"It’s okay.I don’t want to waste it," said Elaine.
Ian walked into the office and immediately removed his jacket and tie as he never liked to wear formal
clothes.
Elaine walked in behind him with her coffee and looked up to witness this scene.
The thin white shirt was pressed against his chest, so the outlines of his body could easily be seen as
he breathed in and out.
She would say that Ian was the most well-built man she had ever met.
As expected of a man who had been an undercover agent for years, graduated from the police
academy, and trained in the army for many years.
The last time she ran into him accidentally was when he was changing his clothes.
He looked muscular, but his build did not look very exaggerated.
The curvatures and lines of his muscles looked very firm and as hard as nails.
When working in her office, she often heard her female colleagues talking about men’s abs.
Most women loved men who had abs because they made them look sexy.
Elaine looked down subconsciously, thought of something all of a sudden, and instantly, her cheeks
became very warm.
Thus, she quickly turned her face away.She admitted she was getting a little aroused, thinking of his
body.
Ian draped his coat on the back of the couch, sat down alone, looked up, and saw her freeze in place.
"What’s the matter?" She recovered from the trance and felt inexplicably guilty when she met his gaze.
"No...It’s nothing."
She lowered her head, walked to the couch next to the couch Ian was on, and sat down.She then
drank the coffee in her hands, thought of something, and quickly changed the subject.
"Oh yeah, the cafe manager told me you didn’t take over Synergy."
Ian laughed.
"I don’t like to run a company.I rarely even take care of the cafe."
Elaine lowered her gaze.
"It’s good to be able to do what you like."
"You can do so too."
"Me?"
She paused for a split second, pursed her lips, and replied after a short while, "I only want to take over
my father’s company, but he won’t let me."
"When a woman wants to run a company, in addition t o her brain and means, she must also know the
sacrifices she has to make to survive in the circle, including her emotions.You’ve never experienced the
cruel and darker side of the business field.It’s not unreasonable for your father to not want you to inherit
Beyond Tech."
In the business field, entrepreneurs would not care about someone else’s feelings —personal interests
and profits were the only things they cared about.
No one would be willing to give selflessly.
Many people in the circle would abandon their original aspirations when profits were brought into the
equation.
Not many people would be able to keep their original aspirations.
Those who could climb to the top of the pyramid depended, to a certain extent, on their families’
connections and backgrounds.
Otherwise, those who had to climb up the ladder from the bottom might need to give up more than they
could obtain.
Elaine could inherit Beyond Tech with the connections and foothold that her father had accumulated
over the years.
After all, she was the daughter of the company's current owner.
But a woman would eventually get married, and Edward did not want her to inherit Beyond Tech only
because he was worried she would give herself to blind emotions.
"according to what you just said, if I were to marry you and inherit the company in the future, should I
be careful of you?" Ian froze for a moment before laughing out loud.
"Then what do you think of me?" She choked on her own words.
‘What he said makes sense too.”
‘He didn’t even take over Synergy, so why would he make Beyond Tech his target? It’s not that Ian is
not interested in power.It’s just that he’s better aware of how society works than an average person.”
‘These things were merely world possessions.Many people in the world are racing with time in order to
achieve success, compete with each other throughout a huge portion of their lives, and keep their eyes
on everything every day just in case something were to happen.
They are the most tired people in the world.
‘We don’t need too much of everything.Having ample of the basics of life is good enough for most of us
humans.After all, one can’t bring all these worldly possessions with them when they die.The best that w
e can do is to pass them down to others"
Her lips trembled slightly.
"I know you’re not such a person." He smiled again.
"Do you trust me this much?"
She was astonished for a split second and lowered her gaze.
"I trust you based on my intuition." Ian laughed.
"It’s no wonder Edward wouldn't let you take over Beyond Tech."
Elaine was rendered speechless.
"You’re the one who made me believe in you."
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