章 107: She Felt Humiliated

At Urbangrid Innovation.

Vanessa Snow paced in front of Ryland's office, feeling unusually nervous about entering after officially taking over Milan's position as his secretary.

Since morning, Ryland has scolded everyone who came in for their weekly reports, including the marketing manager, the financial manager, and even the architect team.

Vanessa's anxiety grew after Ryland had asked her multiple times to connect him to several clients. All she could hear inside the office was the sound of objects being slammed down. He is definitely in a bad mood now.

The company's situation has been very dire lately. Each day, when they returned home, Ryland was no longer the warm and passionate person he used to be. In recent days, he hadn't even touched her. 

Whenever she tried to seduce him, he would decline with responses like, "I'm too tired, Vanessa!" or, "Can we please wait a little longer? I'm worried something might happen to the baby…"