The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 2761

"Chase, I called you several times. What's the matter with you?" asked the colleague.

Chase awkwardly scratched his head and flipped through the documents in his hand. "Huh? Did you just call me? Maybe I didn't get enough rest last night, so I sort of spaced out a little..."

His attitude only made things more peculiar.

"Chase, I've finished editing the draft. Can you take a look?"

He nervously accepted the papers, still avoiding eye contact with Rita. "Um...yeah, sure. I'll take a look first, you can go back for now."

Under the watchful gaze of his colleagues, he slowly sat back at his desk. After a while, he tried to sneak a glance at Rita, only to find her staring at him with an amused smile playing on her lips. He immediately lowered his head.

"Hmm…" Rita chuckled and shook her head.

Chase's mental resilience was even worse than she had imagined. She had thought about playing a trick on him, but at this point, it seemed unnecessary.

Still, was it worth her effort to deal with such a weak and spineless man?

Seeing Rita finally lower her head, Chase breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he subconsciously straightened his shoulders.

'She probably has no idea who wrote that report!' thought Chase.

After all, he had submitted his work anonymously, and to a third-rate publication at that.

"Everyone, pause your work for a moment. The boss said there will be a department meeting tomorrow at two o'clock in the afternoon."

Rita raised her head from the documents, feeling puzzled. Why would they have a staff meeting on one of these uneventful days? Their boss was not the type to call meetings so frequently.

Her neighboring female colleague kindly explained, "It's probably because something big has happened. The boss only calls meetings when something significant occurs. Someone's probably going to get criticized."

Though she did not say it explicitly, her gaze pointedly shifted toward Chase's position. They had been waiting for this guy to have a stroke of bad luck, and it seemed his turn had finally come.

'Acting high and mighty with his seniority for so long, did he really think their boss was blind?' thought the female colleague.

Rita did not quite agree. 'He had been abusing his power for a long time, so wouldn't the boss have dealt with him a long time ago if he could handle him?'