"We picked the product on the right as our main focus for the second half of the year!" Evelyn replied.
"Really?" Charlotte looked surprised.
"Yes. Like you said, if people don't love it, why choose it?"
"But a lot of people don't like it," Charlotte said, worried.
She saw in the market research report that quite a few people disliked this financial product.
"As long as we win over most of the customers who prefer it, we can fight a good battle." Alexander looked at Evelyn and smiled slowly.
Evelyn understood his meaning. She nodded excitedly.
"Evelyn, come be my assistant from now on."
"No!" Evelyn was stunned for a second. Then she shook her head.
"You think you're not good enough?"
"No. I'm not qualified yet. I need to study for a few more years."
"Come on! I'll follow you anywhere, even if I have to wait until we're married!" Alexander replied.
"Oh!" Evelyn answered. Then she realized what he meant. Her face turned redder. She lowered her head and cleaned the ashtray. She muttered, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Alexander looked at her with a smile. He didn't say anything else. He gathered his folders and walked out of the meeting room.
After he left, Evelyn couldn't help smiling secretly. She felt proud and happy because of what just happened.
Well, let her be smug for a while.
After all, it was rare to get Alexander's praise!
Evelyn cleaned the meeting room. She checked everything again. After confirming there was no problem, she locked the door and went back to the secretary's office.
In the office, only Amelia was there. The other secretaries had already left.
"Evelyn, you can go home now!" Amelia looked up and said.
"Okay. Amelia, aren't you leaving yet?" Evelyn asked while packing her things.
"I'm almost done too!" Amelia replied. "I have something to do today. I need to leave a bit early."
"It's almost eight o'clock now."
"It's fine. I have a dinner appointment at eight thirty. It's about time now. Are you going home to eat, or eating out?" Amelia asked as she packed up.
"I'll go home to eat," Evelyn said.
"It's better to eat at home. It's cleaner. You can cook whatever you like. But it's a bit tiring."
"Yes," Evelyn said awkwardly. She always ate ready-made food.
Basically, when she got home, Lily had already prepared dinner.
Unless she called ahead to say she didn't need dinner for her and Alexander, Lily wouldn't prepare it.
At that moment, Evelyn's phone rang. It was Alexander.
Evelyn picked up. She answered and hung up.
After work, Alexander asked her to meet him downstairs.
Evelyn was ready to leave. Amelia was about to leave too. They went together.
"Evelyn, your family came to pick you up from work again!" Amelia said with a smile.
"Yeah," Evelyn answered, a little embarrassed.
"It's so nice. It's not easy to have someone pick you up every day after work."
Evelyn just nodded awkwardly. She didn't know how to respond well.
In fact, she worked with Alexander.
Sometimes when she got off work, Alexander still had to wait for her in the lobby downstairs.
Just because Alexander wanted to go home together.
When the elevator reached the first floor, Evelyn said goodbye to Amelia and walked out.
Alexander was already waiting for her on the porch.
Evelyn walked out of the lobby. She saw Alexander's car. She went to the passenger seat, opened the door, and got in.
"You got off work earlier today!" Evelyn said to Alexander while putting on her seatbelt.
"Just to match your off-duty time," Alexander turned to look at her. Then he drove away from the company.
"What do you mean, my off-duty time? I follow your off-duty time. Usually, I'm the one waiting for you!" Evelyn protested.
"That tone sounds a bit grumpy. It seems I need to leave work early from now on," Alexander said half-jokingly.
Evelyn felt a little embarrassed.
"It's not like you said we'd work together. Otherwise, I could go back first when I'm off duty."
"When you're off duty in the future, I'll cooperate with you. No problem," Alexander said.
"Really?" Evelyn looked at him with a smile.
"Of course. My wife is more important," Alexander said.
Evelyn couldn't help laughing. "He's being silly again."
A few days later, Evelyn rarely got off work on time. Because Alexander had a party in the evening, she went back first. She thought she hadn't had dinner with her mother-in-law for a while.
Going back early tonight would be a good chance to spend time with her mother-in-law.
After returning to Sterling Manor, Evelyn told Lily she didn't need to prepare dinner for her and Alexander tonight. Then she asked Lily to call Chloe and say she would have dinner in the main house tonight.
After explaining, Evelyn went upstairs to take a bath. She changed into a casual outfit. Then she went directly to the main house.
"Mom—" Evelyn called out when she saw Eleanor.
"You're off work early today!" Eleanor said with a smile. She motioned for Evelyn to sit in the chair beside her.
"There wasn't much to do today. I finished work and came back," Evelyn said with a smile. "Mom, it's getting warmer recently. Did you ask Chloe to take you for more walks?"
"Oh, ever since you told Chloe, she's been pushing me to walk every day, except when it rains. Walking, walking, it's just to crush the road and eat dust!" Eleanor said.
Even though she said that, her face was full of smiles.
"Mom, going out for a walk lifts your mood. It's good for your health too! Just bear with it. There's no haze recently. The air is very good!" Evelyn laughed.
"Don't worry about me, old lady. But you and Alexander need to give me a little grandson! I'm getting a bit anxious all day." The old lady looked at her and smiled.
Evelyn felt embarrassed.
This topic. Alexander never mentioned it with her. Her mother-in-law and sister-in-law also hinted at it from the side.
But she always felt it was strange to get married before she graduated.
If she got pregnant and had a belly, she would be embarrassed to go to school.
Although Alexander had told her before, how could she answer if her mother-in-law brought up this topic?
But she still didn't want to be perfunctory with her mother-in-law. So she hesitated for a moment and said, "Mom, next, there are physical fitness tests at school. We have to be busy with graduation, plus the internship. It might be quite busy. I plan to wait until these two months are over. Then I'll think about having children with Alexander!"