Chapter 33

　　Absentmindedly maintains a stiff, reluctant smile and occasionally drinks a mouthful of wine, Marcus does not say much, has been around the clever mouth, and can drink subordinates on his behalf to cope with the opposite side of the frequent toasts to the people, as the president of a large company, there will always be a wide variety of business entertainments, generally this case Marcus is to be able to push it, and really can not be moved, will be personally on the battlefield, and even then it will also be able to bring can drink will Road subordinates to support the scene to block the wine.

　　After three rounds of wine, the table fell a piece. Marcus excused himself to go to the restroom to breathe.

　　The phone rang at the right time. It was Ethan who called. Marcus picked it up. Ethan's voice, with a smile, came through the airwaves: "Are you drunk? Do you want me to carry you back?"

　　Marcus held the cell phone in one hand and put the other hand on top of his hot forehead. After a long time, he lightly breathed out and said, "It'll be over in half an hour, so you can come and pick me up."

　　"Good."Ethan smiled pleasantly, "See you in a bit."

　　Hanging up the phone, Marcus went to the restroom and splashed his face with cold water; feeling better after a few moments of silence, he was ready to go back to the table to get rid of the drunks and then go back. Still, when walking out of the restroom door, he saw a familiar back at the end of the corridor, turning around and entering another high-class box.

　　It was William; although Marcus was not interested in his business, seeing him alone in this place, he was not familiar with the S city five-star hotel within the high-grade box, and after he and Qin Sitong divorced and were swept away by the Qin family, how can it give a person an extraordinary feeling.

　　Marcus is not curious; doubts only flashed in his mind but did not go into more profound interest.

　　Half an hour later, Marcus was forced to drink the last big glass of liquor; Marcus held up his body to send the other people away, only to walk out of the hotel door. Ethan's car was parked on the opposite side of the street; his man lazily leaned against the outside, smoking a cigarette. Marcus walked over to the car and stood a step away from Ethan, drunken eyes squinting to look at the front of the even Marcus walked over to Ethan and stood a step away from him, blinking with drunken eyes at Ethan who looked so handsome when he swallowed a cloud of smoke.

　　Ethan didn't say anything; he only smiled at Marcus momentarily. After a few moments, Marcus smiled, took the cigarette from Ethan's hand, and inhaled hard. The smoke from the exhale sprayed on Ethan's face.

　　Ethan reached for his waist, and Marcus leaned into him smoothly, his whole body almost planting itself on top of his. Ethan held on to him helplessly to help him keep his balance. A soft chuckle came to mind in his ear: "Still really drunk. How much have you had to drink anyway?"

　　Marcus leaned against his shoulder and shook his head. "Not much. I've got a bit of a headache."

　　Ethan resigned himself to getting the man into the car, buckled him in, and threw him a bottle of water: "A couple of sips will make you feel better."Then he started the car.

　　Marcus took only half a sip before he couldn't drink anymore and asked him, "You been here long?"

　　"That's not true. I just got here, but I saw something interesting: that first cousin of mine drove out of the hotel with his mistress; he's quite daring."Ethan blurted out someone else's gossip.

　　"What's so unusual about having a mistress when his wife and kids aren't around."Marcus was a little nonplussed by this.

　　Ethan reached over, smoothed his drooping forehead hair, and laughed, "I'm not like him, don't worry."

　　"..."Marcus wasn't interested in the gossip but suddenly remembered the man he'd seen in the hotel again. He frowned slightly and asked Ethan," Did you introduce William to your cousin?"

　　Ethan froze momentarily and said, "Of course not; why?"

　　Once upon a time, he and Liam didn't get along. Even if William had some ambiguity with him, he couldn't introduce him to Liam. Marcus's question made Ethan a bit puzzled.

　　"It's nothing; just now inside, I saw William come; it seems like he came to meet someone."

　　"...You think it was Liam? They shouldn't know each other."

　　Marcus thought awhile and said, "It's just a bit strange. Last time at your company's anniversary meeting, I saw William react strangely to Liam, panicked and scared. Now he suddenly got divorced and ran here and also pestered you. Don't you think there's something fishy in between?"

　　Ethan was a little surprised to hear that. His fingers tapped the steering wheel habitually, and he said, "There is indeed something strange. Let's wait and see what happens."

　　Marcus nodded and said nothing more, leaning back against the seat and closing his eyes. Ethan didn't bother him anymore, so he turned down the car's stereo and unscrewed the warm air.

　　******

　　After making an appointment with Marcus about the time and place to have dinner together in the evening, Ethan hung up the phone. His secretary knocked on the door and came in, saying that the Human Resources Department had left the last few candidates for the assistant to the general manager and asked him to go over there and look at them in person.

　　Ethan nodded and instructed, "Put that side on hold for a while; I'll be there in ten minutes."

　　His secretary is pregnant, and the fetal position is unstable, so she hands in a resignation letter, ready to go home to raise the fetus and wait for labor. Two weeks later, she will leave. During this period, the company has been recruiting new assistants for him since they are the people who will follow him to work. Ethan, of course, goes over the purpose in person. Only if he agrees will the workforce dare to recruit the people to come in.

　　Finally, they left him with three men and one woman, all highly qualified with high education and work experience. This allowed him to choose for himself, which was initially straightforward if no resume was pressed at the bottom of the list.

　　When William's resume appeared in front of him, Ethan was stunned and then laughed. He is persistent in pestering himself. The wind and water rotate to say, "What is the meaning of this?"

　　In any case, Ethan still explained to go down by the procedures set out to start the interview; the four candidates took turns to come in by his eyes; William was the last, wearing a decent black suit, hair combed a not messy, led by his secretary into the door after the first politely gave him and the next human resources manager to greet, Ethan ignored him has been looking at the hands of the resume, it was the human resources manager smiled and indicated that he would not be able to do so. Ethan didn't pay any attention to him as he kept reading his resume, and the HR manager smiled and gestured for him to sit down.

　　Before William entered the door, the Ministry of Human Resources manager first told Ethan that this one is the four people with the best working experience; the previous interview with the Ministry of Human Resources gave him the highest overall score. His demeanor, eloquence, and adaptability, including the degree of understanding of the company, are very consistent with their requirements.

　　"And he was also Qin's general manager before."

　　The HR manager's tone was a little hesitant when he said this. He remembered Qin's relationship with Ethan and wondered how Qin's general manager would come to their company to apply for an assistant manager position.

　　"You didn't ask him why he gave up his job at Qin's?"

　　"Asked, and he said personal reasons."

　　Ethan smiled and did not say anything anymore, and now William was sitting in front of him correctly and respectfully, accepting his interview. His face did not show unusual emotions, but he only moderately asked a few work-related questions. William answered them methodically, one by one, and in the end, the human resources manager thought that the candidate would almost be finalized. At the end of the day, when the HR manager felt that the candidate was nearly finalized, Ethan suddenly asked that question again, "You gave up such a promising position as the general manager of Qin's company to apply for the assistant manager job in our company, such a choice seems to be very incomprehensible to people?"

　　William looked at him calmly and blandly said, "It's for personal reasons; I want to stay in this city."

　　Ethan pulled the corner of his mouth, his eyes signaling to the HR manager that he could finish. After sending the people out, Ethan dropped a sentence: "Let them all go back and wait for the news first." He also got up and left.

　　******

　　Marcus didn't expect to see William coming out of Lysol's company building in front of the company when he drove to pick up Ethan from work. Ethan quickly got down and pulled open the car door to get into the car. Before he sat down, Marcus asked him, "What's going on with William?"

　　"Huh?"

　　"I just saw him coming out of your office."

　　"Oh, he's here to apply for a job," Ethan subconsciously glanced at Marcus's face and added," Assistant General Manager."

　　"That's your assistant?"Marcus started the car and merged into the traffic; the car wasn't going fast, so he asked carelessly, "What do you think?"

　　"Based on his education and work experience alone, he's the best fit for anyone."

　　"You want to hire him?"

　　"If that's all it was, I wouldn't," Ethan said shook his head,"But I think things are getting weird,he should have a purpose for being in Lysol."

　　Marcus thought for a moment and said,"You think it was Liam?"

　　"Well,originally I wasn't quite convinced when you said that the other night,but seeing him applying for a job at Lyson today,maybe it really is related to Liam."

　　"So what are you going to do?Keep him?"

　　Ethan said,"If Liam is trying to plant him beside me to do something small,if I don't hire him,Liam's calculations will fall through,we'll be fine with each other as usual,but the board of directors of the head office will be announcing the president's choice in a few months..."

　　"So you're trying to use him to catch Liam in the act?"

　　"Uh-huh...."

　　It was already dark,Marcus drove the car to a side street with few people and parked it on the side of the road,after stopping and turning off the engine,he turned his head to look at Ethan:"Why do I feel that you are very weak when you tell me this?"

　　"...I was afraid you'd take it the wrong way."

　　Marcus said indifferently,"Whatever,you're doing it to deal with Liam anyway."

　　"You won't be upset?"

　　"Why would I be upset?I already know about your attitude,even if he pesters you again,you just reject him."

　　Ethan finally put his heart down,knowing that Marcus was different from the average person,jealousy was fun once in a while,but if it hung around all the time,it was unreasonable,and neither of them were like that.

　　"I'm not going to have too much contact with him except on business."Ethan smiled and leaned into Marcus'ear,"Honey,you're the only one on my mind."

　　"..."Marcus knew for the first time what goosebumps really felt like,restarted the car,dropped a'Honey,sit tight'at Ethan who was so proud of flirting with him,and slammed his foot on the gas."The car was so shocked that Ethan,who hadn't fastened his seatbelt yet,almost fell onto the front glass of the car.

　　"Hey,as far as you are concerned,not just called a wife,have you such a revenge?"Ethan was exasperated.

　　Marcus clicked on the car stereo in a good mood and called back to him,"Same to you."　　Absentmindedly maintains a stiff, reluctant smile and occasionally drinks a mouthful of wine, Marcus does not say much, has been around the clever mouth, and can drink subordinates on his behalf to cope with the opposite side of the frequent toasts to the people, as the president of a large company, there will always be a wide variety of business entertainments, generally this case Marcus is to be able to push it, and really can not be moved, will be personally on the battlefield, and even then it will also be able to bring can drink will Road subordinates to support the scene to block the wine.

　　After three rounds of wine, the table fell a piece. Marcus excused himself to go to the restroom to breathe.

　　The phone rang at the right time. It was Ethan who called. Marcus picked it up. Ethan's voice, with a smile, came through the airwaves: "Are you drunk? Do you want me to carry you back?"

　　Marcus held the cell phone in one hand and put the other hand on top of his hot forehead. After a long time, he lightly breathed out and said, "It'll be over in half an hour, so you can come and pick me up."

　　"Good."Ethan smiled pleasantly, "See you in a bit."

　　Hanging up the phone, Marcus went to the restroom and splashed his face with cold water; feeling better after a few moments of silence, he was ready to go back to the table to get rid of the drunks and then go back. Still, when walking out of the restroom door, he saw a familiar back at the end of the corridor, turning around and entering another high-class box.

　　It was William; although Marcus was not interested in his business, seeing him alone in this place, he was not familiar with the S city five-star hotel within the high-grade box, and after he and Qin Sitong divorced and were swept away by the Qin family, how can it give a person an extraordinary feeling.

　　Marcus is not curious; doubts only flashed in his mind but did not go into more profound interest.

　　Half an hour later, Marcus was forced to drink the last big glass of liquor; Marcus held up his body to send the other people away, only to walk out of the hotel door. Ethan's car was parked on the opposite side of the street; his man lazily leaned against the outside, smoking a cigarette. Marcus walked over to the car and stood a step away from Ethan, drunken eyes squinting to look at the front of the even Marcus walked over to Ethan and stood a step away from him, blinking with drunken eyes at Ethan who looked so handsome when he swallowed a cloud of smoke.

　　Ethan didn't say anything; he only smiled at Marcus momentarily. After a few moments, Marcus smiled, took the cigarette from Ethan's hand, and inhaled hard. The smoke from the exhale sprayed on Ethan's face.

　　Ethan reached for his waist, and Marcus leaned into him smoothly, his whole body almost planting itself on top of his. Ethan held on to him helplessly to help him keep his balance. A soft chuckle came to mind in his ear: "Still really drunk. How much have you had to drink anyway?"

　　Marcus leaned against his shoulder and shook his head. "Not much. I've got a bit of a headache."

　　Ethan resigned himself to getting the man into the car, buckled him in, and threw him a bottle of water: "A couple of sips will make you feel better."Then he started the car.

　　Marcus took only half a sip before he couldn't drink anymore and asked him, "You been here long?"

　　"That's not true. I just got here, but I saw something interesting: that first cousin of mine drove out of the hotel with his mistress; he's quite daring."Ethan blurted out someone else's gossip.

　　"What's so unusual about having a mistress when his wife and kids aren't around."Marcus was a little nonplussed by this.

　　Ethan reached over, smoothed his drooping forehead hair, and laughed, "I'm not like him, don't worry."

　　"..."Marcus wasn't interested in the gossip but suddenly remembered the man he'd seen in the hotel again. He frowned slightly and asked Ethan," Did you introduce William to your cousin?"

　　Ethan froze momentarily and said, "Of course not; why?"

　　Once upon a time, he and Liam didn't get along. Even if William had some ambiguity with him, he couldn't introduce him to Liam. Marcus's question made Ethan a bit puzzled.

　　"It's nothing; just now inside, I saw William come; it seems like he came to meet someone."

　　"...You think it was Liam? They shouldn't know each other."

　　Marcus thought awhile and said, "It's just a bit strange. Last time at your company's anniversary meeting, I saw William react strangely to Liam, panicked and scared. Now he suddenly got divorced and ran here and also pestered you. Don't you think there's something fishy in between?"

　　Ethan was a little surprised to hear that. His fingers tapped the steering wheel habitually, and he said, "There is indeed something strange. Let's wait and see what happens."

　　Marcus nodded and said nothing more, leaning back against the seat and closing his eyes. Ethan didn't bother him anymore, so he turned down the car's stereo and unscrewed the warm air.

　　******

　　After making an appointment with Marcus about the time and place to have dinner together in the evening, Ethan hung up the phone. His secretary knocked on the door and came in, saying that the Human Resources Department had left the last few candidates for the assistant to the general manager and asked him to go over there and look at them in person.

　　Ethan nodded and instructed, "Put that side on hold for a while; I'll be there in ten minutes."

　　His secretary is pregnant, and the fetal position is unstable, so she hands in a resignation letter, ready to go home to raise the fetus and wait for labor. Two weeks later, she will leave. During this period, the company has been recruiting new assistants for him since they are the people who will follow him to work. Ethan, of course, goes over the purpose in person. Only if he agrees will the workforce dare to recruit the people to come in.

　　Finally, they left him with three men and one woman, all highly qualified with high education and work experience. This allowed him to choose for himself, which was initially straightforward if no resume was pressed at the bottom of the list.

　　When William's resume appeared in front of him, Ethan was stunned and then laughed. He is persistent in pestering himself. The wind and water rotate to say, "What is the meaning of this?"

　　In any case, Ethan still explained to go down by the procedures set out to start the interview; the four candidates took turns to come in by his eyes; William was the last, wearing a decent black suit, hair combed a not messy, led by his secretary into the door after the first politely gave him and the next human resources manager to greet, Ethan ignored him has been looking at the hands of the resume, it was the human resources manager smiled and indicated that he would not be able to do so. Ethan didn't pay any attention to him as he kept reading his resume, and the HR manager smiled and gestured for him to sit down.

　　Before William entered the door, the Ministry of Human Resources manager first told Ethan that this one is the four people with the best working experience; the previous interview with the Ministry of Human Resources gave him the highest overall score. His demeanor, eloquence, and adaptability, including the degree of understanding of the company, are very consistent with their requirements.

　　"And he was also Qin's general manager before."

　　The HR manager's tone was a little hesitant when he said this. He remembered Qin's relationship with Ethan and wondered how Qin's general manager would come to their company to apply for an assistant manager position.

　　"You didn't ask him why he gave up his job at Qin's?"

　　"Asked, and he said personal reasons."

　　Ethan smiled and did not say anything anymore, and now William was sitting in front of him correctly and respectfully, accepting his interview. His face did not show unusual emotions, but he only moderately asked a few work-related questions. William answered them methodically, one by one, and in the end, the human resources manager thought that the candidate would almost be finalized. At the end of the day, when the HR manager felt that the candidate was nearly finalized, Ethan suddenly asked that question again, "You gave up such a promising position as the general manager of Qin's company to apply for the assistant manager job in our company, such a choice seems to be very incomprehensible to people?"

　　William looked at him calmly and blandly said, "It's for personal reasons; I want to stay in this city."

　　Ethan pulled the corner of his mouth, his eyes signaling to the HR manager that he could finish. After sending the people out, Ethan dropped a sentence: "Let them all go back and wait for the news first." He also got up and left.

　　******

　　Marcus didn't expect to see William coming out of Lysol's company building in front of the company when he drove to pick up Ethan from work. Ethan quickly got down and pulled open the car door to get into the car. Before he sat down, Marcus asked him, "What's going on with William?"

　　"Huh?"

　　"I just saw him coming out of your office."

　　"Oh, he's here to apply for a job," Ethan subconsciously glanced at Marcus's face and added," Assistant General Manager."

　　"That's your assistant?"Marcus started the car and merged into the traffic; the car wasn't going fast, so he asked carelessly, "What do you think?"

　　"Based on his education and work experience alone, he's the best fit for anyone."

　　"You want to hire him?"

　　"If that's all it was, I wouldn't," Ethan said shook his head,"But I think things are getting weird,he should have a purpose for being in Lysol."

　　Marcus thought for a moment and said,"You think it was Liam?"

　　"Well,originally I wasn't quite convinced when you said that the other night,but seeing him applying for a job at Lyson today,maybe it really is related to Liam."

　　"So what are you going to do?Keep him?"

　　Ethan said,"If Liam is trying to plant him beside me to do something small,if I don't hire him,Liam's calculations will fall through,we'll be fine with each other as usual,but the board of directors of the head office will be announcing the president's choice in a few months..."

　　"So you're trying to use him to catch Liam in the act?"

　　"Uh-huh...."

　　It was already dark,Marcus drove the car to a side street with few people and parked it on the side of the road,after stopping and turning off the engine,he turned his head to look at Ethan:"Why do I feel that you are very weak when you tell me this?"

　　"...I was afraid you'd take it the wrong way."

　　Marcus said indifferently,"Whatever,you're doing it to deal with Liam anyway."

　　"You won't be upset?"

　　"Why would I be upset?I already know about your attitude,even if he pesters you again,you just reject him."

　　Ethan finally put his heart down,knowing that Marcus was different from the average person,jealousy was fun once in a while,but if it hung around all the time,it was unreasonable,and neither of them were like that.

　　"I'm not going to have too much contact with him except on business."Ethan smiled and leaned into Marcus'ear,"Honey,you're the only one on my mind."

　　"..."Marcus knew for the first time what goosebumps really felt like,restarted the car,dropped a'Honey,sit tight'at Ethan who was so proud of flirting with him,and slammed his foot on the gas."The car was so shocked that Ethan,who hadn't fastened his seatbelt yet,almost fell onto the front glass of the car.

　　"Hey,as far as you are concerned,not just called a wife,have you such a revenge?"Ethan was exasperated.

　　Marcus clicked on the car stereo in a good mood and called back to him,"Same to you."