Chapter 556

Leslie Green gave a cold chuckle as she scrolled through the news. "This is just the beginning." Ethan Riley was ready to lose it. He'd already been pulling back-to-back all-nighters, and just when he thought he could finally wrap up his backlog, Leslie hit him with another task. The guy was fuming—quietly, of course. He wouldn’t dare say no to her. Honestly, at this point, he felt less like an assistant and more like a glorified sidekick... the unpaid kind. "Leslie, can you chill a sec? Calling me in the middle of the night—what if I was about to get lucky with a hottie or something?" Leslie’s voice came through, full of derision. "You? Please. If you're such a lady’s man, why’s your aunt still dragging you to blind dates?" Ethan spat his coffee all over his keyboard. "Ah crap, my laptop!" He scrambled to save it from the sticky mess. Right then, Broderick Ackerley silently sat down beside Leslie, wrapping his arms around her from behind. He reached over, hit speaker on her phone and