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The air suddenly turned tense.

Rachel fell silent for a while.

Then, she said to William, “Mr. Lewis is so thoughtful toward his subordinate. Not only does he apany his subordinate on a shopping trip, but he’s even giving her aptop as a gift.”

William was unperturbed; his tone was mild as he replied in a voice barely above a whisper, “Samantha’s new, you know. bI’ve /bgot to encourage her. As a director, she had to go out to negotiate contracts with otherpanies. If she goes out for meetings with aptop that might crash anytime, others mightugh at the fact that a director of Lewis Enterprise doesn’t even have ba /bdecentptop to use. This is for the sake of thepany’s reputation, you see.”

Rachel looked down, masking the gleam in her eyes.

“I’ve been using myptop for a while now. Since Ms. Judd is buying herptop today, why don’t you buy one for me too? For all you know, there might be a discount for two.” She turned to look at the saledy. “Are there discounts for twoptops?” Selling one suchptop at such an exorbitant price was very tough to begin with. The saledy couldn’t believe that someone was buying two in one go!

She nodded profusely. “Yes, of course there’s a discount! What colors do you want?”

Rachel looked at the pinkptop in front of Samantha, a style that certainly appealed to young girls.

She pointed at the right–most model.

“I want the white one. Pack them together. He will foot the bill.”

The saledy subconsciously turned her attention to William and looked at him with a probing gazeb, /bcuriosity evident in her eyes.

Many working people knew about the ways of navigating rtionships between men and women. While they might not be in a rtionship themselves, they had certainly seen others in one and know a thing or two.

These three before her certainly seemed to be in aplicated rtionship!

That didn’t stop the saledy from wrapping up the twoptops with a gleeful smile, though.

When William went to pay with his card, Samantha and Rachel stood on both his sides.

Rachel nced at William with a concerned look. “William, you don’t look too good. Do you feel unwell?”

William looked dazed, but replied to her expressionlessly, “Nothing, I just feel a little tired from all the meetings.”

“I thought you felt the pinch from Samantha and me buying oneptop each. Honestly speaking, I’m just an ordinary employee right now. There really is no need to buy me such an expensiveptop,” Rachel said in a voice filled with guilt; she looked almost remorseful and broken.

William took his card back from the cashier and kept it in his wallet. “We can buy whatever you want, as long as it makes you happy. I wanted to buy one for you just now, actually.”

Rachel couldn’t hold back the smirk on her face. She turned to William with a deep gaze. “Is that so?”

“Of course, but it’s better that you choose one for yourself. Alright let’s head back.”

William left the shop with Rachel and Samantha. Rachel noticed that his brows were tightly knit all the way.

Hadn’t he always wanted to be a two–timer? Why did he look so upset? Wasn’t this what every man in the world desired?

Rachel was about to open the door to the front passenger seat of William’s car when William pointed to the back row instead.

“Let Samantha sit in front. She gets carsick easily in the back row,

Rachel tightened her grip on the handle of the car door, suddenly feeling suffocated.

Samantha stood by her sideb, /bher petite, fair face blushing so radiantly. Her eyes were glistening with a look of innocence.

“Pardon me, Rachel. You won’t mind, will you?”

Before Rachel could muster a reply, William beat her to it.

“Rachel wouldn’t mind. She never gets carsick. Come on, get in.”