Chapter 941
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A few moments later, Tommy approached her, his tone full of reproach. “Why bother being so courteous to her?”
Greta, feeling slighted by the whole scene, quickly lied, saying, “I was just trying to be nice to Ethan’s mother for Brenna’s sake.”
By the time Brenna and Thiago wrapped up their visit to the lot, morning had given way to noon. Hunger nudged them to grab lunch before heading back to the company.
As the car pulled up to the company entrance, Brenna spotted a familiar figure standing near the building—Alec. He was dressed in a security guard’s uniform. For a split second, she doubted herself. Yet, as she squinted through the glass, there was no mistaking it. That man was truly Alec.
Alec wasted no time reaching Brenna’s car. He pulled the door open, and his eyes widened in shock as he saw Brenna. “Brenna! Mr. Mitchell offered me fifteen thousand a month to work here. He said taxi driving wears me down and puts me around troublemakers. He told me it’d be safer if I worked here.” But Brenna felt there was more to it. Why hadn’t Ethan mentioned this to her before?
Her face stayed unreadable as she stepped onto the pavement. Not a flicker of joy crossed her features. “Alright. Just do your best,” she replied.
Alec immediately caught the chill in her tone. He believed that she felt embarrassed that he was doing this. Deep down, he hoped she would talk to Ethan, maybe convince him to give him a more respectable position, like vice president or at least manager.
No matter how he tried to look at it, settling for a security guard job didn’t sit right with him. He was not grateful to Ethan or Brenna. Someone with his experience deserved a higher post, but Ethan had only given him the job as a security guard.
He felt like Ethan was looking down on him.
Bitterness grew inside him.
Just now, he had hoped that since Brenna saw him as a security guard, she would speak to Ethan on his behalf and get him a better position.
However, now, it seemed that Brenna wasn’t planning to do anything of the sort.
The realization made him angry.
Alec believed Brenna understood his intentions. He forced a smile. “Security work’s going just fine for me. If me being here is embarrassing, you can just ignore me when people are around.”
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Thiago also got out of the car and watched Alec putting on an act without a word.
Brenna didn’t even try to mask her irritation. She understood exactly what Alec meant, and the implication left her feeling nothing but distaste.
“That’s not true at all. Honest work is something to be proud of, and supporting yourself through your own effort is worth respect.”
Without another word, she strode into the building, leaving Alec behind.
Alec’s forced grin faded away, his expression showing a trace of malice.
Inside the elevator, Thiago broke the silence. “Going from running the Barrett Group to guarding the front door must sting. But Alec didn’t show his dissatisfaction at all today. He was clearly putting on an act.”
Disgust flashed across Brenna’s face. “I saw him at the mall the other day. He actually dropped to his knees in front of me. You heard about that, didn’t you?”
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