Everyone around us was quiet. They did not even dare to breathe loudly.

Camden was smug as he looked down at me. He was waiting for me to lose my temper.

However, I just silently stared at the proposal he destroyed.

Then, I looked up and smiled at him.

“Don’t worry about it, Mr. Smith. Be careful when you walk; the floor is slippery.”

After I said that, I picked up my flashdrive and left.

Camden’s smile froze. He probably did not expect such a response from me.

After I left the office building, I immediately went to a photocopy shop near the cafe to print the proposal.

Cloud Cafe was decently quiet.

When I reached, Aurelia was already there.

She was wearing a tailored suit and stared intently at the tea before her. She looked calm and collected.

When she saw that I had arrived, she looked up and glanced at me for a second.

“Mr. Anderson, please sit.”

She sounded warmer than she did in the call.

“Ms. Peter, I’m sorry for the fiasco yesterday,” I said.

Aurelia dismissed my apology with a nonchalant wave to indicate that she did not care.

“I have no comments about your company’s management style.”

She sounded calm. “I just want to know how I can trust a company who doesn’t respect their senior employees with my project.”

The question was sharp and direct.

I kept quiet for a while.

“Ms. Peter, you’re right. I’m not here to make excuses on behalf of my company or anyone else.”

I slid the new proposal to her.

“I’m here today as the project manager to present the proposal that I was working on for the past six months to you. This is my responsibility, and this is the level of respect I have for this project.”

I did not mention Camden, nor did I try to score any sympathy points. I only explained the proposal thoroughly and explained all the creativity and effort we had put on for this project.

Aurelia listened quietly and did not interrupt me.

After I finished presenting, she said slowly, “Theo.”

It was the first time she said my name.

“This is a great proposal. This is a lot better than what I had imagined.”

I felt relieved.

“However,” she said, “I’m working with a team, a company. Not just you.”

“I understand.” I nodded and put the proposal away before I prepared to leave.

“Let me reconsider the collaboration.”

When I stood up, she suddenly said that.

I was surprised by her change of mind.

When I returned to the office, everyone was looking at me with sympathy.

Camden immediately rushed over.

“How’s it? I bet you got rejected! As I said, you’re useless!”

I ignored him and walked to my desk.

He did not let it go. He started yelling.

“Why aren’t you talking? Are you mute? Pass me your resignation letter tomorrow. Don’t make me take this matter into my own hands!”

At the same time, my phone started ringing.

It was Aurelia’s assistant.

“Mr. Anderson, Ms. Peter asked me to inform you that she accepted the collaboration. However…

“She will only work with you as the only project manager. As for the details of the agreement, she will personally discuss it with you.”

The whole office suddenly became extremely quiet.

Camden’s face first paled, then darkened with rage.

Camden had never felt so embarrassed in his entire life.

He sought to drive me away with this project, but I still secured it through impossible odds.

He seemed like he wanted to tear me apart with a murderous gaze.

However, he could not do that in front of everyone. So he forced a pained smile.

“Theo, good job! You’re so lucky.”

After that, he slammed the door of his office.

The company remained in a calm state in the next few days.

Camden did not antagonize me. He only stared at me with furious eyes every time he ran into me.

I ignored his immature actions and put all my focus and effort into Aurelia’s project.

I was having a video meeting with Aurelia’s team when Camden suddenly barged in.

“Theo, come out here.”

He sounded hostile. I frowned and apologized to the team over the video call before leaving the room.

“What’s wrong, Mr. Smith?”

“We’re moving offices next month. You know that, right?” His question came out of the blue.

I sneered inwardly.

Naturally, I knew. I was the one who got my assistant to put up that notice.

But I did not show any emotions on my face. “I’ve heard.”

“My mom wants you to find a new office for us. It can’t be in a poorer location, and it can’t be smaller than our current office. But the rent has to be cheaper.”

He crossed his arms after he said that. He looked at me mockingly and added, “Besides, the landlord of this building has a lot of rules. It’s good that we’re changing places. My mom wouldn’t have to worry over rent.”

He was trying to create problems for me.

It was hard to find a new place in the central business district.

Besides, he wanted cheaper rent.

He just wanted to see me fuss over this and fail. Then, he would be able to fire me.

“Got it,” I said indifferently.

“These words came directly from my mom. If you fail to deliver, don’t blame me for being ruthless,” he said mercilessly.

I ignored him and turned around to head back to the meeting room.

Camden stared at my back and sneered.

He thought that I would fall short.

However, he did not know that I owned a few buildings in this area.

If I wanted him to move, he would have to move.

If I wanted to lock him out, he would never get a good office space.

For the next few days, I came to work as usual. I did not mention a single word about finding a new office.

Camden could no longer bear it. He hounded me over the progress.

“Theo, how’s the progress? Don’t dilly-dally on this!”

“I’m on it.” That was my standard answer.

He finally lost patience.

One afternoon, he came to my desk and slammed some documents on my face.

“Are these the places you looked at? All these are weird, unwanted places! Are you asking us to move to a rural area?”

The papers cut my cheek. I immediately winced in pain.

I looked up at him coldly.

“Mr. Smith, I can’t rent a place in the central business district with your budget.”

“I don’t care! My mom has handed this task to you, so you have to do it! If you can’t do it, leave!” he yelled ruthlessly.

Everyone was silent.

I slowly picked up the papers one by one.

I looked at him and said slowly, “Mr. Smith, I think I need to clarify something.

“More than half of the best office buildings in this area belong to one person.

“And that person is infamously selective. He hates unprofessional, emotional, and rude tenants.”

Camden was stunned. He did not seem to understand what I was implying.

I smiled and took out my phone. Then, I gave my assistant, John Grant, a call.

I put the call on speaker.

“John, inform all the property managers of the central business district to black list Grand Media.”

John answered professionally and politely.

“Noted on that, Mr. Anderson.”

I paused and added.

“I don’t want to see this company in any of my properties.”

The office was dead silent.

“Mr… Mr. Anderson?”