She faltered, “Mr.


    Howard, do you… Do you really have no other intentions toward me?”


    “’Intentions’? What intentions?” Frowning, Emilio squinted at Lindsey in confusion.


    The next second, he realized what she meant and nearly choked on his own saliva.


    “Don’t get me wrong! A friend’s girl is-I mean… Ahem! Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that I absolutely have no other ‘intentions’ toward you.


    ”


    “A ‘friend’s girl’? What do you mean?”


    Now, it was Lindsey’s turn to look at him in confusion.


    “Huh? Nothing! You misheard me.


    ” Realizing that his tongue had slipped, Emilio quickly changed the subject.


    “Before Lynne resigned, she rmended you as her recement to the HR department.


    You were her subordinate, so you know the ins and outs of her job and could take over her current work faster.


    Those are the two reasons why I decided to promote you so quickly.


    Besides, you’ll be on probation for three months.


    If you can’t prove yourself worthy of the position by then, you will be demoted, and I’ll admit that I have overestimated you.


    ”


    His little mind game worked.


    Lindsey immediately felt determined to prove herself in the given time frame-not only to Emilio and the rest of thepany, but also to herself.


    “Got it, Mr.


    Howard.


    I won’t let you down.


    ”


    Then, with a resolute look on her face, Lindsey left.


    As soon as the door closed behind her, Emilio sank into his chair and breathed a sigh of relief.


    Realizing something, he quickly took his phone out and called Domenic.


    “Lindsey came to my office just now.


    She actually suspected that I had a crush on her and confronted me about it! Oh, my God! What a huge misunderstanding! I had half a mind to just tell her the truth.


    Speaking of which, when are you going to tell her your true identity?”


    Unexpectedly, his rambling was met with silence.


    Emilio thought that it was due to poor signal, so he was about to hang up the phone when Domenic’s low, threatening voice suddenly sounded in his ear.


    “Don’t you dare do anything that would make her misunderstand you.Owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    And have someone keep an eye on her at all times.


    I want all her movements reported to me.


    Got it?”


    Without waiting for a response, Domenic hung up on Emilio abruptly.


    Emilio was met with a harsh dial tone.


    He pulled his phone away from his ear and looked at it helplessly.


    Domenic had always been like this, and he had no choice but to do as he said.


    *


    Lindsey sorted out the documents containing their artists’ data and then headed to the Information Department.


    “Hello, I’m Lindsey Stewart from the Agent Department.


    Could you help me check on the recent arrangements of Ray Films’ crews?”


    The receptionist of the Information Department looked up and nced at Lindsey, frowning in disdain.


    “The system broke down.


    It’s not working right now.


    ”