Chapter 90: I Won’t Be Mean to You Anymore

Chapter 90: Chapter 90: I Won’t Be Mean to You Anymore

Ryan Sterling sent the money directly to Evelyn Grant’s WeChat.

As she was looking down at her phone, he suddenly took her hand gently.

"From now on, I’ll try to be like my older brother. I’ll be gentle with you and stop being so harsh."

Back when Ryan Sterling was younger, he hadn’t even realized at first that he liked Evelyn Grant!

All he knew was that he loved teasing her, loved being wherever she was, loved seeing the happy look on her face, and hated any boy who got near her.

By the time Ryan Sterling realized he was acting this way because he liked her, it was already too late.

His gentle, mature older brother had already swept Evelyn Grant off her feet!

By the time he wanted to change, it was far too late for anything.

He could only watch helplessly as she married his older brother and suffered through her marriage.

Hearing this, Evelyn Grant lifted her gaze to look at him.

Her eyes met his, which were deep and full of sincerity.

"I... I know you’re only harsh with me for my own good."

Although she didn’t like Ryan’s harsh demeanor, she could still tell right from wrong.

She was well aware of all this.

"Then why did you..."

"Can we please not talk about the past?"

The truth was, Evelyn Grant had no desire to bring up anything related to Julian Sterling again.

She felt that both he and the past should fade from her life. The most important thing was to pull herself together and move on.

Ryan Sterling nodded. "Okay, I won’t bring it up again."

Evelyn Grant took a breath. Not wanting the atmosphere to turn awkward, she decided to change the subject, and she also wanted to ask Ryan Sterling for his opinion on something.

She showed him the text exchange with Mr. Shaw on her phone.

Ryan Sterling glanced at it, raising an eyebrow and feigning ignorance. "Your boss seems to be very good to you."

Evelyn Grant sighed. "At first, I also thought it was just my boss being nice to me, and that my colleagues at the firm were friendly and didn’t gossip. But... the moment they saw me exchange a few words with Mr. Shaw, they immediately jumped to conclusions! Now Mr. Shaw has fired those colleagues, and I’m worried that will just make the gossip even worse!"

It was like they were just fooling themselves!

Sure, punishing them like this meant no one could gossip at the firm anymore, but they would just do it behind her back!

They would never let her hear the end of it.

Besides...

Why was Mr. Shaw being so nice to her?

He was definitely not this friendly with the other staff at the firm.

Actually... it was no wonder they jumped to conclusions when they saw Mr. Shaw showing so much concern for her!

Stepping back from the situation, she had to admit that Mr. Shaw was being exceptionally nice to her.

"So what do you think we should do?" Ryan Sterling had been so focused on protecting her that he hadn’t considered all these repercussions.

He hadn’t expected Evelyn Grant to think things through to this extent.

"I don’t know either, but getting them fired is such a severe punishment! I just hope they don’t badmouth me behind my back."

Evelyn Grant just wanted to go to work in peace and do her job.

As for anything else...

She had absolutely no interest in it.

Seeing her troubled expression, Ryan Sterling said gently, "Don’t worry. It’s not a big deal. Worst case, you can just talk to your boss about it tomorrow, right?"

Most importantly, he would have another word with Mr. Shaw.

"How could I do that?"

Evelyn Grant pouted. "You don’t get it. Mr. Shaw punished them to back me up. If I go and plead for them now, what does that make me? Mr. Shaw will think I’m being manipulative and two-faced!"

But Ryan Sterling’s mind was hardly on solving the problem at that moment.

He was completely charmed by Evelyn Grant’s pout.

She used to pout just like that back when they were in school.