CHAPTER 99: BRUCE CAN READ HER MIND

"Mr. Anderson!"

Julie looked at the man in front of her in disbelief. Her facial expressions changed several times in just a few seconds.

The man walked up to her like a king. His calmness and coolness were admiring.

"Why, why are you here?"

Julie recovered from the surprise and looked at Bruce in disbelief.

She was both afraid and nervous.

The reason why she chose to fix Hilla on the rooftop was that usually, no one from the Anderson Group would come here.

She assumed that it wouldn’t take her much effort to deal with Hilla so she didn’t even plan to use any roundabout methods to vent her anger.

However, she now realized unlucky she was when she saw Bruce show up together with the Security Department, his assistant, and a few top executives.

Why now? Why any other time? He had to show up when she was giving Hilla a hard time. Moreover, she didn’t punish Hilla according to the company rules but of her own will. Given the poor relationship between Rudi and Bruce, Bruce wouldn’t be happy if he knew that she was punishing Hilla because of Rudi.

She violated the company rules, and Bruce would probably use this to spite her. "Mr. Anderson is here for a security check. Why is Miss Green here? And..."

James answered Julie’s question. At the same time, he saw Hilla, who was being held down, and his heart thumped. He cast a furtive glance at Bruce beside him.

James then thought to himself, Maybe Julie also wanted to be hospitalized to be with Rudi.

She asked the security guards of the Anderson Group to seize Hilla and wanted to give Hilla a hard time. How dare she!

It could be told from Mr. Anderson’s face that he wouldn’t let Julie get away with it.

"Some important files have been stolen from the Design Department. I think this assistant did it so I want to teach her a lesson in private and tell her not to do anything stupid. After all, the Anderson Group is not a place where anyone can act recklessly."

When Julie finished speaking, she secretly glanced at Bruce. Seeing that he was still calm indifferent, she could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

Hilla was just an assistant of the Design Department. She, as the manager of the Design Department, had the right to discipline her subordinates. Bruce wouldn’t care about these trivial things, would he?

Julie thought it was this simple. But before she could feel relaxed, Bruce glanced at her coldly.

Then he said, "So Miss Green also knows that not everyone can behave recklessly in the Anderson Group."

Bruce said calmly and slowly. But his words hit Julie hard like heavy stones.

What? Bruce seems to be angry with me.

Bruce wanted to use this to fit me up because I am on Rudi’s side?

Julie frowned and put on a gloomy face. She immediately thought about all the intrigues in the workplace and rich families.

After all, this was infighting between two brothers. The Anderson family was really wealthy. It was even said that the Anderson family owned a gold mountain. Although it was just a legend, Julie thought this might be true after all these years with Rudi.

If the Anderson family really had a gold mountain, then she was even more determined to marry Rudi.

She had already been tricked by Hilla once, and she wouldn’t make the same mistake.

Julie thought for a moment and understood what Bruce meant. She immediately said, "Mr. Anderson, you misunderstood my intentions. I have been working for the Anderson Group for so many years. The Anderson Group is like my family. For me, anything that harms the company cannot be tolerated. Hilla stole our designs. I can’t let her sell the designs to our opponents."

Julie looked really sincere but Bruce replied with a sneer, "So, it seems that I have wronged Miss Green and I need to thank you."

Julie bought his wife here to punish her and she expected him to be grateful for what she did?

"Mr. Anderson is too polite. I did all this for our company. This assistant..."

"Leave this assistant to me. I guarantee that Miss Green will be satisfied."

Bruce smiled coldly. That smile gave Julie a chill. She shivered as she stood on this big and windy rooftop.

She felt that Bruce looked at her ruthlessly as if he wanted to skin her alive?

Did she say anything wrong? Or Bruce just didn’t believe her because of her relationship with Rudi?

Julie thought it was the latter.

The reason why Bruce came after her and directly took Hilla away from her was that he wanted to embarrass her and make Rudi look bad.

Julie bit her lips. Rudi was not in the company, so she couldn’t contradict Bruce. If she wanted to punish Hilla, she could do it any time. What she had just said was

indeed made up. It was obvious that her reason was very far-fetched in Bruce’s eyes.

"I worked for the Anderson Group and the whole Anderson Group belongs to you. So if you want to deal with her by yourself, of course, I have no complaints."

Julie was very humble. At this crucial moment, she could not let Bruce find a chance to mess with her. She didn’t want to argue with Bruce over Hilla.

Hilla was immediately released. Then she sneered and glanced at Julie who had lowered her head obediently. She walked to Bruce with a smile, and intimately hooked her arm around his, "There must be some misunderstanding. But Miss Green is so devoted to the Anderson Group, so Bruce, you can’t treat her unfairly. Miss Green is a good person!"

A "good person" who wanted to throw her off the roof. Hilla was now thinking about how to "repay" Julie well.

"Well, what design do you want to see? Why don’t you just tell me? I’ve shown you everything in my office. Why do you need to trouble others?"

Bruce’s voice was deep and mellow. It seemed like he was blaming Hilla, but Julie felt something wrong, especially when she saw them hugging each other.

For a moment, Julie felt as if she was having an illusion.

A CEO and an assistant wouldn’t talk to each other like this. They were more like ...

Wait, what did Bruce just say? Hilla saw all the designs in his office?

And what did he mean by "trouble others"? Were these two people doing PDA?

...

In the CEO’s office of the Anderson Group.

Hilla pouted as she sat on the sofa. Bruce handed her a cup of coffee and sat down beside her. "Are you still angry?"

Of course, she was furious!

"Bruce, you wanted to laugh at me when you saw me on the rooftop, didn’t you?"

Why would he laugh at her?

Bruce looked confused. Hilla pursed her lips and said, "When I was captured by Julie, I must look like a hen. I know you wanted to laugh at me when you saw that. Don’t suppress it. I know you want to laugh at me for causing you trouble again. If you want to laugh, just laugh. It’s no big deal."

Bruce hadn’t thought about it this way. He was busy thinking about how to deal with Julie for picking on Hilla. But now, seeing Hilla’s reaction, he really wanted to laugh.

She cared so much about her image and loved to hit people. Did she think she looked cool when she beat people up?

"I knew it! You want to laugh at me."

Hilla looked at the smile on Bruce’s face and straightened herself up.

Bruce held Hilla’s hand and smiled, "I won’t laugh at you. I was just thinking why Julie suddenly wanted to target you. If I didn’t show up, would you be afraid?"

"Why would I be afraid? She’s not my match."

Hilla looked proud. Bruce had never seen her like this before.

He knew that Hilla was good at fighting. It was difficult for others to bully her. Although Bruce had never seen her fight, he was there when she competed with those young men in the village.

She didn’t use all her strength, so those people were not injured. He could also tell that Hilla was not that good at martial arts and she was not strong. Instead, she was flexible and tricky, so even people who knew martial arts would find it difficult to take advantage of her.

"Why did you provoke her? How will that do you any good?"

Bruce was puzzled. Although Hilla acted normal when she got back from the Holt family last night, he knew that she was not as good as she seemed to be.

Hilla was not the kind of person who would give up easily and let go easily. She valued love and affection too much, so when Rudi threatened her with the Holt’s mansion, he had already touched Hilla’s bottom line. It was already surprising that Hilla didn’t kill Rudi on the spot, not to mention that Hilla had obviously shown him some mercy that night.

Hilla didn’t answer Bruce’s question. Instead, she looked up at him and suddenly

smiled brightly, "Bruce, I’ve decided not to take back the Holt’s mansion."

This decision shocked Bruce. For a moment, he looked at the girl in front of him in a daze. For the first time, he frowned with uncertainty and asked, "Why is that?"

"I want to help you take back your power in the Anderson Group. I want to help you make it better. It’s fine even if the house is gone. If you can take control of the entire Anderson Group, you’ll have much money. Then you can build me a new mansion, right?"

The young girl looked naïve and positive. The light in her eyes was shiny and attractive.

She said it so naturally, but he was deeply moved by her words.

So ... she didn’t want the Holt’s mansion back because she wanted to help him get back the initiative of the Anderson Group.

She gave up the Holt’s mansion for him. And she didn’t take advantage of the agreement to require anything unreasonable.

Bruce looked at the girl in front of him. For the first time, he felt like crying, and for the first time, he felt his heart flip.

He knew she was unique.

"Aren’t you afraid that I won’t build the mansion for you after I take back the Anderson Group?"

Bruce couldn’t help but want to tease her. He suppressed the special impulse in his heart and tantalized her.

Hilla looked at Bruce and asked seriously, "Bruce, you don’t have enough money?"

Building a mansion was indeed expensive, but Bruce was rich, and the Anderson family was rich!

Could it be that the Anderson family is going to go bankrupt? Did that bastard Rudi empty the entire Anderson Group?

Bruce looked at her worried face and could not help but burst into laughter. He pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice, "Don’t worry, I am very rich. You can have as much as you want."

Not everything could be bought with money, but he would try his best to make her laugh.

Hilla smiled in relief, "Bruce, you have to work hard. I will help you get the Anderson Group back."

"So you decided to provoke Julie? You want her to make a mistake, so I can punish her and kick her out of the Anderson Group?"

Hilla was surprised that Bruce knew her plan. He indeed saw through her. Hilla stared at Bruce in a daze. Was this guy a parasite in her brain?

"Don’t compare me to the parasite in your brain! It’s too disgusting!"

Hilla thought to herself, "You even know what I’m comparing you to. You are definitely the parasite in my brain."

"Bruce, you can read mind, right?"

"No, I can only read your mind."

Hilla didn’t know what to say.

He just pulled at her heartstrings! How crafty he was!

It was killing her to hear his love words so unexpectedly!

"School is about to start, right?"

Bruce suddenly asked. He changed the subject so quickly that Hilla was stunned for a moment. She then nodded and said, "Yes, just a few days later."

"Time to go back to school."

At first, he brought her to Anderson Group because he wanted to see her more often. Also, she could have more work experience. In addition, at the Anderson Group, Hilla could know how the audition was going at any time.

But now, he regretted doing it.

This girl who was ten years younger than him was sacrificing herself to help him.

He was a thirty -year-old man. If he wanted anything, he could get it himself. Would he need a little girl to sacrifice herself to help him?

"Actually, I can apply to my school for an internship. I don’t have many classes to take."

"You can continue your internship here when you graduate. The gate of the Anderson Group is always open for you."

Hearing Bruce’s words, Hilla rolled her eyes and whispered, "I might not even want to come at that time."

Although Hilla said this, Bruce still laughed. He knew that she would come, definitely.

In the hospital.

Rudi was wrapped in white gauze and turned into a mummy. Hilla had punched him hard. But at the same time, although Hilla beat him beyond recognition, she avoided all his vulnerable areas.

As a result, Rudi looked terrible, but his life was not in danger at all. What was irritating was that the places Hilla hit were particularly painful. Rudi even lost a few teeth, and in the end, he could not even speak.

Julie put on a gloomy face when she looked at the man on the bed. Hilla was just an assistant and she did not believe that Bruce could protect her for a lifetime!