Chapter 8. Competition

Inside Grace's brain, there were ideas she had compiled to find out what was wrong with Evan. What she would do and say when she saw him again? She was determined to investigate the change in his best friend's attitude. To her, it was impossible for someone as warm as Evan to turn one hundred and eighty degrees into someone else.

Once they arrived in front of the GM room, Mario opened the door for Grace. She took a deep breath silently before entering it.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Williams," said Mario after closing the door, then walked ahead of his assistant.

"Good after..." Evan almost glared when he saw his best friend also present, "...noon. Why is she here?” He clearly showed his disapproval of Grace's presence.

Mario slightly turned to Grace before replying, “Oh yeah. I hope you don't mind if I invite my assistant here. She's the one who usually helps me record all the meetings."

Evan gave him a flat look. He couldn’t do anything but approve of it. "O