While in the cafeteria, Anne and Edward became the center of attention of the employees. Anne's beautiful face became the talk of the employees who had seen her. And this made Edward felt uncomfortable. He didn't like Anne being the talk of men.

"Tomorrow you better bring your own lunch, Anne, I think I will too,

" Edward suddenly spoke quite loudly while glancing at the four senior employees sitting next to their desk.

"Why? The food in this cafeteria is delicious, I have no problem,

" answered Anne briefly, then she put the spaghetti into her mouth.

Edward took a deep breath.

"It feels really uncomfortable when people are watching us eating,

" he said again, looking at the four male employees who were still staring at Anne.

The four employees immediately felt embarrassed when they were noticed by Edward and Anne, who they had been watching for a long while. Not long after that, the four senior employees left the cafeteria in a hurry.

"What a bunch of bastards who don't have manners,

" Edward whispered softly. His eyes were still following the steps of the four male employees who had been whispering about Anne.

"Hush! Don't say that, finish your food quickly. Break time is almost over, I want to finish my work today and go home immediately,

" said Anne quietly. Her two fingers still surfing on the screen of her smart phone, replying to messages sent by Jack who had been protesting to her as to why she had not replied to his messages since morning.

Edward was silent and did not comment on Anne's words. He knew that Anne's thoughts were not with him in the cafeteria at the moment. He really wanted to grab and see Anne's cell phone. He was very disturbed to see Anne was busy with her cell phone. However, knowing that he was just a co-worker and nothing to Anne, he didn't have the ability to do what he had always wanted to do, which was to take Anne's cell phone.

Shortly after finishing their meals, Anne and Edward left the cafeteria to the tenth floor where their rooms were. When Edward and Anne had just come out of the elevator, they were surprised by a scene they never wished to see. The reason was that currently six big men were seen dragging three female employees from the front of Leon's room. The three female employees cried and screamed when they were forced to leave, while the three women's desks were now in disarray. Anne and Edward immediately walked away from the elevator when the three women were dragged into the elevator.

Curious about what she had just seen, Anne approached another female employee.

"What happened?

" asked Anne quietly.

"The three of them were caught stealing Mr. Leon's belongings,

" answered another female employee who wore glasses.

"Stealing stuff? What do you mean?

" Edward asked surprised.

"So for the past few days Mr. Leon has always lost his expensive pens and this has indeed been discussed often by the other employees when we were eating in the cafeteria. But all this time we all didn't know exactly what pen Mr. Leon meant, until finally there was a manager from the finance department who saw Casey and her two friends put expensive pens into her desk drawer which were allegedly Mr Leon's pens,

" replied the bespectacled employee again trying to explain what she knew.

"Pens? How expensive are those pens to...

"

"This are the pens they took,

" said a male employee quickly answering Anne's question while showing a website from the Visconti Ripple brand which was a very beautiful and luxurious pen in the world. This was because the pen was sold in a very limited edition and was equipped with 18 carat gold and diamonds. The price of this pen was almost US$ 57 thousand.

Edward, who could recognize expensive items, was taken aback when he saw the Visconti Ripple pen that a male employee in front of him showed him.

"Are you serious they took this?

"

"Yes, Mr. Leon just showed us the three expensive pens after they were taken from the drawer of the three female thieves,

" answered the male employee named Hito quickly.

"Crazy, crazy, crazy, how dare they take a limited edition pen like this?

" Edward said quickly, shaking his head slowly.

Anne, who did not know the price of expensive goods, could only remain silent. But seeing from the site her friend showed her, she was sure that the pens that the three female employees took were indeed expensive pens.

They finally disbanded when they saw Leon walking towards the elevator quickly. He looked very angry. Anne chose to immediately continue her work. She didn't care about Leon who was angry. For her, Leon's anger had nothing to do with her. All she had in mind right now was to finish the work Leon had given her this morning.

Leon's sly smile appeared when he was in the elevator. His plan to spread a hoax about him losing his super expensive pens turned out to be successful. Moreover, there were eyewitnesses who corroborate the plan.

"Don't worry, Dear, I will get rid of the people who dare to talk about you one by one. I will not let them live in peace if they dare to hurt your heart,

" Leon thought to himself.

"Please, Sir, the car that will take you to the police station is ready,

" said a man named Carlos politely.

"Those three women?

"

"They have been taken to the police station first, Sir,

" Carlos answered quickly, Carlos was Leon's right-hand man who had just arrived in London. The Portuguese-German blooded man was one of Leon's trusted right-hand men. Leon liked Carlos because Carlos was very agile.

With a big smile Leon said,

"Well then let's follow them to the police station. The thieves must be punished for their actions so that something like this doesn't happen again.

"

"Yes, sir, you are right, the employees who disobey must be dealt with immediately so as not to infect other employees,

" said Carlos quietly, responding to Leon's words.

"Hahahaha you're right, Carlos, the rats must know who is in charge. Come on, let's hurry to the police station. I can't wait to make them languish in prison,

" Leon said loudly as he stepped his foot towards the car that was ready in front of the office. .

The obedient Carlos then followed Leon from behind. Not long after, they left the Ganke Inc. Production office to the police station where the three women who had made fun of Anne had been taken. Leon intended to make the three employees languish in prison because they had said things about Anne, who he loved so much.

* * *

Meanwhile, Aaron was very uneasy in his office, because the message he sent to Anne did not get any response. He had never been this nervous because of a woman, especially since she was a widow whom he hated so much.

"Calm down, Boss, if you keep pacing like that I'm going to go crazy,

" protested Daniel in annoyance. He couldn't stand to see Aaron pacing back and forth in his office for almost the last hour.

"What should I do now, Daniel? I'm sure this Anne is very angry with me. She hasn't replied to the messages I sent since last night. What else should I do to apologize to her? I'm really at a loss for ideas at this point,

" Aaron said in confusion as he ruffled his already neat hair.

"Do you really like Miss Anne, Boss?

" Daniel suddenly asked quietly, seriously.

"I like her...

"

"Even though you know she's a widow?

"

Thump!

Aaron's heart beat was very fast at the moment. His face flushed with fury.

"For me, status is not important now, what matters is Anne. Even if she is a widow or a nun, I would still marry her now, she must be mine.

" Aaron's hands, which were now on the table, were clenched into perfect fists.

"I have to beat Jackson Patrick Muller, Anne must not fall into his hands.

"

Continued

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