Lucia raised an eyebrow, didn't say anything, and asked Monty, "So what do you want from me?"
"We can put that aside," Monty said as he sat up straight. "Now that we're talking about Cloudwork, I'm curious why you like someone like Spencer."
"Someone like Spencer?" Lucia said with a smile and there was a twinkle in her eye. "What kind of person is Spencer? Do you know him well?"
"Lucia..." Monty shouted in distress. "Can you stop testing me? I admit that I'm very concerned about your private life. I'm the one who found out about all this, okay?"
"So everyone knows that I'm engaged to him," Lucia said with a smile.
"I know more than that," Monty said, frowning. "A week ago, Spencer returned to the country and sent out invitations to all the high-class people in the city for an engagement party. We Luxwell Investment is quite successful, so I got that invitation too. After that, Spencer bought a magazine to spread the word about it. Arthur couldn't suppress it..."
Lucia snorted inwardly. She had long guessed that Spencer would never keep a low profile. She didn't expect him to make such a big deal out of it. No wonder everyone looked at her in a weird way when she came back today. It was because he had disappeared it for so long.
Arthur...
Hearing that Arthur was trying to suppress the news, Lucia's feelings were complicated beyond comprehension.
"Lucia, even a fool knows that Arthur is a million times better than Spencer. Why are you engaged to him?" Monty asked worriedly.
Lucia endured the bitterness in her heart and looked up at Monty. "Didn't you already knew about it?" She asked. "Why are you asking me?" owns this text.
"I can't believe the rumors from the outside, Lucia. I want to hear it from you."
"We don't know each other that well," Lucia said with a chill in her eyes. "Mr. Gallagher."
Lucia's address for him deflated Monty, who leaned against the back and looked at her in an aggrieved manner,
"Lucia, we are schoolmates after all. Is it really okay to be so out of touch?"
"It's because you're an alumnus that I've been giving you this crap for so long," said Lucia, who was already displeased that Monty kept prying into her private affairs, "Anything else? If not, please go back."
"Wait!" Not annoyed by Lucia's stern words, Monty seemed to know he had crossed the line, and straightened himself up again,
"Let's talk business."
"Say it."
"Lucia, you've made a mistake in your assessment of the tannery. Now, we've lent out more than $10 million for no reason. If there's a problem with the tannery, we won't even be able to recover the principal and can't repay the debt. What should we do about this?" Monty's face was still wearing a standard smile, but the smile didn't mean he was happy.
As Monty spoke, Lucia was running through the case in her head, and as soon as she finished, Lucia responded,
"Are you sure it was a mistake?"
"Of course," Monty said affirmatively, "We've had people re-evaluate the tannery, and it can borrow up to $20 million based on its asset, barely. I trust you, trust Webbex Group, and that's why I agreed to the loan. Now that things have gone wrong, you have to come up with a positive explanation."
"I see. I will give you an answer in three days," said Lucia, frowning slightly.
"Why three days?" Monty asked.
"Because tomorrow is my engagement party," Lucia said. "Aren't you going to be there?"
Monty was at a loss for words. Then, he muttered, "I don't want to be here in this identity..."
She didn't bother to think about what Monty meant. Lucia sent the guest off without a word. Monty didn't continue to pester her. He only reminded her that he needed an accurate answer three days later and left. It was already past noon... Lucia knew Noah was off duty, so she didn't bring him in for questioning. Besides... Lucia's mind was far too distracted to deal with it.
Back at her chair, she turned on her computer, and found reports of her engagement to Spencer, which led to a series of speculations and delusions about her relationship with Arthur and Spencer. Lucia read the outrageous article and became angry.
Spencer, why was he so crude and rash?!
Turning off the computer, Lucia was still angry. It looked like she needed to have a "talk" with Spencer.
When she came out of the office, Lucia noticed that Nia and Daphne were both still in their seats. Nia was more focused on her work, and Daphne was just sitting there in a daze.
With a soft sigh, Lucia walked over and told the two to take their lunch break. Nia smiled and said that she was fine and would be busy for a while longer, while Daphne took a deep look at Lucia and didn't say anything.
"Daphne, I'll give you four days off and you can go back later," Lucia said suddenly to Daphne.
Nia on the side frowned.
"Lucia, I..." Daphne said at last, but Lucia cut her off after only a few words.
"Go home," Lucia said with a sigh.
Daphne looked into Lucia's eyes, and after a few seconds she nodded silently and began to clear away the things on the table. She knew Lucia's intentions. One was to see that she was not interested in her work, and the other was that, Daphne guessed it herself, maybe Lucia knew Arthur needed friends to accompany him.
Everyone was worried about Arthur's condition, and so was Lucia. Daphne had guessed what she was up to, and she was afraid that something bad would happen to Arthur tomorrow if he was alone. Even if Daphne wasn't close to him yet, one more person to be by his side was always good.
"I'm going back. Nia, work hard," Lucia said and left.
As soon as Lucia left, Nia became extremely jealous. She snorted and said to Daphne, "You're not sick or in pain. Lucia gave you four days off. Daphne, you're very capable."
Daphne glanced at Nis and ignored her. Now she was really not in the mood to argue with her.
"Daphne, are you deaf?!" For the second time in her life, Nia couldn't tolerate it and scolded her.
Daphne was in a terrible mood, and now that Nia had gotten under her skin, she could no longer maintain her usual soft and easily bullied personality. She looked up at Nia and said coldly, "I'm not deaf. I just don't want to talk to you."