Luke was stingy, selfish, and didn't care about the company's affairs. He always found faults to deduct money when it came to paying salaries.
"Are you... are you that Humphrey?"
Luke called out my name, scrutinizing me carefully for a long time.
"Are you having second thoughts?" Leonardo asked, looking at Luke.
Luke suddenly burst into laughter.
I thought he had gone mad.
Luke laughed for a while and said to Leonardo, "Mr. Brody, rest assured, I've been wanting to dismiss this guy. Being a dog in the manger, he demands such a high salary. Don't you have somewhere else to be? You should go attend to your matters."
Leonardo waved his hand dismissively and started to leave.
"Leonardo, are you leaving or not!"
That voice was Megan!
Just as I looked up, I saw Megan standing at the door, glaring at Leonardo.
When she saw me, Megan's face briefly showed an indiscernible expression.
Upon spotting Megan, Leonardo was very enthusiastic.
Approaching her, he embraced her and introduced her to Luke, saying, "Mr. Evans, this is my girlfriend."
"Well, what a handsome couple you are..."
I couldn't hear his flattering words anymore.
The moment I saw Megan walk in with him, my mind crashed.
I didn't even know when they left, but when Luke returned, he started yelling at me.
I snapped back to reality and said, "What? Don't want to compensate?"
"You almost ruined my acquisition deal! Why are you still here? Waiting to get beaten?" Luke exclaimed.
Just as Luke finished speaking, the manager stepped forward and told him that he couldn't dismiss me, or else there would be no one left to do my job.
This only further enraged Luke, who shouted, "I told you to fire him ages ago! You say no one can do his job. I've already found designers! I've even found two, each for a monthly salary of ten thousand dollars. It's better than keeping this guy around!"
The manager, too afraid to speak up, stared at me and asked, "So, Mr. Evans, what about this salary?"
I couldn't help but want to laugh, thinking, "Serves him right, he brought this upon himself!"
"Salary? My foot!" Luke's eyes were almost popping out of his head as he yelled, "If you have the guts, go ahead and sue. I have all the time to drag this out with you!"
I hesitated for a moment, then flashed him a bright smile.