faltered. "What's wrong? Can't I even ask for such a small thing?" he roared.

"No, Mr. Xiao, it's not that," said the director gingerly. "The thing is Miss Lin followed our office protocol and applied for the leave. So we have no choice but to accept it, and..."

"And what? Why are you hesitating?" Barton demanded impatiently.

"Miss Lin said that if you don't agree, she will resign. Mr. Xiao, this..." Barton didn't wait to hear the rest of it. He slammed the phone down.

'How dare Zoe play this trick with me?' he thought angrily.

He picked up the phone, dialed Jean's number and inquired about where Zoe's da

happened to have just lost his wife.

He was an unfaithful man, but he was handsome and rich. If one didn't know about his background, they would have believed that he was an ideal man.

Jean was in a hurry to find someone for Zoe. How could she care about his character?

"Here you are!" As soon as they entered the room, Peter Huang stood up and pulled out two chairs for the women like a true gentleman. After they sat down, he handed the menu to both ladies and said, "I don't know what you two beautiful ladies would like to eat, so I didn't order anything. Please select what you would like. You don't have to be formal with me."

"Then I won't be," said Jean cheekily.

Although Peter had tried his best to behave like a gentleman, there was something crass about him. He was not annoying but he was not pleasant either.